The Resource What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West, David Wengrow
What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West, David Wengrow
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- Summary
- Renowned archaeologist David Wengrow creates here a vivid new account of the "birth of civilization" in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, bringing together within a unified history the first two nations where people created cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the gods. But civilization, Wengrow argues, is not exclusively about large-scale settlements and endeavors. Just as important are the ordinary but fundamental practices of everyday life, such as cooking, running a home, and cleaning the body. Tracing the development of such practices, from prehistoric times to the age of the pyramids, Wengrow reveals unsuspected connections between distant regions and provides new insights into the workings of societies we have come to regard as remote from our own. The book obliges us to recognize that civilizations are not formed in isolation, but through the mixing and borrowing of culture between different societies. It concludes by drawing telling parallels between the ancient Near East and more contemporary attempts to reshape the world according to an ideal image
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 217 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
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- Chronology chart
- Introduction: A clash of civilizations?
- pt. 1. The cauldron of civilization
- Camouflaged borrowings
- On the trail of blue-haired gods
- Neolithic worlds
- The (first) global village
- Origin of cities
- From the Ganges to the Danube : the Bronze Age
- Cosmology and commerce
- The labours of kingship
- pt. 2. Forgetting the old regime
- Enlightenment from a dark source
- Ruined regimes : Egypt at the revolution
- Conclusion: What makes civilization?
- Isbn
- 9780192805805
- Label
- What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West
- Title
- What makes civilization?
- Title remainder
- the ancient Near East and the future of the West
- Statement of responsibility
- David Wengrow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Renowned archaeologist David Wengrow creates here a vivid new account of the "birth of civilization" in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, bringing together within a unified history the first two nations where people created cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the gods. But civilization, Wengrow argues, is not exclusively about large-scale settlements and endeavors. Just as important are the ordinary but fundamental practices of everyday life, such as cooking, running a home, and cleaning the body. Tracing the development of such practices, from prehistoric times to the age of the pyramids, Wengrow reveals unsuspected connections between distant regions and provides new insights into the workings of societies we have come to regard as remote from our own. The book obliges us to recognize that civilizations are not formed in isolation, but through the mixing and borrowing of culture between different societies. It concludes by drawing telling parallels between the ancient Near East and more contemporary attempts to reshape the world according to an ideal image
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wengrow, D
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plans
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS69.5
- LC item number
- .W43 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iraq
- Egypt
- Civilization, Western
- Civilization, Western
- Comparative civilization
- Western countries
- Middle East
- Label
- What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West, David Wengrow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-208) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chronology chart -- Introduction: A clash of civilizations? -- pt. 1. The cauldron of civilization -- Camouflaged borrowings -- On the trail of blue-haired gods -- Neolithic worlds -- The (first) global village -- Origin of cities -- From the Ganges to the Danube : the Bronze Age -- Cosmology and commerce -- The labours of kingship -- pt. 2. Forgetting the old regime -- Enlightenment from a dark source -- Ruined regimes : Egypt at the revolution -- Conclusion: What makes civilization?
- Control code
- ocn573152414
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xx, 217 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780192805805
- Lccn
- 2010923443
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40018248594
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, plans
- System control number
- (OCoLC)573152414
- Label
- What makes civilization? : the ancient Near East and the future of the West, David Wengrow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-208) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chronology chart -- Introduction: A clash of civilizations? -- pt. 1. The cauldron of civilization -- Camouflaged borrowings -- On the trail of blue-haired gods -- Neolithic worlds -- The (first) global village -- Origin of cities -- From the Ganges to the Danube : the Bronze Age -- Cosmology and commerce -- The labours of kingship -- pt. 2. Forgetting the old regime -- Enlightenment from a dark source -- Ruined regimes : Egypt at the revolution -- Conclusion: What makes civilization?
- Control code
- ocn573152414
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xx, 217 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780192805805
- Lccn
- 2010923443
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40018248594
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, plans
- System control number
- (OCoLC)573152414
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