The History and Culture of Ancient Western Asia and Egypt Unknown - 1988

Chicago: Dorsey Press, 1988. [xvi] 284, xx p., b/w illus., maps, dj.

Chicago IL.: The Dorsey Press., 1988. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Minor spoil specks to front DJ. Prior owner name, date in pencil.. 1 xv, 284, xx p. 21 cm. Black sealed paper/cloth material over boards. Copper stamped titles. Illustrated DJ, B&W from ancient art. B&W photos, facsimiles, maps, chronology, charts, tables. Notes and Suggested Readings w/ chapters. Glossary, Index. From 9000 BC through the year 0, the history of the peoples of five regions is outlined here: Mesopotamia and Iran; Egypt; Syria-Palestine; Anatolia; Aegean and Cyprus. Author is an archaeologist, and weaves clues from that discipline with findings in anthropology, sociology, and geography; then he draws contours of the social, psychological, and economic life of inhabitants of early cultures.