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The Ancient Near East
Annie CaubetPatrick Pouyssegur
其他書名
The Origins of Civilization
出版Terrail, 1998
主題History / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Asia / GeneralHistory / Middle East / GeneralHistory / Civilization
ISBN28793915209782879391526
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=q0IUAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Mesopotamia is credited with the invention of writing and of agriculture, and so is seen as the cradle of civilisation . The dazzling quality of the art of the Sumerians, Akkadian. Hittite, Assyrian and Persian empires speaks to the present about the culture and belief systems of these peoples. The text covers the origins of the cities and empires concerned, their view of the gods and the evolution of writing, including a special feature on the epic of Gilgamesh.