Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries B.C. Hardcover - 2011
by Jonathan S. Tenney
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"Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society" is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Roman Egypt, Medieval Tuscany, and American slave plantations. It suggests that families, especially those headed by single mothers, acted as a counter measure against population reduction (flight and death) and as a means for the state to control this labor force. The work marks a step forward in the use of quantitative measures in conjunction with cuneiform sources to achieve a better understanding of the social and economic forces that affected ancient Near Eastern populations.
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- Title Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries B.C.
- Author Jonathan S. Tenney
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 290
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2011
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9789004206892 / 9004206892
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Babylonia - Economic conditions, Babylonia - Social conditions
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011011313
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.562
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 10/01/2011, Page 77
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