Mon 10/5: The Akkadian Empire and the Third Dynasty of Ur
Section outline
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Reading
- S. German, “Akkad, an introduction,” in Smarthistory, June 8, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/art-of-akkad-an-introduction/
- M. van de Mieroop, “Political Centralization in the Late Third Millenium,” in HANE, 67–89
- Optional: M. Heinz, “The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite Empires,” in CAANE, 706–12 (i.e., first seven pages)
- Optional: M. Liverani, “The Akkadian Empire,” in ANE, 133–54
- Optional: M. Liverani, “The Third Dynasty of Ur,” in ANE, 155–70