02977nam 2200673 450 991045952470332120200520144314.01-282-65950-297866126595080-19-158503-3(CKB)2670000000029800(EBL)547967(OCoLC)646788807(SSID)ssj0000431004(PQKBManifestationID)12167010(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431004(PQKBWorkID)10456377(PQKB)10905918(MiAaPQ)EBC547967(Au-PeEL)EBL547967(CaPaEBR)ebr11303754(CaONFJC)MIL265950(EXLCZ)99267000000002980020151003h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat makes civilization? the ancient Near East and the future of the West /David WengrowOxford, [England] ;New York, [New York] :Oxford University Press,2010.©20101 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-969942-9 0-19-280580-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Chronology Chart; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Clash of Civilizations?; PART I: THE CAULDRON OF CIVILIZATION; PART II: FORGETTING THE OLD REGIME; Conclusion: What Makes Civilization?; Further Reading; Picture Acknowledgements; IndexIn What Makes Civilization?, archaeologist David Wengrow provides a vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (today's Iraq). These two regions, where many foundations of modern life were laid, are usually treated in isolation. Now, they are brought together within a unified history of how people first created cities, kingdoms, and monumental temples to the gods. But civilization, as Wengrow shows, is not only about such grand monuments. Just as importantly, it is also about the ordinary but fundamental practices of everyday life that we might take for gCivilization, WesternCivilization, WesternMiddle Eastern influencesComparative civilizationIraqCivilizationTo 634EgyptCivilizationTo 332 B.CWestern countriesRelationsMiddle EastMiddle EastRelationsWestern countriesElectronic books.Civilization, Western.Civilization, WesternMiddle Eastern influences.Comparative civilization.932.01Wengrow D.480282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459524703321What makes civilization2064814UNINA