{"id":"https://openalex.org/W624474665","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","title":"Uruk: The First City","display_name":"Uruk: The First City","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W624474665","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","mag":"624474665"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463243","display_name":"Equinox Publishing eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320355","host_organization_name":"Equinox Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320355"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Equinox Publishing"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},"volume":null,"type":"book","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012270722","display_name":"Mario Liverani","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mario Liverani","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5012270722"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.3204,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":79,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92274678,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12307","display_name":"Ancient Near East History","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12307","display_name":"Ancient Near East History","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10362","display_name":"Biblical Studies and Interpretation","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10087","display_name":"Archaeology and ancient environmental studies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1911","display_name":"Paleontology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uruk","display_name":"Uruk","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/origins-of-the-city","display_name":"city origins","score":0.9169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/origins-of-the-state","display_name":"origin of the state","score":0.9670000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uruk-period","display_name":"Uruk period","score":0.8489999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/southern-mesopotamia","display_name":"southern Mesopotamia","score":0.9419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ancient-economy","display_name":"ancient economy","score":0.7689999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-system","display_name":"world-system","score":0.7059999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marxist-theory","display_name":"Marxist theory","score":0.5130000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neo-evolutionism","display_name":"neo-evolutionism","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/v-gordon-childe","display_name":"V. Gordon Childe","score":0.777999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-revolution","display_name":"social revolution","score":0.44600000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/urbanization","display_name":"urbanization","score":0.5059999823570251}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.5812348127365112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780765947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12033531","display_name":"Administration (probate law)","level":2,"score":0.5640182495117188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.5495083928108215},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204241405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461499","display_name":"Transformation (genetics)","level":3,"score":0.5012505054473877},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779463800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5062222","display_name":"Center (category theory)","level":2,"score":0.4227476119995117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62760934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551419","display_name":"Social transformation","level":3,"score":0.4134783148765564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.40276598930358887},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3642842769622803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206836424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1510761","display_name":"Social change","level":2,"score":0.24914079904556274},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.10681790113449097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.09388279914855957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8010536","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160398","display_name":"Crystallography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781845534875","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306463243","display_name":"Equinox Publishing eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320355","host_organization_name":"Equinox Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320355"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Equinox Publishing"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"monograph"},{"id":"pmh:oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-015057409","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037991.html","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:624474665","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA78658597","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7113937192","https://openalex.org/W7216753455","https://openalex.org/W7204696305","https://openalex.org/W4250824312","https://openalex.org/W4413983706","https://openalex.org/W2595411331","https://openalex.org/W2604244386","https://openalex.org/W6992292285","https://openalex.org/W7043735475","https://openalex.org/W2306145082"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Uruk":[0],"is":[1,86,148],"the":[2,8,11,15,20,23,45,56,62,67,126,134,144,162,168],"first":[3],"fully":[4],"historical":[5,90],"analysis":[6],"of":[7,10,14,48,66,80,95,110,118,136],"origins":[9],"city":[12],"and":[13,41,82,92,97,112,129],"state":[16],"in":[17,26,88,167],"southern":[18],"Mesopotamia,":[19],"region":[21],"providing":[22],"earliest":[24],"evidence":[25],"world":[27,130],"history":[28],"related":[29],"to":[30,143,150,165],"these":[31,137],"seminal":[32],"developments.":[33],"Contrasting":[34],"his":[35],"approach\u2014influenced":[36],"by":[37,42],"V.":[38],"Gordan":[39],"Childe":[40],"Marxist":[43],"theory\u2014with":[44],"neo-evolutionist":[46],"ideas":[47],"(especially)":[49],"American":[50],"anthropological":[51],"theory,":[52],"Liverani":[53],"argues":[54],"that":[55,58,75,104],"innovations":[57],"took":[59],"place":[60],"during":[61],"\u2018Uruk":[63],"period\u2019":[64],"(most":[65],"fourth":[68],"millennium":[69],"bce)":[70],"were":[71],"a":[72,107,116,151,158],"\u2018true":[73],"revolution\u2019":[74],"fundamentally":[76],"changed":[77],"all":[78],"aspects":[79],"society":[81],"culture.":[83],"This":[84],"book":[85,147],"unique":[87],"its":[89,93],"approach":[91],"combination":[94],"archaeological":[96],"textual":[98],"sources.":[99],"It":[100,132],"develops":[101],"an":[102],"argument":[103,160],"weaves":[105],"together":[106],"vast":[108],"amount":[109],"information":[111],"places":[113],"it":[114,155],"within":[115],"context":[117],"contemporary":[119],"scholarly":[120],"debates":[121,138],"on":[122],"such":[123],"questions":[124],"as":[125],"ancient":[127],"economy":[128],"systems.":[131],"explains":[133],"roots":[135],"briefly":[139],"without":[140],"talking":[141],"down":[142],"reader.":[145],"The":[146],"accessible":[149],"wider":[152],"audience,":[153],"while":[154],"also":[156],"provides":[157],"cogent":[159],"about":[161],"processes":[163],"involved":[164],"specialists":[166],"field.":[169]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-11-01T11:40:01.658920","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}