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Tyre and Carthage Sanctuaries: Phoenician and Punic Temple Economies (c.900–146 BCE)

900 BCE - 146 BCE

Tikal Temple Complexes, Tribute, and Economic Ceremonies — Classic Maya Period (c.250–900 CE)

292 - 900

Teotihuacan Temple Complexes and State Redistribution Networks — Classic Mesoamerica (c.100–550 CE)

100 - 600

Ptah Temple Workshops and Economic Records at Memphis — Late Bronze Age to Third Intermediate Period Egypt (c.1300–1070 BCE)

8501 BCE - 1981

Nippur (Temple of Enlil) Landholdings, Granaries, and Redistribution — Third Dynasty of Ur (c.2112–2004 BCE)

2003 - 2112

Mauryan State Support for Brahmanical Temples and Land Grants — Mauryan India (c.322–185 BCE)

322 BCE - 400

Mari Palace-Temple Economic Administration and Archive (Old Babylonian Mari, c.1800–1759 BCE)

1761 - 1936

Karnak (Temple of Amun) Estate Administration and Economy — New Kingdom Thebes (c.1550–1070 BCE)

1550 BCE - 1070 BCE

Hittite Temple and Cultic Economies — Hittite Empire (c.1600–1200 BCE)

1700 BCE - 1198 BCE

First Temple Treasury, Offerings, and Redistribution in Judah — First Temple Period (c.1000–586 BCE)

967 BCE - 586 BCE

Eridu Ziggurat Temple Economy and Early Dynastic Administration — Sumer (c.2900–2350 BCE)

2900 BCE - 2330 BCE

Eanna District Temple Records and Proto-Accounting — Uruk Period (c.4000–3100 BCE)

4000 BCE - 2900 BCE

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