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The prehistory of imperialismessay 2001 • Algaze, Guillermo, 1954
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
In this essay Algaze argues that cases of pristine state formation, by their very nature, involve processes of external expansion that can be characterized as early examples of economic imperi...Kurban Hröyük and the Late Chalcolithic Period in the northwest Mesopotamian peripheryessay 1986 • Algaze, Guillermo, 1954
Jemdet Nasr • Middle East > Middle East
Algaze describes the Late Chalcolithic findings from the site of Kurban Hoyuk, especially the ceramics. He sees Mesopotamian influence extending into Turkey during the Late Uruk period. This i...