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What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West
David Wengrow
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Description for What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West
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The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates the origins of farming, writing, and cities in ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt, and explores the connections between these two civilizations. It is the story of how people first created kingdoms and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted, such as familiar ways of cooking food ... Read more
The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates the origins of farming, writing, and cities in ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt, and explores the connections between these two civilizations. It is the story of how people first created kingdoms and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted, such as familiar ways of cooking food ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199699421
SKU
V9780199699421
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About David Wengrow
David Wengrow is Professor of Comparative Archaeology at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. He also held positions at Christ Church, University of Oxford, the Warburg Institute, and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He has conducted fieldwork in Africa and the Middle East, most recently in Iraqi Kurdistan, and writes widely on the early cultures and societies of ... Read more
Reviews for What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West
Lively and insightful work.
Geoff Ward, Western Daily Press
Provocative....stimulating...
Steven Snape, History Today
This book promises a lot and delivers even more...It guides readers into the heart of the sources of civilization.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institue
What Makes Civilization? is well written for a student or educated lay-person audience...when the past ... Read more
Geoff Ward, Western Daily Press
Provocative....stimulating...
Steven Snape, History Today
This book promises a lot and delivers even more...It guides readers into the heart of the sources of civilization.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institue
What Makes Civilization? is well written for a student or educated lay-person audience...when the past ... Read more