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Nomads, Tribes and the State in the Ancient Near East: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives

By Jeffrey Szuchman

Book information

Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Year
2009
ISBN
1885923619, 9781885923615
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6563392 bytes)
Series
Oriental Institute Seminars
Pages
304\304
Topic
History
Time added
2013-11-28 21:53:55
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

For decades, scholars have struggled to understand the complex relationship between pastoral nomadic tribes and sedentary peoples of the Near East. The Oriental Institutes fourth annual post-doc seminar (March 7-8, 2008), Nomads, Tribes, and the State in the Ancient Near East, brought together archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists to discuss new approaches to enduring questions in the study of nomadic peoples, tribes, and states of the past: What social or political bonds link tribes and states? Could nomadic tribes exhibit elements of urbanism or social hierarchies? How can the tools of historical, archaeological, and ethnographic research be integrated to build a dynamic picture of the social landscape of the Near East? This volume presents a range of data and theoretical perspectives from a variety of regions and periods, including prehistoric Iran, ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, seventh-century Arabia, and nineteenth-century Jordan.

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