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The Role of the Temple from the Third Dynasty of Ur to the First Dynasty of Babylon, Paperback / softback Book

The Role of the Temple from the Third Dynasty of Ur to the First Dynasty of Babylon Paperback / softback

Edited by F. Kraus

Part of the Monographs on the Ancient Near East series

Paperback / softback

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F. R. Kraus Die Rolle der Tempel von der dritten Dynastie von Ur bis ersten Dynastie von Babylon," an unpublished manuscript in German published in French in The Journal of World History in anticipation of inclusion in a scientific and cultural history of mankind to be issued by the International Commission for a Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind.

The essay discusses in general terms the role of temples in early Mesopotamian society, then turns to more detailed consideration of the respective positions of temples in Babylonian society at the end of the third and during the first half of the second millennium B.C.

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