Name: What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (en Inglés)
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Author: Wengrow, David
ISBN: 9780199699421

portada What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

David Wengrow

Editorial

Oxford University Press, USA

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.6 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm

Peso

0.27 kg.

ISBN

0199699429

ISBN13

9780199699421

Categorías

Oriente próximo
Antiguo egipto - c. 2686-c. 323 a. e. c.
Historia antigua
Historia de oriente próximo
Historia social y cultural

What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (en Inglés)

David Wengrow (Autor) · Oxford University Press, USA · Tapa Blanda

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The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates the origins of farming, writing, and cities in ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt, and explores the connections between these two civilizations. It is the story of how people first created kingdoms 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.