What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West
| 1. Verfasser: |
Wengrow, D.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford ; New York :
University Press,
2010.
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| Ausgabe: | 1rst publ. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xx, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Egypt |
| Parallelausgabe: |
What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West. [Print] |
| Online Zugang: |
Online available (Ebook Central) |
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?
