Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet Crawford


Sumer and the Sumerians
Title : Sumer and the Sumerians
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ISBN : 0521533384
ISBN-10 : 978-0521533386
Language : English
Format Type : Sumer and the Sumerians
Number of Pages : 264 pages

Mesopotamia produced one of the best known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly developed political institutions Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region over a period of two millennia from to BC in this fully revised and expanded edition of her classic text Drawing on the most up to date historical and archaeological sources, she describes the physical environment and covers architecture, trade and industry, the development of writing, and changes in social and political structures First Edition Hb First Edition Pb

Sumer and the Sumerians Reviews

  • CFive

    A good read, covers lots of ground in an informative manner. Lots of line drawings which help visualise plans or statues for example. If the book has a negative, for me it's around the fact that it's written for students (which I wasn't aware of when I ordered

  • Silhan

    I finished university and I’m still interested to read it. Worth the money.

  • D. Mackay

    Used for university course reading and reference.

  • Mr. T. Le Bourne

    I have found this book incredibly frustrating to read. As someone that is able to comprehend the most convoluted English, I can say that the Author clearly has a wealth of knowledge they are trying to share, but their written style is painful, dull, and confusing. It isn't

  • Frank J.

    I am very satisfied.

  • fabrizio manieri

    Great book, you must read it absolutely

  • Francesco Cisternino

    The academic content is undeniably proficient, but the book overall is really boring because the perspective is limited. I understand that without archaeological data there's no understanding at all, but as a non specialist reader I'd have enjoyed a much broader

  • Linda Sutherland

    This book ought to bear the title An archeologists eye view of Sumer and the Sumerians. That the author is an archaeologist is obvious on every page. We have endless descriptions of things like burial pits or the foundations of building, and after a while that