Excavations at Tell Leilan and the Origins of North Mesopotamian cities in the Third Millennium B.C.

1 January 1983

journal article
Published by PERSEE Program in Paléorient

Vol. 9 (2) , 39-52
https://doi.org/10.3406/paleo.1983.4340

Abstract

The aggregate productivity of high-yield dry farming in northern Mesopotamia was apparently centralized ca. 2500-2400 B.C. within 90-100 hectare urban centers like Tell Leilan. This was perhaps an endogenous process which resulted in the formation of Hurrian dynasties.

Keywords

EXCAVATIONS
TELL LEILAN
MESOPOTAMIAN CITIES
NORTH MESOPOTAMIAN
MILLENNIUM B.C

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