Establishing Value

Establishing Value
Author: Vitali Bartash
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501510320

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.

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units
Author: Donald Fenna
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2002-08-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0191078980

This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Système International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general historical and scientific background, covering the development of the sequential definitions and sizing of units. This new reference work will prove invaluable to professional scientists, engineers, technicians as well as to students and the general user. · Over 1,600 clear and concise entries complete with historical background · Covers a broad range of disciplines, including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature · Notes on associated terminology · Numerous tables, including the geochronologic scale and the equation of time · Comprehensive coverage of the whole Système International

Consumers' Counsel Series

Consumers' Counsel Series
Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Consumers' Counsel Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 764
Release: 1936
Genre: Consumer education
ISBN: