First Civilizations

Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

Av Robert Alan Chadwick, Robert Chadwick

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'First Civilizations' is the second edition of a popular student text first published in 1996 in Montreal by Les Editions Champ Fleury. This updated and expanded edition provides an introductory overview of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-03-01
Mått169 x 244 x 18 mm
Vikt903 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
Upplaga2
FörlagEquinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781904768784

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Robert Chadwick is Adjunct Professor at McGill University. He has, since 1972, taught the history and culture of the ancient Near East at John Abbott College, Concordia University, McGill University, l'Universite de Montreal and Bishop's University. He has excavated in England, the American south-west, Syria and Jordan. He is currently the assistant director of the Wadi Ath-Thamad Excavation Project.

Part One: Mesopotamia; 1. Introduction: History and Archaeology as Tools for Understanding the Past; 2. Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization; 3. The Early Dynastic Period and the Sumerian 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; 8. Mythology and Religion: The Story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 9. Science and Nature: Astronomy and Medicine in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Part Two: Egypt; 10. Egypt: The Black Land; 11. The Old Kingdom and the Pyramid Age (2572 -2134 BC); 12. The Middle Kingdom; 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 Millennium BC: The Kushites, Libyans and Assyrians; 17. The Persians; 18. Epilogue