Mesopotamian political history

Editor: Marco De Pietri

This website offers an analytical coverage of the bibliography on the origin and development of Mesopotamian political institutions.

The website organizes the data around a central narrative as a frame of reference. This is currently provided by the book Alle origini della politica. La formazione e crescita dello stato in Siro-Mesopotamia (Jaca Book 2013) / At the Origins of Politics. Formation and Growth of the State in Syro-Mesopotamia (Routledge: 2025), but will be expanded as the project develops.

Extended summaries, critical reviews, and topical essays are interlaced with each other and with the main narrative, as well as with the other websites of the 4banks.net cluster.

An open forum includes a number of participants who contribute on a regular basis to the website.

Current access is by password only. If you are interested in the project please write to the editor.