TY - BOOK AU - Algaze,Guillermo TI - The Uruk world system: the dynamics of expansion of early Mesopotamian civilization SN - 0226013820 U1 - 935 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Civilización KW - Expansión KW - Geschichte N1 - Bibliografía: páginas 167-184; Índice: páginas 185-190; A Supraregional Perspective --; Resource Procurement Strategies and Their Impact --; "Momentum toward Empire" in the Uruk Period --; A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of the Evidence --; Uruk Sites in the Susiana Plain of Khuzestan --; Geographical Framework --; Mesopotamian Colonization --; Uruk Settlements in the Syro-Mesopotamian Plains and Surrounding Highlands --; Geographical Framework --; Uruk Enclaves in Syro-Mesopotamia --; The Strategic Rationale of Uruk Settlement in Syro-Mesopotamia --; Uruk Outposts in the Periphery --; The Chronology of Uruk Settlement in the Periphery --; The Function of Uruk Settlements in the Syro-Mesopotamian Plains and Surrounding Highlands --; Gateway Communities --; Uruk Materials in the Surrounding Piedmont and Highlands --; Uruk Materials in the Syro-Mesopotamian Plains --; The Commodities Exchanged --; The Late Chalcolithic Period in Syro-Mesopotamia --; Late Chalcolithic Culture and Social Integration --; Relations between Uruk Enclaves and Indigenous Communities --; Social Change in the Northern Periphery and the Collapse of the Uruk Expansion --; The Impact on Indigenous Societies --; The Collapse of the Uruk Enclave Network --; Early Bronze Age Sociopolitical Development in the Periphery --; The View from the Periphery: Informal Empire in the Uruk Period --; The View from the Core: A World System of the Uruk Period --; The Context of Expansion --; Outstanding Problems and Suggestions for Further Research --; Theoretical Reprise and Cross-cultural Parallels --; The Uruk Expansion: New Interpretations and New Data; P136; P135; P134; P133; P144; P143; P87; P35; P20; P14; P10; P06 ER -