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First civilizations :

1904768776 (hbk.)

1904768784 (pbk.)

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First civilizations :

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ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt /

Robert Chadwick

2nd ed

Oakville, CT :

Equinox,

2005

xviii, 269 p. :

ill., maps ;

20 x 25 cm

Previous ed.: Montreal : Les Editions Champ Fleury, 1996

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-261) and index

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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