Wengrow David (Professor Of Comparative Archaeology University College London)
Wengrow David (Professor Of Comparative Archaeology University College London) - What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West - Hardcover
Wengrow David (Professor Of Comparative Archaeology University College London) - What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West - Hardcover
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Description: 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.
Title: What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West
Author(s): Wengrow David (Professor Of Comparative Archaeology University College London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199699421
Pages: 240 Pages, 20 Black And White Plates; 6 Maps
Publication Date: 4/1/2018
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
Description: 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.
Title: What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West
Author(s): Wengrow David (Professor Of Comparative Archaeology University College London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199699421
Pages: 240 Pages, 20 Black And White Plates; 6 Maps
Publication Date: 4/1/2018
Category: Classical History / Classical Civilisation
