Book
Early political development in Mesopotamia
W. de Gruyter • Berlin • Published In 1957 • Pages:
By: Jacobsen, Thorkild.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Jacobsen examines the political development in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic periods, '…from a 'Primitive Democracy' based on mutual agreement, designed to deal with crisis-situations, and centering in a general assembly appointing temporary officers, to a 'Primitive Monarchy' based essentially on force, striving for permanence, and centering in a king, who, through his superiority in armed might holds out promise of internal and external peace, through his relations to the gods of a thriving economy.' (pages 136-137).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Deliberative councils
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Early Dynastic Period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesopotamia; Iran and Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Thorkild Jacobsen
- 'Sonderdruck aus der 'Zeitschrift für Assyriologie'. Neue Folge 18.'
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634