New Light on the Most Ancient East
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New Light on the Most Ancient East

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New Light on the Most Ancient East

About this book

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 about Indian civilization in the third millennium B.C. He describes the findings at the numerous tells between Mesopotamia and the Indus basin, and in the three provinces of the Fertile Crescent; the succession of cultures in pre-dynastic Egypt and the rise of the Pharaohs; the findings at Ur and Kish and the development of an urban civilization in Mesopotamia. Throughout the text, the author sets forth the step-by-step gathering of precise archaeological evidence, relating these findings both to the context of their particular culture and to the larger context of the origins of European history.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781138812833
eBook ISBN
9781317606413
Edition
1
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Archeologia
INDEX
A-anni-padda, 10, 13, 171
Abusir el-Meleq, 65, 72, 73, 94, 236
Abydos, 82–8, 95, 98, 151, 152, 155, 163, 235
Adametz, L., 47
adzes, stone, 93, 105, 107, 108, 110, 116, 141, 191, 193, 209, 229; copper, 90; see also axes, transverse; axe-adzes; celts
Agrab, Tell, 170
Aha, 83, 85, 154, 156
Ai, 100, 230–239, 243
alloys, 129, 157, 177; see also bronze, tin
almonds, 231
al’Ubaid, see Ubaid
amazonite, 36, 47, 117, 177
amphoriskoi, 90, 230, 235–6
Amri, 173, 186–7, 203
amulets, 68, 71, 97, 130, 111; axe, 39, 229; fly, 71, 183, 196
Anau, 177, 193, 195, 196, 202
anthropology, physical, 29, 34, 40, 42, 46, 50, 75, 99, 155, 175, 220
apes, 96
areas of temples, towns, and villages, 64, 73, 134, 156, 168, 174, 199, 211, 229, 231
arches (true), 151, 168
Arkell, A., 46
Armant, 42, 58, 65
armies, 169
arrow-heads, tanged, 20, 29, 41, 74; transverse, 56, 68, 72, 79, 93, 129; hollow-based, 33, 36, 37, 40, 42,...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. PREFACE
  8. I. FROM HISTORY TO PREHISTORY
  9. II. THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
  10. III. THE OLDEST EGYPTIAN FARMERS
  11. IV. AFRICANS AND ASIATICS ON THE NILE
  12. V. THE RISE OF THE PHARAOHS
  13. VI. THE COLONIZATION OF MESOPOTAMIA
  14. VII. THE URBAN REVOLUTION IN MESOPOTAMIA
  15. VIII. THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD
  16. IX. INDIAN CIVILIZATION IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C.
  17. X. FROM THE TIGRIS TO THE INDUS
  18. XI. BETWEEN THE HORNS OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT
  19. XII. PROOFS OF DIFFUSION
  20. BOOKS CITED IN MORE THAN ONE CHAPTER
  21. ABBREVIATIONS
  22. INDEX