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Daily Data: The Bala System

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Channel: Digital Hammurabi · 2018 · Entertainment

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Ancient states had complex administrative systems to ensure the smooth running of their territory. The Bala system is part of the Ur III administrative apparatus!

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More information:
Digital Hammurabi Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/y8uqf7dg
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Steinkeller, P. 1991. “The Administrative and Economic Organization of the Ur III State: The Core and the Periphery,” in McGuire Gibson and Robert Biggs (eds.), The Organization of Power: Aspects of Bureaucracy in the Ancient Near East (2nd edition). p. 15-33. (https://tinyurl.com/y7pwgcwn)

For general information and sources relating to the Ancient Near East, we recommend these websites:

http://www.etana.org/abzubib - collection of free and open-access data
https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/orie... - University of Chicago Oriental Institute, great collection of free books and articles
http://www.livius.org - general encyclopedia on the ancient world
http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk - Mesopotamian literature
http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu - collection of projects relating to Mesopotamia
http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/neps... - Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary
https://cdli.ucla.edu - Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative

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