Ancient complex societies

1. Verfasser: Ross, Jennifer C. , [VerfasserIn]
Steadman, Sharon R. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 585 pages : illustrations.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Ancient complex societies. [Print]
Online Zugang: Online available (Ebook Central)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Complexity and its discontents
  • Human cultural institutions : critical elements in complex society
  • Ancient systems : from forager to state
  • Scales of complexity : case studies
  • Southwest Asia : ancient Mesopotamia and its neighbors
  • The Nile Valley of Egypt
  • The Aegean Bronze Age and the Classical world
  • The Indus Valley civilization
  • Ancient Chinese civilizations
  • Empires in Southeast Asia
  • The Mississippian system in the American Bottom
  • Ancient Mesoamerican cultures
  • Andean civilizations and empires
  • Why complex societies collapse.