280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley.
Professor Childe discusses the excavation of the three cities of Mohenjo-daro and Chanhu-daro on the Indus and Harappa on the Ravi, and what these sites have revealed... Read more
Preface 1. From History to Prehistory 2. The Setting of the Stage 3. The Oldest Egyptian Farmers 4. Africans and Asiatics on the Nile 5. The Rise of the Pharaohs 6. The Colonization of Mesopotamia 7. The Urban Revolution in Mesopotamia 8. The Early Dynastic Period 9. Indian Civilization in the Third Millennium B.C. 10. From the Tigris to the Indus 11. Between the Horns of the Fertile Crescent 12. Proofs of Diffusion
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Childe, V. Gordon
