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Lessons from the Past : an Introduction
Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE
The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE
The Flood : a Caesura in History
Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE
Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE
Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE
Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE
Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE
Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE.
Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE
The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE
The Flood : a Caesura in History
Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE
Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE
Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE
Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE
Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE
Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE.