What makes civilization? the ancient Near East and the future of the West / David Wengrow.

Author/creator Wengrow, D.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxx, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 21 cm.
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Contents 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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-208) and index.
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LCCN 2010923443
ISBN9780192805805 (hbk.)

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