Civilization Before Greece and Rome - Hardcover

H. W. F. Saggs

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9780300044409: Civilization Before Greece and Rome
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ISBN 10: 0300044402 ISBN 13: 9780300044409
Publisher: Yale Univ. Pr. (c.1989), 1989

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Saggs, H.W.F., Civilization Before Greece And Rome

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First published in London in 1988, this study introduces the predominant cultures of the ancient Near East (Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Palestinian, Sumerian, Medean/Persian, Hittite and Hurrian, and Indus Valley). As excavation continues at sites of these first societies, their annals are in need of frequent revision, which this book provides. Saggs has a knack for drawing together the most telling details from the jumble of cultural data and presenting them in such a way that we truly see each culture as it was at its zenith, and its heritage to the world. There is an especially informative look as the cross-cultural development of writing. Though factual material is often repeated, and the author's data or analysis may not always be quite current, this is nonetheless an accurate and lively picture of an area typically neglected by Western educators. History Book Club & Natural Science Book Club alternates.
- Jo-Ann D. Suleiman, Sanad Support Technologies, Rockville, Md .
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Publisher
Yale Univ. Pr. (c.1989)
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0300044402
ISBN 13 
9780300044409
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
322
Rating
  • 3.80 out of 5 stars
    112 ratings by Goodreads

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