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" First civilizations : "
Robert Chadwick
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BL
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593804
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b423023
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| Main Entry
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Chadwick, Robert,1941-
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| Title & Author
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First civilizations : : ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt /\ Robert Chadwick
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Oakville, CT :: Equinox,, 2005
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xviii, 269 p. :: ill., maps ;; 20 x 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1904768776 (hbk.)
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: 1904768784 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Previous ed.: Montreal : Les Editions Champ Fleury, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-261) and index
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| Contents
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History and archaeology as tools for understanding the past -- Agriculture and the origins of civilization -- The early dynastic period and the formation of the first city-states -- The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty -- Mesopotamia in the second millennium BC : the Babylonians and the Kassites (2000-1600 BC) -- The Assyrians -- The last Babylonian dynasty -- Mythology and religion in Mesopotamia : the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu -- Science and technology : astronomy and medicine in Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Egypt: the black land -- The Old Kingdom and the Pyramid Age (2575 -2134 BC) -- Funerary practices, rituals, and mummification -- The Hyksos period and the New Kingdom -- Akhenaten and the Amarna period -- The 19th dynasty and the Ramesside kings -- Egypt in the late second and first millenniums BC -- The Persians
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Iraq, Civilization, To 634
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Egypt, Civilization, 332 B.C.-638 A.D
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DS69.5.C43 2005
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DS69.5.C43 2005
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