The Ancient Mesopotamian City
`offers a starting point to the cities of Mesopotamia for both the lay reader and the undergraduate student.'  E.J. Owens, The Classical Review, 2000.`Van de Mieroop's thoroughgoing treatment of the subject can be read to advantage by every kind of ancient historian ... a splendid work of synthesis.' A R George, Bulletin of the SOAS 62:3 1999`His comparison and contrast of southern versus northern cities and planned versus unplanned cities gives a sense of the complexity, and his intelligent analysis of th e multiple loci fo social power offers insights into the contradictions ... frequent references to archaeological material are well integrated.  This book deserves a wide audience.' Anthony Sinclair, AntiquityThis work is the survey of a city in Mesopotamian history by an author who has studied Old Babylonian Ur with distinction   and it is a welcome addition to our understanding of Mesopotamian society, economics and politics. The book is attractive and well illustrated. - Daniel Snell - Bibliotheca Orientalis LV No 5/6 Sept-Dec 1988