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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Language: English
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London, Eng. ; Oakville, CT :
Equinox,
2005.
Edition: 2nd ed.
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Call Number: DS69.5 .C43 2005
Table of Contents:
- •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