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207 pages : 30 cm, Translation of: L'Orient ancien : aux origines de la civilisation, Includes bibliographical references (page 206), 1. Origins -- The first villages -- The birth of agriculture -- The rise of agricultural society -- The first ceramic cultures -- The emergence of the hierarchical society -- The first towns -- 2. Cities -- The city-states of Sumer (2900-2330 BC) -- The Akkadian empire (2334-2193 BC) -- The Third Dynasty of Ur (2112-2004 BC) -- Ashur and the Amorite kingdoms (2004-1792 BC) -- Hammurabi and the rise of Babylon (1792-1595 BC) -- 3. Peoples and empires -- The emergence of new peoples (1595-1365 BC) -- The rise of Assyria (1365-934 BC) -- The Assyrian conquest of the East (934-745 BC) -- The age of Assyrian hegemony (745-612 BC) -- The Babylonian empire (612-539 BC) -- The Persian empire (539-330 BC) -- 4. Writing and knowledge -- The evolution of writing -- The transmission of knowledge -- 5. The power of the gods and the destiny of man -- The birth of the world -- The major gods and the ordering of the universe -- The destiny of man -- The Epic of Gilgamesh -- East and West: a permanent dialogue

Author

Caubet, Annie, Pouysségur, Patrick; Snowdon, Peter

Publisher

Paris : Terrail

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9782879391526

Updated

2026-03-24