What makes civilization? : the ancient near East and the future of the West /

Renowned archaeologist David Wengrow creates here a vivid new account of the "birth of civilization" in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, bringing together within a unified history the first two nations where people created cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the gods. But civilizatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wengrow, D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
To 634
HISTORY > Ancient.
Civilization.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Iraq > History > To 634.
Iraq > Civilization > To 634.
Égypte > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Irak > Histoire > Jusqu'à 634.
Irak > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 634.
Egypt.
Iraq.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology chart
  • Introduction: A clash of civilizations?
  • pt. 1. The cauldron of civilization
  • Camouflaged borrowings
  • On the trail of blue-haired gods
  • Neolithic worlds
  • The (first) global village
  • Origin of cities
  • From the Ganges to the Danube : the Bronze Age
  • Cosmology and commerce
  • The labours of kingship
  • pt. 2. Forgetting the old regime
  • Enlightenment from a dark source
  • Ruined regimes : Egypt at the revolution
  • Conclusion: What makes civilization?

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