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This wide-ranging reference provides an overview of the different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C., including Mesopotamia and Egypt, pre-Shang China, Classic Horizon Central Mexico and the Mayan area, and middle Horizon societies in...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Manzanilla, Linda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1997]
Series:Fundamental issues in archaeology.
Language of science.
Subjects:
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Urbanization > History.
Extinct cities.
Villes antiques.
Urbanisation > Histoire.
Villes disparues, en ruines, etc.
Steden.
Urbanisatie.
Oudheid.
Villes > Histoire.
Villes disparues, en ruine, etc. > Histoire.
Stadt.
Gesellschaft.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Hochkultur.
Alter Orient.
Urbanization.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This wide-ranging reference provides an overview of the different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C., including Mesopotamia and Egypt, pre-Shang China, Classic Horizon Central Mexico and the Mayan area, and middle Horizon societies in the Andean region. The contributors examine such factors as centralized storage and redistributive economies, agro-managerial models, mercantile network control, and conflict and conquest. The coverage emphasizes specific archaeological data useful in theoretical construction.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781489918482 (electronic bk.)
1489918485 (electronic bk.)