03879cam a22005298i 4500 9780429289002 FlBoTFG 20251030122225.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 240626s2025 nyu o 001 0 eng OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9780429289002 (ebook) 0429289006 (ebook) 9781040133934 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1040133932 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781040133880 (electronic bk. : PDF) 1040133886 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9780367256692 (hardback) 9780367256708 (paperback) 10.4324/9780429289002 doi (OCoLC)1449678205 (OCoLC-P)1449678205 DS71 HIS 002000 bisacsh HBLA1 bicssc Buccellati, Giorgio, author. 92384 Alle origini della politica. English At the origins of politics : formation and growth of the state in Syro-Mesopotamia / Giorgio Buccellati. New York : Routledge, 2025. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes index. The great transformations 50,000-3,500 B.C. -- The axle of power 3,500-2,300 B.C. -- The explosion of boundaries 2,300-2,100 B.C. -- The restructuring on a regional basis 2,100-1,600 B.C. -- The world as a city 1,600-1,100 B.C. -- The extreme limits of territoriality 1100-500 B.C. "This volume, now available in English, explores how Mesopotamia's urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality, leading to new forms of social interaction, and the development of the state, its laws and its religion to consolidate new managerial hierarchies in the region. How is it that the phenomenon of the state, a society structured along lines of power that frame individuals in a new supra-organism, suddenly came into being during the fourth millennium BC? In this book, Buccellati explores the emergence of statehood and power structures in ancient Mesopotamia against the background of the long prehistoric period. It was the arena in which the earliest cities and states were born and which offers us the first and richest documentation of the development of political life in antiquity. This book provides rich documentation of the causes that led to the formation of the territorial state, tracing its evolution from city-states to universal empires from c. 3500 BC to 500 BC. At the same time, it examines the tension between individual rights and supra-personal systems of power during this period and explores new forms of social interaction that coincided with the economic dimension of the urban revolution. This paradigmatic history, newly translated into English for Anglophone readers, offers a key to understanding modern political forms and their transformations. At the Origins of Politics provides a thorough examination of the development of the state in ancient Mesopotamia, suitable for students, scholars, and researchers working on Near Eastern history and society, and ancient societies and politics more broadly"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Iraq Politics and government. 92385 Iraq Civilization To 634. 92386 HISTORY / Ancient / General bisacsh 92387 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429289002 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 67319 67319