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and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted, such as familiar ways of cooking food and keeping the house and body clean. Wengrow asks why these ancient cultures, where so many features of modern life originated, have come to
symbolize the remote and the exotic.
Today, perhaps more than ever, he argues, the beleaguered cultural heritage of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia stands as a warning for the future. A warning of the sacrifices people will tolerate to preserve their chosen form of life; of the potential for unfettered expansion that exists within any cultural tradition; and of blood perhaps yet to be spilled, on the altar of a misguided notion of civilization.
and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted, such as familiar ways of cooking food and keeping the house and body clean. Wengrow asks why these ancient cultures, where so many features of modern life originated, have come to
symbolize the remote and the exotic.
Today, perhaps more than ever, he argues, the beleaguered cultural heritage of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia stands as a warning for the future. A warning of the sacrifices people will tolerate to preserve their chosen form of life; of the potential for unfettered expansion that exists within any cultural tradition; and of blood perhaps yet to be spilled, on the altar of a misguided notion of civilization.
- Chronological Chart
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction: a clash of civilizations?
- Part One: The Cauldron of Civilization
- 1: Camouflaged Borrowings
- 2: On the Trail of Blue-Haired Gods
- 3: Neolithic Worlds
- 4: The (First) Global Village
- 5: Origin of Cities
- 6: From the Ganges to the Danube: the Bronze Age
- 7: Cosmology and Commerce
- 8: The Labours of Kingship
- Part Two: Forgetting the Old Regime
- 9: Enlightenment from a Dark Source
- 10: Ruined Regimes: Egypt at the Revolution
- Conclusion: What Makes Civilization?
- Further Reading
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 240 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780199699421 |
| ISBN-10: | 0199699429 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Wengrow, David |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Oxford University Press España S.A., El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares, Avendia de Castilla 2, E-28830 Madrid, product.safety@oup.com |
| Abbildungen: | 20 black and white plates; 6 maps |
| Maße: | 209 x 132 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Wengrow |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.01.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,368 kg |
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