In What Makes Civilization?, archaeologist David Wengrow provides a vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (today's Iraq). These two regions, where many foundations of modern life were laid, are usually treated in isolation. Now, they are brought together within a unified history of how people first created cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the gods. But civilization, as Wengrow shows, is not only about such grand monuments. Just as importantl ...
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What Makes Civilization?
The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West, Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
Wengrow, David
E-Book, 240 p.
Sprache: Englisch
Oxford University Press (2010)
Gewicht: 0 g
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-158503-6
Titelnr.: 27491393