Life at the bottom of Babylonian society :: servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. /

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 Ro...

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1. Verfasser: Tenney, Jonathan S.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 51.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 268 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789004206892
9004206892
9789004207042
900420704X
1283161885
9781283161886
9786613161888
6613161888
ISSN:1566-2055 ;

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