Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ubaid Period, Uruk Period, Zimri-Lim
5 Feb 2017
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Both these period come under chalcolithic period (5000-3100 bc) Type site a period named after a city either the first place where something new was found or the best example for the period. Chalcolithic mesopotamia (5000-3100 bc: the deity was the primary ruler. Redistribution of surplus (cid:272)o(cid:374)trolled (cid:271)y the (cid:862)deity(cid:863), gi(cid:448)es a reaso(cid:374) for the distribution of materials. King was mediator between deity and people. The (cid:862)city-state(cid:863) e(cid:373)erges i(cid:374) the uruk period (4000-3100 bc) = integration of city and countryside: countryside provides resources to the city, city can protect the countryside, provides religious ties to the countryside, city-state city/countryside together. City derives its economic base from countryside: countryside rallies around the temple as ideological base of communal identity. Cult figurine related to religion: uruk vase also called the warka vase (means uruk, political heavyweights controlling religion. Depictions of kingship linked to agricultural prosperity and the temple.
