Advancement in ancient civilizations life, culture, science and thought
"Traditional scholarship on how ancient civilizations emerged is outmoded and new insights call for revision. According to the well-established paradigm, Mesopotamia is considered the cradle of civilization. Following the cliché of ex oriente lux ("light from the East") all major achi...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
[2020]
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: The organic whole of human existence and the quality of life
- The life cycle of cultures
- Timeline
- Early achievements
- The wheel, the wagon and the chariot
- The economic foundations
- Settlement planning
- Architecture
- Social networking
- Religion and worldview
- Human activity between life and afterlife
- Specialized systems for communication
- Intellectual domains
- Art and aesthetics