Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Government.

The Journal of the American Oriental SocietyVol. 125 Nbr. 1, January 2005

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Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Government.

Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Government. By DANIEL E. FLEMING. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004. Pp. xxvii + 395. $75.

Choosing a misleading title for a work of literature has its purpose, as Umberto Eco eloquently explains in Postille a il Nome della Rosa. Using the same device for an historical or anthropological book is mendacious, unless there are ends oth...

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