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What makes civilization?

the ancient Near East and the future of the West

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the ancient Near East and the future of the West

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What makes civilization?: the ancient Near East and the future of the West
2010, Oxford University Press
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Table of 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?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-208) and index.

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Library of Congress
DS69.5 .W43 2010, DT61, DS57 .W46 2010, DT43 .W46 2010

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xx, 217 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
217

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OL24500218M
Internet Archive
whatmakesciviliz00weng
ISBN 13
9780192805805
LCCN
2010923443
OCLC/WorldCat
573152414

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