Download or read book Ancient Civilizations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean written by Zachary Anderson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the greatest early civilizations from Western Asia and the Mediterranean, including the Hittites, Minoans, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Israelites, Persians, and early Greeks.

Download or read book What Makes Civilization written by D. Wengrow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia where many of the foundations of modern life were laid

Download or read book The Ancient East written by D. G. Hogarth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1914, The Ancient East was written by British archaeologist David George Hogarth

Download or read book Ancient Civilization written by Roscoe Lewis Ashley and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient Civilizations of Africa written by Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 covers the period beginning at the close of the Neolithic era, from around the eighth millenium before our era. This period of some nine thousand years has been sub-divided into four major geographical zones. Chapters 1 to 12 cover the Nile, Egypt and Nubia: by far the largest part of the book is devoted to the ancient civilization of Egypt because of its pre-eminent place in the early history of Africa. Chapters 13 to 16 relate to the Ethiopian highlands. Chapters 17 to 20 describe the Maghrib and its Sahara hinterland, and Chapters 21 to 29 the rest of Africa including some of the Indian Ocean islands. The series is co-published in Africa with seven publishers, in the United States and Canada by the University of California Press, and in association with the UNESCO Press.

Download or read book What Makes Civilization written by David Wengrow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates the origins of farming, writing, and cities in ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt, and explores the connections between these two civilizations. It is the story of how people first created kingdoms and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted, such as familiar ways of cooking food and keeping the house and body clean. Wengrow asks why these ancient cultures, where so many features of modern life originated, have come to symbolize the remote and the exotic. Today, perhaps more than ever, he argues, the beleaguered cultural heritage of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia stands as a warning for the future. A warning of the sacrifices people will tolerate to preserve their chosen form of life; of the potential for unfettered expansion that exists within any cultural tradition; and of blood perhaps yet to be spilled, on the altar of a misguided notion of civilization.

Download or read book The Near East written by Arthur Cotterell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilization in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilizations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind, ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later, the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were the world's earliest great powers, whose actions in the cradle of monotheism influenced Judaism and, eventually, Christianity and Islam. The Near East discusses the long eras of Arab, Persian and Ottoman rule, and the destabilizing intervention of Western colonial powers. Cotterell's book is a timely reminder of how historical events have shaped the outlooks of various peoples, just as political turbulence in the Near East is challenging both neighboring countries and the wider world.

Download or read book Ancient Civilisations of East and West written by Борис Борисович Пиотровский and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient Civilizations written by Christopher Scarre and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of civilization -- Theories of states -- Mesopotamia: the first cities (3500-2000 B.C.) -- Egyptian civilization -- South Asia: the Indus civilization -- The first Chinese civilizations -- Mesopotamia and the Levant (2000-1200 B.C.) -- Southwest Asia in the first millennium B.C. -- The first Aegean civilizations -- The Mediterranean world in the first millennium (1000-30 B.C.) -- Imperial Rome -- Northeast Africa: Kush, Meroe, and Aksum -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Divine kings in Southeast Asia -- Kingdoms and empires in East Asia (770 B.C.-A.D. 700) -- Lowland Mesoamerica -- Highland Mesoamerica -- The foundations of Andean civilization -- Andean States (200 B.C.-A.D. 1534).

Download or read book Civilizations of the Ancient Near East written by Jack M. Sasson and published by Charles Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1995 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of articles organized in eleven parts: the ancient Near East in Western thought; the environment; population; social institutions; history and culture; economy and trade; technology and artistic production; religion and science; language, writing, and literature; visual and performing arts; and retrospective essays.

Download or read book The Near East written by Sema'an I. Salem and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an elegant account of the development of the great ancient civilizations of the Near East and how did the knowledge of the people of the Orient spread over the surrounding regions. In a lucid, concise, and well-organized style, the authors provide a clear analysis of how the ancient Near East provided the West with the foundations of civilization from the domestication of plants and animals through the development of writing, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, law, and industry to the formation of governments, states, and empires. Each of the various aspects of civilization is treated independently, rendering the book an accessible source of information and an easy to use reference book.

Download or read book Ancient nations of the Near East Western Asia Egypt Africa written by Arthur Mee and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient West Asian Civilization written by Akira Tsuneki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores aspects of the ancient civilization in West Asia, which has had a great impact on modern human society—agriculture, metallurgy, cities, writing, regional states, and monotheism, all of which appeared first in West Asia during the tenth to first millennia BC.The editors specifically use the term "West Asia" since the "Middle East" is seen as an Eurocentric term. By using this term, the book hopes to mitigate potential bias (i.e. historical and Western) by using a pure geographical term. However, the "West Asia" region is identical to that of the narrower "Middle East," which encompasses modern Iran and Turkey from east to west and Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula from north to south.This volume assembles research from different disciplines, such as the natural sciences, archaeology and philology/linguistics, in order to tackle the question of which circumstances and processes these significant cultural phenomena occurred in West Asia. Scrutinizing subjects such as the relations between climate, geology and human activities, the origins of wheat cultivation and animal domestication, the development of metallurgy, the birth of urbanization and writing, ancient religious traditions, as well as the treatment of cultural heritage, the book undertakes a comprehensive analysis of West Asian Civilization that provided the common background to cultures in various areas of the globe, including Europe and Asia.These contributions will attempt to demonstrate a fresh vision which emphasizes the common cultural origin between Europe and West Asia, standing in opposition to the global antagonism symbolized by the theory of "Clash of Civilizations."

Download or read book Asia Civilizations Ancient to 1800 AD written by Lim SK and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features the empires and civilizations that sprang out of the five regions of Asia – West Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Let’s take a journey through time and space to the five Asian regions and discover the great conquerors of the ancient land. Explore how these civilizations have influenced the world we live in today and thus, gain a better understanding of Asian history and culture.

Download or read book Harmsworth History of the World Ancient nations of the Near East Western Asia Egypt Africa written by Arthur Mee and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient West East written by G.R. Tsetskhladze and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atlas of the Ancient Near East written by Trevor Bryce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas provides students and scholars with a broad range of information on the development of the Ancient Near East from prehistoric times through the beginning of written records in the Near East (c. 3000 BC) to the late Roman Empire and the rise of Islam. The geographical coverage of the Atlas extends from the Aegean coast of Anatolia in the west through Iran and Afghanistan to the east, and from the Black and Caspian Seas in the north to Arabia and the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean in the south. The Atlas of the Ancient Near East includes a wide-ranging overview of the civilizations and kingdoms discussed, written in a lively and engaging style, which considers not only political and military issues but also introduces the reader to social and cultural topics such as trade, religion, how people were educated and entertained, and much more. With a comprehensive series of detailed maps, supported by the authors’ commentary and illustrations of major sites and key artifacts, this title is an invaluable resource for students who wish to understand the fascinating cultures of the Ancient Near East.