First civilizations : ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt

1. Verfasser: Chadwick, Robert, 1941-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oakville, Conn. : Equinox Pub., 2004.
Ausgabe: 2nd ed.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 269 p. : ill.
Parallelausgabe: First civilizations : ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. [Print]
Online Zugang: Online available (Ebook Central)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Mesopotamia: Agriculture and the origins of civilization
  • The early dynastic period and the Sumerian city-states
  • The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty
  • Mesopotamia in the Second Millennium BC
  • The Assyrians
  • The last Babylonian dynasty
  • Mythology and religion
  • Science and nature
  • Egypt: Egypt
  • The old kingdom and the pyramid age (2572 -2134 BC)
  • The middle kingdom
  • The Hyksos period and the new kingdom
  • Akhenaten and the Amarna period
  • The 19th dynasty and the Ramesside kings
  • Egypt in the late Second and First Millennium BC
  • The Persians.