Kish civilization

An ancient mound at the city of Kish, Mesopotamia, Babel Governorate, Iraq

According to a theory proposed by Ignace Gelb, the Kish civilization encompassed the sites of Ebla and Mari in the Levant, Nagar in the north,[1] and the proto-Akkadian sites of Abu Salabikh and Kish in central Mesopotamia[2][3][better source needed] in to the early East Semitic era in Mesopotamia and the Levant. The epoch began in the early 4th millennium BC and ended with the rise of the Akkadian empire.[4] The theory has been discarded by more recent scholarship.[5]

  1. ^ Lauren Ristvet (2014). Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient Near East. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 9781107065215.
  2. ^ Van De Mieroop, Marc (2002). Erica Ehrenberg (ed.). In Search of Prestige: Foreign Contacts and the Rise of an Elite in Early Dynastic Babylonia. Eisenbrauns. p. 125-137 [133]. ISBN 9781575060552. Retrieved 23 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Wyatt, Lucy (2010). Approaching Chaos: Could an Ancient Archetype Save 21st Century Civilization?. O Books. p. 120. ISBN 9781846942556. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ Hasselbach (2005). p. 4.
  5. ^ Sommerfeld, Walter (2021). Vita, Juan-Pablo (ed.). The "Kish Civilization". Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East. Vol. 1. BRILL. pp. 545–554. ISBN 9789004445215. Retrieved 23 February 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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