New Light on the Most Ancient East

This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley. Professor Childe discusses the excavation of the three cities of Mohenjo-daro and Chanhu-daro on the Indus and Harappa on the Ravi, and what these sites have revealed about Indian civilization in the third millennium B.C. He describes the findings at the numerous tells between Mesopotamia and the Indus basin, and in the three provinces of the Fertile Crescent; the succession of cultures in pre-dynastic Egypt and the rise of the Pharaohs; the findings at Ur and Kish and the development of an urban civilization in Mesopotamia. Throughout the text, the author sets forth the step-by-step gathering of precise archaeological evidence, relating these findings both to the context of their particular culture and to the larger context of the origins of European history.

List of contents

Preface 1. From History to Prehistory 2. The Setting of the Stage 3. The Oldest Egyptian Farmers 4. Africans and Asiatics on the Nile 5. The Rise of the Pharaohs 6. The Colonization of Mesopotamia 7. The Urban Revolution in Mesopotamia 8. The Early Dynastic Period 9. Indian Civilization in the Third Millennium B.C. 10. From the Tigris to the Indus 11. Between the Horns of the Fertile Crescent 12. Proofs of Diffusion

About the author

Childe, V. Gordon

Summary

This book offers a detailed survey on major archaeological discoveries in the Near and Middle East. This classic account focuses on the findings in three great centers of ancient civilization: Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus valley.

Product details

• Authors: V. Gordon Childe, Childe V. Gordon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2014
• EAN: 9781138812833
• ISBN: 978-1-138-81283-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology; Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Reference works, Regional Studies, Middle Eastern history, Regional / International studies, Archaeology by period / region, Society and culture: general, Regional Geography, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology