Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter 3 - Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
from Part I - The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
During the twenty-eighth/twenty-seventh century, northern Mesopotamia and Syria experienced a new phase of urbanization. “Tell Leilan, Tell Mozan, and Hamoukar all grew from around 15 ha to 90–120 ha within a century (Pfälzner et al. 2004)” (Ur 2010: 405). Tell Brak expanded to 65–70 ha. In northern Iraq, major cities emerged at Tell al-Hawa, Tell Taya, and Tell Khoshi (Ur 2010: 405). The rise of the cities of Mari and Ebla within the same period resulted from a revival of contacts with southern Mesopotamia, and the development of networks in Anatolia and in the Aegean Sea – Crete being still marginal in these exchanges (Rahmstorf 2006a).
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 86 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019