What makes civilization?
Subtitle: the ancient Near East and the future of the West
By: David Wengrow
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780192805805
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology chart; title: Introduction: A clash of civilizations?; title: pt. 1. The cauldron of civilization; title: Camouflaged borrowings; title: On the trail of blue-haired gods; title: Neolithic worlds; title: The (first) global village; title: Origin of cities; title: From the Ganges to the Danube : the Bronze Age; title: Cosmology and commerce; title: The labours of kingship; title: pt. 2. Forgetting the old regime; title: Enlightenment from a dark source; title: Ruined regimes : Egypt at the revolution; title: Conclusion: What makes civilization?