First Civilizations : ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt /
First Civilizations is the second edition of a popular student text first published in 1996 in Montreal by Les Editions Champ Fleury. This much updated and expanded edition provides an introductory overview of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Itwas conceived primarily for...
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London, Eng. ; Oakville, CT :
Equinox,
2005.
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Call Number: DS69.5 .C43 2005
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a First Civilizations : |b ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt / |c Robert Chadwick. |
250 | |a 2nd ed. | ||
264 | 1 | |a London, Eng. ; |a Oakville, CT : |b Equinox, |c 2005. | |
300 | |a xviii, 269 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 20 x 25 cm. | ||
500 | |a Previous ed.: Montreal : Les Editions Champ Fleury, 1996. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-261) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a •Preface •Acknowledgements •List of illustrations •Part I. Introduction •1. History and archaeology as tools for understanding the past •2. Agriculture and the origins of civilization •Part II. Mesopotamia •3. The Early Dynastic period and the formation of the first city-states •4. The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty •5. Mesopotamia in the second millennium BC: the Babylonians and the Kassites (2000-1600 BC) •6. The Assyrians •7. The Last Babylonian Dynasty •Part III. Religion, science, and medicine •8. Mythology and religion in Mesopotamia: the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu •9. Science and technology: astronomy and medicine in Mesopotamia and Egypt •Part IV. Egypt •10. Egypt: the Black Land •11. The Old Kingdom or the Pyramid Age (2575-2134 BC) •12. Funerary practices, rituals, and mummification •13. The Hyksos period and the New Kingdom •14. Akhenaten and the Amarna period •15. The 19th Dynasty and the Ramesside kings •16. Egypt in the late second and first millenniums BC •Part V. Mesopotamia and Egypt under Persian rule •17. The Persians •Epilogue: The twilight of the first civilizations •Notes •Bibliography •Index | |
520 | |a First Civilizations is the second edition of a popular student text first published in 1996 in Montreal by Les Editions Champ Fleury. This much updated and expanded edition provides an introductory overview of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Itwas conceived primarily for students who have little or noknowledge of ancient history or archaeology. The book begins with the role of history and archaeology inunderstanding the past, and continues with the origins of and the formation of the Sumerian city-states in Mesopotamia. Three subsequent chapters conce / |c Source of summary unknown (vendor record). | ||
651 | 0 | |a Iraq |x Civilization |y To 634. | |
651 | 0 | |a Egypt |x Civilization |y 332 B.C.-638 A.D. | |
901 | |a reviewed | ||
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