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Ancient Kanesh: A Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia Hardcover – September 21, 2015

by Mogens Trolle Larsen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 342 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (September 21, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1107119561
  • ISBN-13: 978-1107119567
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 starsExpensive, but a superb example of how detailed analysis can enlighten our understanding of history
By Michael Sandman on January 1, 2016
Format: Hardcover
Given the high price and esoteric subject matter of this book, it's not surprising that there aren't m(any) reviews as of Jan. 2016. It's too bad that the price is so high, because the book would be interesting to a moderate number of general readers with an interest in micro-history, the process of building up our understanding of the past by using the details of ordinary life. I'm a general reader, not an academician with a speciality in the ancient Near East, and I never would have sprung for it myself. My wife bought it for me after I read her an excerpt published in a NY Times review.

Science and the ability to quickly and inexpensively extract analysis from large amounts of data has made it possible to recalibrate our view of history by looking at details. Bone analysis tells us where people lived based on the isotopes preserved in their bones form the water they drank. DNA tells us when one tribe or people moved into contact with another and produced mutual offspring. Dating the rings on trees makes it possible to date buildings constructed with wood beams. Using a computer to cross-reference known events like eclipses and the reigns of monarchs with documents such as letters, lists of items in a caravan or ship, and IOUs from an early era make it possible to set the chronology of the events recounted in the documents, including events that were not momentous except perhaps to the individuals who left the documents. Computers applied to linguistics helps trace the migration of people who spoke a given language. If you're a history geek, this is a wonderful time to be alive, and it's going to get better and better.

"Ancient Kanesh" is a foretaste of how much better history is going to get.Read more ›
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