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A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : Aidan Cockburn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521589543
A readable and fascinating account of the story of mummification from around the world.
Author : Denny Rose & Rowan Allen
Publisher : Scientific e-Resources
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 29,75 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
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ISBN : 1839472758
About 5,000 years ago the first urban societies developed laying the foundations for the first civilizations. Nearly all civilizations share the same few features- they have abundant food surpluses, contained cities, political bureaucracies, armies, defined religious and social hierarchies and long distance trading. Ancient Egyptian culture flourished between c. 5500 BCE with the rise of technology (as evidenced in the glass-work of faience) and 30 BCE with the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. It is famous today for the great monuments which celebrated the triumphs of the rulers and honored the gods of the land. The culture is often misunderstood as having been obsessed with death but, had this been so, it is unlikely it would have made the significant impression it did on other ancient cultures such as Greece and Rome. Neolithic means "e;new stone"e;, even though agriculture was the crowning achievement of the period. Civilizations started out small. Agriculture at first tended to tie only small groups together. These groups also all settled along rivers, important as a reliable and predictable source of water. As time passed, families usually worked the same plot of land over successive generations, leading to the concept of ownership. Ancient mortars and grinding tools unearthed in a large mound in the Zagros Mountains of Iran reveal that people were grinding wheat and barley about 11,000 years ago. Grass pea, wild wheat, wild barley, and lentils were found throughout the site, including some of the earliest known samples. This was much further east than most sites known for early agriculture. This book furnishes with utmost facility to all classes of readers, the needed information on ancient civilization. The unusual variety of the subject makes this a work of endless fascination.
Author : Chris Scarre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 042968438X
Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations in Eurasia and the Americas, from Egypt and the Sumerians to the Indus Valley, Shang China, and the Maya. It also addresses subsequent developments in Southwest Asia, moving on to the first Aegean civilizations, Greece and Rome, the first states of sub-Saharan Africa, divine kings and empires in East and Southeast Asia, and the Aztec and Inka empires of Mesoamerica and the Andes. It includes a number of features to support student learning: a wealth of images, including several new illustrations; feature boxes which expand on key sites, finds, and written sources; and an extensive guide to further reading. With new perceptions of the origin and collapse of states, including a review of the issue of sustainability, this fifth edition has been extensively updated in the light of spectacular new discoveries and the latest theoretical advances. Examining the world’s pre-industrial civilizations from a multidisciplinary perspective and offering a comparative analysis of the field which explores the connections between all civilizations around the world, this volume provides a unique introduction to pre-industrial civilizations in all their brilliant diversity. It will prove invaluable to students of Archaeology.
Author : Charles Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0199263647
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Author : Michael Wood
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806908632
Step into this lavishly illustrated time machine to unlock the secrets and hidden treasures of the first city-dwellers and their descendants. Visit ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq), Egypt, India, China, and the Americas, where 5,000 years ago city civilizations developed for the first time in human history. Filled with a wealth of color and B&W photos, this extraordinary book provides a unique tool for studying the birth of civilization. By looking at art, architecture, technology, social organization, writings, and other points common to the areas surveyed, you'll see the amazing parallels that developed in these independent societies, as well as their points of divergence.
Author : Gary Sprott
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 19,24 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1683425359
From the Great Pyramids to the Great Wall of China and beyond, the landmarks of the world's ancient cultures still stand as impressive reminders of our past. Are you ready to go back in time to discover some really weird, but true facts about ancient cultures? Includes a glossary, websites, and colorful illustrations.
Author : Chris Scarre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317296079
Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations and the great powers in the Near East, moving on to the first Aegean civilizations, the Mediterranean world in the first millennium, Imperial Rome, northeast Africa, the divine kings in southeast Asia, and empires in East Asia, as well as early states in the Americas and Andean civilization. Ancient Civilizations includes a number of features to support student learning: a wealth of images, including several new illustrations; feature boxes which expand on key sites, finds and written sources; and an extensive guide to further reading. With new perceptions of the origin and collapse of states, including a review of the issue of sustainability, this fourth edition has been extensively updated in the light of spectacular new discoveries and the latest theoretical advances. Examining the world’s pre-industrial civilizations from a multidisciplinary perspective and offering a comparative analysis of the field which explores the connections between all civilizations around the world, Scarre and Fagan, both established authorities on world prehistory, provide a valuable introduction to pre-industrial civilizations in all their brilliant diversity.
Author : Dr. Brian Fagan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 18,75 MB
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317350332
Drawing on many avenues of inquiry: archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and on both historical and ethnohistorical records; Ancient Civilizations, 3/e provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and a brief summary of the way in which they were discovered.
Author : Bruce G. Trigger
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9789774243653
"An important scholarly contribution not only to the study of early civilizations, but also to archaeological theory. . . . It should be required reading for any course on ancient civilization." --Kathryn A. Bard, Journal of Field Archaeology
Author : Gary Sprott
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2019-01-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1731603436
From the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Great Wall of China and beyond, the landmarks of the world’s ancient cultures still stand as impressive reminders of our past. But traces of these long-ago civilizations can also be found in more unusual places, including a fast-food restaurant!