The Emergence of Civilization From Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture, Cities, and the State of the Near East

The Emergence of Civilisation is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near Eastern region. Charles Maisels argues that our present assumptions about state formation, based on nineteenth century speculations, are wrong. His inv...

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Main Author Maisels, Charles Keith
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 1993
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesSheffield studies in Aegean archaeology
Subjects
Archaeology
Civilization
Middle East
Middle Eastern Archaeology
To 622
Zawi Chemi
Mesopotamian Society
Emmer Wheat
Wild Cereals
Social Reproduction
Vice Versa
Early Dynastic
Marked 1
Deh Luran
Dense
Confer
Uruk Period
Kinsmen
Gazelle
Tepe Sabz
Domestic Goat
Tonnes
Specialized Nomadic Pastoralism
Precincts
Hordeum Spontaneum
Van Zeist
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
Jemdet Nasr Period
Deh Luran Plain
De Contenson
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Summary:The Emergence of Civilisation is a major contribution to our understanding of the development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near Eastern region. Charles Maisels argues that our present assumptions about state formation, based on nineteenth century speculations, are wrong. His investigation illuminates the changes in scale, complexity and hierarchy which accompany the development of civilisation. The book draws conclusions about the dynamics of social change and the processes of social evolution in general, applying those concepts to the rise of Greece and Rome, and to the collapse of the classical Mediterranean world.
ISBN:9780415096591
9781138140455
0415096596
1138140457
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9781134863273
9780203459409
DOI:10.4324/9780203450642