`offers a starting point to the cities of Mesopotamia for both the
lay reader and the undergraduate student.'
E.J. Owens, The Classical Review, 2000.
`Van de Mieroop's thoroughgoing treatment of the subject can be
read to advantage by every kind of ancient historian ... a splendid
work of synthesis.'
A R George, Bulletin of the SOAS 62:3 1999
`His comparison and contrast of southern versus northern cities and
planned versus unplanned cities gives a sense of the complexity,
and his intelligent analysis of th e multiple loci fo social power
offers insights into the contradictions ... frequent references to
archaeological material are well integrated. This book deserves a
wide audience.'
Anthony Sinclair, Antiquity
This work is the survey of a city in Mesopotamian history by an
author who has studied Old Babylonian Ur with distinction and it is
a welcome addition to our understanding of Mesopotamian society,
economics and politics. The book is attractive and well
illustrated. - Daniel Snell - Bibliotheca Orientalis LV No 5/6
Sept-Dec 1988
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