Social Formations in the Ancient World

ISBN-13: 9781032569253 / Twarda / 2024 / 300 str.

India) Kumar Rakesh (University of Delhi

Opis

This book encapsulates a period of history of human progress by highlighting crucial social, economic, and cultural dynamics. It presents recent historiography and new analytical tools used to analyze multi-dimensional themes involved in social formation.

Spis treści

1. Evolution of Humans; Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Cultures 2. The Neolithic Cultures: Food Production and Animal Husbandry in Asia and Europe 3. Bronze Age Civilisations- I (Mesopotamia And Egypt) 4. Bronze Age Civilisations-II (Shang and Minoan) 5. Nomadism in Central and West Asia: Advent of Iron and its Implications 6. Ancient Greece

O autorze

Rakesh Kumar has done M Phil and Ph.D. in History from Delhi University. His area of specialisation is Medieval Indian History, but his interest area goes beyond to cover studies dealing with ancient and medieval world. He has written on several themes related to medieval Indian history such as ‘Nature of the Mughal State’; ‘Currency System during the Mughal Age’, ‘Art of Printing and Painting of cloth during the Mughal Period’, ‘Ghalib’s Contribution towards Urdu Literature’, ‘Indo-Persian Literature-Works of Amir Khusrau’; ‘Labourers and Artisans in Seventeenth Century Ahmadabad’ to mention a few. His passion for teaching and caring for students has meant that most of his publications have been aimed towards benefiting the students. Present work is a move in similar direction with a difference that while his earlier publications had readership primarily among students at Delhi University, this book, it is hoped would benefit students and general readers at the pan Indian and global level. His devotion towards teaching has earned him ‘Teaching Excellence Award’ conferred by the University of Delhi on its Foundation Day, 1st May 2014. Dr Kumar’s M Phil dissertation is on ‘Labourers and Artisans in the City of Agra (16th-17th Centuries)’ and his Ph.D. thesis is entitled ‘Towns, Bazars, and the working population in the Ahmadabad Region during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries’.