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Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Roman Egypt, Medieval Tuscany, and American slave plantations. It suggests that families, especially those headed by single mothers, acted as a counter measure against population reduction (flight and death) and as a means for the state to control this labor force. The work marks a step forward in the use of quantitative measures in conjunction with cuneiform sources to achieve a better understanding of the social and economic forces that affected ancient Near Eastern populations.
Contents
Chapter One. Servile Laborers in a Favored Province
Chapter Two. Sources
Chapter Three. Population Sex, Age, Death, and Health
Chapter Four. Family and Household
Chapter Five. Work, Flight, Origins, and Status
Chapter Six. The Servile Work Force in Local and National Perspective
