The Birth of Civilization in the Near East
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About This Book
"Henri Frankfort attempts to establish the cultural innovations marking the dim boundary between the prehistoric millennia and our own history. He asserts that all civilizations have an elusive and unique identity," and this he attempts to chronicle in this history.
Chapters (14)
- THE BIRTH OF CIVILIZATION IN THE NEAR EAST
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Following page 64
- I. THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
- II. THE PREHISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
- III. THE CITIES OF MESOPOTAMIA
- IV. EGYPT, THE KINGDOM OF THE TWO LANDS
- APPENDIX The Influence of Mesopotamia on Egypt Towards the End of the Fourth Millennium B.C.[169]
- MESOPOTAMIAN INFLUENCE IN PRE- AND PROTODYNASTIC EGYPT
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- Footnotes
- INDEX
- ANCHOR BOOKS AMERICAN HISTORY AND STUDIES
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