This abundantly illustrated volume explores the genesis and flourishing of Uruk, the first known metropolis in the history of humankind. More than one hundred y

Uruk: the First City is the first fully historical analysis of the origins of the city and of the state in southern Mesopotamia, the region providing the earlie

This book is about the pantheon of the Babylonian city of Uruk, between the 9th and 5th centuries BC. It is a careful analysis of the archive of the Eanna templ

A careful analysis of the 9th to 5th century archive of the Eanna (Ishtar) temple in Uruk, providing a wealth of data on the Neo-Babylonian pantheon.

Most archaeologists and historians of the ancient Near East have focused on the internal transformations that led to the emergence of early cities and states. I