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The structure of the Near Eastern society before the middle of the 2nd millennium BC
Oikumene • 3 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 7-100
By: D'iákonov, Igor' Mikhailovich.
Abstract
This document is a complex and dense article based on Marxist economic theory. Diakonoff bases most of his analysis on documents from the 19th through the 16th centuries B.C. (29th through 26th centuries B.P.). His goal is to characterize the the structure of Near East societies from the 3rd through the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C. (5th through the middle of the 4th millennium B.P.), mostly as it relates to their economies. Some of the things Diakonoff discusses include that the king was not the proprietor of all the land in the state as he had to buy land from his subjects. Substantial communal holdings as well as large private estates existed alongside the lands administerd by the temples in the Early Dynastic Period. Diakonoff discusses Mesopotamia and the Middle East from around 3000 B.C. up through 1500 B.C. (5000 B.P. to 3500 B.P.). However, only material that pertains to the Early Dynastic Period was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 5th millenium BP or 5000 BP-4000 BP (3rd millennium B.C. or 3000 B.C.-2000 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- Mesopotamia; Iran and Iraq
- Notes
- I. M. Diakonoff
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 77647530
- LCSH
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634