First civilizations : ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt /
Chadwick, Robert,1941-
London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox,
2005.
Previous ed.: Montreal : Les Editions Champ Fleury, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-261) and index.
Mesopotamia: Agriculture and the origins of civilization -- The early dynastic period and the Sumerian city-states -- The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty -- Mesopotamia in the Second Millennium BC -- The Assyrians -- The last Babylonian dynasty -- Mythology and religion -- Science and nature -- Egypt: Egypt -- The old kingdom and the pyramid age (2572 -2134 BC) -- The middle kingdom -- The Hyksos period and the new kingdom -- Akhenaten and the Amarna period -- The 19th dynasty and the Ramesside kings -- Egypt in the late Second and First Millennium BC -- The Persians.