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

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Autore principale: Wengrow, D.
Natura: Printed Book
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Soggetti:
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Western > Middle Eastern influences
Comparative civilization.
Iraq > Civilization > To 634.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Western countries > Relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Relations > Western countries.
Sommario:
  • 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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