Description: Further DetailsTitle: What Makes Civilization?Condition: NewDescription: 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 and keeping the house and body clean. Wengrow asks why these ancient cultures, where so many features of modern life originated, have come to symbolize the remote and the exotic. Today, perhaps more than ever, he argues, the beleaguered cultural heritage of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia stands as a warning for the future. A warning of the sacrifices people will tolerate to preserve their chosen form of life; of the potential for unfettered expansion that exists within any cultural tradition; and of blood perhaps yet to be spilled, on the altar of a misguided notion of civilization.Author: David WengrowCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBEAN: 9780199699421Format: HardbackGenre: HistoryISBN: 9780199699421ISBN-10: 0199699429Item Height: 195mmItem Length: 130mmItem Weight: 282gItem Width: 13mmLanguage: EnglishPublisher: Oxford University PressRelease Date: 01/25/2018Subtitle: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the WestTopic: Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
EAN: 9780199699421
ISBN: 9780199699421
ISBN-10: 0199699429
Publication Name: What Makes Civilization?
Release Date: 01/25/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West
Title: What Makes Civilization?
Book Title: What Makes Civilization? : the Ancient Near East and the Future of the West
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Archaeology, Ancient / General, Ancient / Egypt, Middle East / Iran
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: David Wengrow
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Hardcover
