F. R. Kraus Die Rolle der Tempel von der dritten Dynastie von Ur bis
ersten Dynastie von Babylon," an unpublished manuscript in German
published in French in The Journal of World History in anticipation of
inclusion in a scientific and cultural history of mankind to be issued
by the International Commission for a Scientific and Cultural History of
Mankind. The essay discusses in general terms the role of temples in
early Mesopotamian society. then turns to more detailed consideration of
the respective positions of temples in Babylonian society at the end of
the third and during the first half of the second millennium B.C.