Establishing Value(English, Electronic book text, Bartash Vitali)

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Establishing Value(English, Electronic book text, Bartash Vitali) is written by Bartash Vitali and published by De Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1501510266 (ISBN 10) and 9781501510267 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.