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Civilization before Greece and Rome
de Saggs, H. W. F
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- Estado
- Nuevo
- ISBN 10
- 0300050313
- ISBN 13
- 9780300050318
- Librería
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Kraków, Poland
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Sobre este artículo
Yale University Press, 1991 8vo (23.5 cm), XII, 322 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. From the blurb: "For many centuries it was accepted that civilization began with the Greeks and Romans. During the last two hundred years, however, archaeological discoveries in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Syria, Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus Valley have revealed that rich cultures existed in these regions some two thousand years before the Greco-Roman era. In this fascinating work, H.W.F Saggs presents a wide-ranging survey of the more notable achievements of these societies, showing how much the ancient peoples of the Near and Middle East have influenced the patterns of our daily lives. Saggs discusses the invention of writing, tracing it from the earliest pictograms (designed for account-keeping) to the Phoenician alphabet, the source of the Greek and all European alphabets. He investigates teh curricula, teaching methods, and values of the schools from which scribes graduated. Analyzing the provisions of some of the law codes, he illustrates the operation of international law and the international trade that it made possible. Saggs highlights the creative ways that these ancient peoples used their natural resources, describing the vast works in stone created by the Egyptians, the development of technology in bronze and iron, and the introduction of useful plants into regions outside their natural habitat. In chapters on mathematics, astronomy, and medicine, he offers interesting explanations about how modern calculations of time derive from the ancient world, how the Egyptians practiced scientific surgery, and how the Babylonians used algebra. The book concludes with a discussion of ancient religion, showing its evolution from the most primitive forms toward monotheism."
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- Librería
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
(PL)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004734
- Título
- Civilization before Greece and Rome
- Autor
- Saggs, H. W. F
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0300050313
- ISBN 13
- 9780300050318
- Editorial
- Yale University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New Haven, Ct
- Fecha de publicación
- 1991
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History;
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Sobre el vendedor
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Miembro de Biblio desde 2019
Kraków
Sobre Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
Glosario
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