Wed 9/30: The First Cities of Mesopotamia
Section outline
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Reading
- British Museum, “Cuneiform, an introduction,” Smarthistory, February 28, 2017, https://smarthistory.org/cuneiform/
- S. German, “Sumer, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, June 8, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/sumerian-art-an-introduction/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Competing City-States: The Early Dynastic Period,” in HANE, 44–66
- Optional: C. Woods, “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing,” in VL, 33–50
- Optional: W. B. Hafford, “The Royal Cemetery of Ur,” in JTC, 195–234