Entrepreneurs and enterprise in early Mesopotamia : a study of three archives from the Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BCE) / by Steven J. Garfinkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garfinkle, Steven J.

Series:

Cornell University studies in Assyriology and Sumerology ; v. 22.

Cornell University studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS) ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free enterprise.

History.

Business enterprises.

Businessmen.

Ur (Extinct city)--History--Sources.

Ur (Extinct city).

Ur (Extinct city)--Economic conditions--Sources.

Ur (Extinct city)--Commerce--History--Sources.

Businessmen--Iraq--Ur (Extinct city)--History--Sources.

Business enterprises--Iraq--Ur (Extinct city)--History--Sources.

Free enterprise--Iraq--Ur (Extinct city)--History--Sources.

Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian.

Sumerian language--Texts.

Sumerian language.

Iraq--Ur (Extinct city).

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xi, 282 pages ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, Md. : CDL Press, 2012.

Summary:

Garfinkle (history, Western Washington U., Bellingham) presents a long-delayed, much-revised version of his doctoral dissertation (no date or institution cited) that incorporates a significant amount of recent scholarship. The economy of the Third Dynasty of Ur, often called the Neo-Sumerian Period, is one of the best documented in all antiquity, he says, but until now no one has focused on the role played by individual entrepreneurs under those kings. He highlights the operation and significance of business enterprise, and describes the activities of the entrepreneurs whose records have been preserved in three large cuneiform archives rich in material and illuminating different aspects of business. Personal names and geographical names are indexed. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781934309414

1934309419

OCLC:

772526003