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- Social Theory in Archaeology and Ancient History
- Social Theory in Archaeology and Ancient History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part One Introduction
- Part Two Cultural Trajectories
- Part Three Cities, States, and Empires
- 6 The City in the State
- 7 Cities and Ideology: The Case of Assur in the Neo-Assyrian Period
- 8 City and Countryside, Image and Text: Balancing Rural and Urban Values in Third-Millennium Egypt
- 9 Local Courts in Centralizing States: The Case of Ur III Mesopotamia
- Part Four Collapse and Resilience
- Part Five Archaeology and History
- Part Six Commentary
- Index
- References
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Book contents
- Social Theory in Archaeology and Ancient History
- Social Theory in Archaeology and Ancient History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part One Introduction
- Part Two Cultural Trajectories
- Part Three Cities, States, and Empires
- 6 The City in the State
- 7 Cities and Ideology: The Case of Assur in the Neo-Assyrian Period
- 8 City and Countryside, Image and Text: Balancing Rural and Urban Values in Third-Millennium Egypt
- 9 Local Courts in Centralizing States: The Case of Ur III Mesopotamia
- Part Four Collapse and Resilience
- Part Five Archaeology and History
- Part Six Commentary
- Index
- References
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