LEADER 02973nam 2200673 450 001 9910821315703321 005 20230725023628.0 010 $a0-19-161349-5 010 $a1-282-65950-2 010 $a9786612659508 010 $a0-19-158503-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029800 035 $a(EBL)547967 035 $a(OCoLC)646788807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431004 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12167010 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431004 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456377 035 $a(PQKB)10905918 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547967 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11303754 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265950 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029800 100 $a20151003h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhat makes civilization? $ethe ancient Near East and the future of the West /$fDavid Wengrow 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, [New York] :$cOxford University Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-969942-9 311 $a0-19-280580-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIn 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 g 606 $aCivilization, Western 606 $aCivilization, Western$xMiddle Eastern influences 606 $aComparative civilization 607 $aIraq$xCivilization$yTo 634 607 $aEgypt$xCivilization$yTo 332 B.C 607 $aWestern countries$xRelations$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xRelations$zWestern countries 615 0$aCivilization, Western. 615 0$aCivilization, Western$xMiddle Eastern influences. 615 0$aComparative civilization. 676 $a932.01 700 $aWengrow$b D.$0480282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821315703321 996 $aWhat makes civilization$94052046 997 $aUNINA