What makes civilization? : The ancient Near East and the future of the West

1. Verfasser: Wengrow, D.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Ausgabe: 1st publ.
Umfang/Format: xx, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 21 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Egypt
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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?