Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age economies of Mesopotamia : 4th and 3rd millennia BCE / Marcella Frangipane, Lucia Mori

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frangipane, M. (Marcella), author.

Mori, Lucia, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient and pre-modern economies

Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient and pre-modern economies, 2754-2955

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq--History--To 634.

Iraq.

Iraq--Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"The Element reconstructs economic developments in the crucial phase of State formation in Mesopotamia, from the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, trying to understand how interrelating environmental, social, economic, and political factors in the two main areas of Mesopotamia profoundly changed the structures of societies and transformed the relations between social components, giving rise to increasing inequality and strengthening political institutions. The interrelation between economic changes and state formation and urbanization is analyzed. Mesopotamia represents a foundational case study to understand the processes that transformed the function of economy from being an instrument to satisfy community needs to become a means of producing “wealth” for privileged categories. These processes varied in characteristics and timescales depending on environmental conditions and organizational forms. But wherever they took place, far-reaching changes occurred resulting in emergent hierarchies and new political systems. Reflecting on these changes highlights phenomena still affecting our societies today"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Historical background and environmental conditions

Economic developments in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BCE

Economic developments in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BCE

Trade and market

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Frangipane, M. (Marcella) Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age economies of Mesopotamia

ISBN:

9781009332996

1009332996

9781009332989

1009332988

OCLC:

1582439252

Publisher Number:

CIPO000359495

CIPO000384137

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license