NEW LIGHT ON THE EMERGENCE OF CIVILIZATION IN THE NEAR EAST: Revelations of the 5,000 year old city of Chogha Mish, Iran

DURING the course of the current century our historical horizons have widened immensely. No longer are the Classical and the Biblical worlds the primary centres of humanistic quest. For all their superb achievements both have been recognized as relatively late phases in a long cultural development in the Near East, where modern Near Eastern and Western civilizations have their roots.