The Dawn of Civilization: The First World Survey of Human Cultures in Early Times

Scarce. Light blue/gray cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering on the cover and along the spine. This massive and heavy folio work is 404 pages in length. Our copy is clean and in good condition. The text pages have become slightly age-toned. It is not a discarded library book. Students of ancient Egypt will be especially interested in the contribution by Cyril Aldred on the rise of the state (pages 97-132). Photographs are available upon request. Profusely illustrated with 940 illustrations, 172 in color, 110 original reconstructions, 645 photographs & drawings, 48 maps & chronological charts. 14 of the world's leading archaeologists & more than 3 years in the making, this most complete survey, in text & illustrations, of civilized man, is a truly important contribution . . . tracing the history of man, extending over many thousands of years; from the hunters, cannibals & gatherers of the first half-million years through the beginnings of village life, the birth of written history, the use of merchant venturers, Aegean heroes, ancient India & Cathay & the nomad peoples of the Steppes, to the birth of the New World; a magnificent & sweeping account.