1st Edition
Early Civilizations of the Old World The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China
By Charles Keith Maisels
Copyright 1999
500 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
504 Pages
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In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World , Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case the ecological and economic background to growth, geographical factors, cross-cultural intersection and the rise of urbanism are examined, explaining how particular forms of social structure and cultural... Read more
1: How Does the Past Illuminate the Present? 1; 2: Sema-Tawy; 3: The Levant and Mesopotamia; 4: The Indus/‘Harrappan'/Saraswati Civilization; 5: The Central Kingdom, Zhong-Guo 1; 6: Conclusion
Biography
Charles Keith Maisels
'Very few people have the necessary scholarship, courage and clarity of thought to range over such a dispersed and diverse ground as is covered in this book ... The author's ideas merit careful study' - British Archaeology
