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    Ur - The City of the Moon

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    AuthorHarriet Crawford
    LanguageEnglish
    ISBN9781472524195
    PublisherBloomsbury
    Pages160
    Size234 x 156 mm
    FormatPaperback
    ImagesB/w images
    Year published  2015

    The ancient Mesoptamian city of Ur was a Sumerian city state which flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800–2000 BCE. However, in the recent past it suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect. It still remains a potent symbol for people of all faiths and will have an important role to play in the future.

    This account of Ur's past looks at both the ancient city and its evolution over centuries, and its archaeological interpretation in more recent times. From the 19th century explorers and their identification of the site of Mukayyar as the Biblical city of Ur, the study proceeds to look in detail at the archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his key discoveries during the 1920s and 30s. Using the findings as a framework and utilising the latest evidence from environmental, historical and archaeological studies, the volume explores the site's past in chronological order from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium to the death of Alexander. It looks in detail at the architectural remains: the sacred buildings, royal graves and also the private housing which provides a unique record of life 4000 years ago. The volume also describes the part played by Ur in the Gulf war and discusses the problems raised for archaeologists in the war's aftermath.

    Table of contents

    Preface
    Chapter 1: The rediscovery of Ur
    Chapter 2: The earliest levels at Ur
    Chapter 3: The in-between times: Uruk and Jemdat Nasr
    Chapter 4: The rise of the city state
    Chapter 5: Art and technology: objects from the Royal cemetery
    Chapter 6: The defeat of the city state by the rulers of Akkad
    Chapter 7: Imperial Ur: the public face
    Chapter 8: Ur beyond the sacred precinct: Ur III to Isin/Larsa (Early Old Babylonian) periods
    Chapter 9: Post-imperial Ur: Kassites to Neo-Babylonians
    Chapter 10: Death and rebirth
    Bibliography
    Index

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    9781472524195
    EAN
    9781472524195

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