Research Group B-III-3 investigates the various methods and systems of standardization through which heterogeneous, multi-ethnic empires and extensive territories were stabilized, standardized and consolidated with one another. Geographically and historically, the investigation encompasses the wide-ranging empires of the Near East of the 2nd and 1st millenia B.C., and includes explorations of timekeeping, metrology, writing systems and diplomatics, as well as units of currency and weight.

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