Ancient Civilizations

ISBN-13: 9780367708658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 686 str.

Chris Scarre; Brian Fagan; Charles Golden

Opis

Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records.

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Spis treści

PART I Background; 1 The Study of Civilization; 2 Theories of States; PART II The First Civilizations; 3 Mesopotamia: The First Cities (3500–2000 B.C.); 4 Egyptian Civilization; 5 South Asia: The Indus Civilization; 6 The First Chinese Civilizations; PART III Great Powers in Southwest Asia; 7 Mesopotamia and the Levant (2000–1200 B.C.); 8 Southwest Asia in the First Millennium B.C.; PART IV The Mediterranean World; 9 The First Aegean Civilizations; 10 The Mediterranean World in the First Millennium (1000–30 B.C.); 11 Imperial Rome; PART V Northeast Africa and Asia; 12 Northeast Africa: Kush, Meroe, and Aksum; 13 Sub-Saharan Africa; 14 Divine Kings in Southeast Asia; 15 Kingdoms and Empires in East Asia (770 B.C.–A.D. 700); PART VI Early States in the Americas; 16 Lowland Mesoamerica; 17 Highland Mesoamerica; 18 The Foundations of Andean Civilization; 19 Andean States (200 B.C.–A.D. 1534); 20 Epilogue