| Description |
208 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The first humans : The earliest hominids / Anne Thackeray ; The first humans / Anne Thackeray ; The first toolmakers / Anne Thackeray ; African genesis / Anne Thackeray ; Spread of archaic humans / John Hoffecker ; The Neanderthals / John Hoffecker ; Spread of modern humans / John Hoffecker ; Specialized hunters / John Hoffecker ; Ice age art / Paul Bahn ; After the ice / Peter Bogucki -- 2. Postglacial revolutions : The emergence of farming / Christopher Edens ; Pyrotechnology: kiln and forge / Peter Bogucki ; Further advances in farming / Peter Bogucki ; Early cities and state societies / Christopher Edens ; The development of writing / Christopher Edens. |
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3. The rise of civilizations : Europe & Western Asia : Regional introduction / Peter Bogucki ; Foragers of the Mesolithic / Peter Bogucki ; First farmers of the Near East / Christopher Edens ; Early farmers of Eurasia / Peter Bogucki ; First cities of the Near East / Christopher Edens ; Developed farmers of Europe / Simon Kaner ; The Megalith builders / Simon Kaner ; Copper age of Eastern Europe / Peter Bogucki ; Sumerians and Akkadians / Christopher Edens ; Bronze age trade of Western Asia / Christopher Edens ; Early empires of Mesopotamia / Christopher Edens ; Bronze age social elites / Peter Bogucki ; Aegean palace civilizations / Louise Steel ; Rival empires of the Near East / Christopher Edens ; Trade in the late bronze age / Steven Snape ; Philistines and Israelites / Christopher Edens ; The Phoenician empire / Louise Steel ; The Assyrian empire / Christopher Edens ; The expanding Greek world / David Gill ; The Western Mediterranean / David Gill ; Iron age Europe / Peter Bogucki ; The classical age of Greece / David Gill ; The Hellenistic Near East / David Gill ; The spread of the Roman Empire / David Gill ; Communications and trade / David Gill ; The frontiers of the empire / David Gill ; Central, South & East Asia : Regional introduction / Jane McIntosh ; Forager groups of East Asia / Simon Kaner ; The origins of rice cultivation / Charles Higham ; The Indus civilization / Jane McIntosh ; Earliest dynasties of China / Simon Kaner ; The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia / Charles Higham ; First empires of China / Simon Kaner ; Early states of Korea and Japan / Simon Kaner ; The Iron Age of Southeast Asia / Charles Higham ; Later states of South Asia / Jane McIntosh ; Scythians and Steppe nomads / Peter Bogucki ; The Persian empire / Christopher Edens ; The Greeks in Asia / Christopher Edens ; Empires on the Silk Route / Christopher Edens. |
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Africa : Regional introduction / Anne Thackeray ; Hunters and herders / Anne Thackeray ; Predynastic Egypt / Steven Snape ; Egypt in the Old Kingdom / Steven Snape ; Middle Kingdom Egypt / Steven Snape ; New Kingdom Egypt / Steven Snape ; Kingdoms of the Upper Nile / Steven Snape ; Iron Age Sub-Saharan Africa / Anne Thackeray ; The Americas : Regional introduction / Paul Bahn ; Archaic hunter-gatherers / Philip Duke, Geoffrey McCafferty and Karen Wise ; Origins of farming / Philip Duke, Geoffrey McCafferty and Karen Wise ; Bison hunters of North America / Philip Duke ; North American mound builders / Philip Duke ; Pueblo dwellers of the Southwest / Philip Duke ; Formative period of Mesoamerica / Geoffrey McCafferty ; Classic highland civilizations / Geoffrey McCafferty ; Maya states of Central America / Geoffrey McCafferty ; The postclassic transformation / Geoffrey McCafferty ; The Aztecs of central Mexico / Geoffrey McCafferty ; Pre-civilizations of South America / Karen Wise ; Andean states and empires / Karen Wise ; The Inca empire / Karen Wise ; Australia & the Pacific : Regional introduction / Caroline Bird ; Ice age peoples of Australia / Caroline Bird ; Australia: later hunter-gatherers / Caroline Bird ; Early settlement of Melanesia / Caroline Bird ; Colonizing the Pacific / Caroline Bird ; Easter Island / Paul Bahn ; Maori settlement in New Zealand / Tom Higham. |
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Archaeology.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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Civilization, Ancient -- Maps.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Antiquities.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Archaeology. (OCoLC)fst00812938
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Civilization, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00862946
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Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
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| Genre/Form |
Maps. (OCoLC)fst01423704
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Maps.
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| Added Author |
Bahn, Paul G., editor.
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Cunliffe, Barry W., writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
World archaeology |
| ISBN |
9780681414464 (paperback) |
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0681414464 (paperback) |
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