Understanding Early Civilizations, Bruce G. Trigger
Автор: Johnson Scott A. J. Название: Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail? ISBN: 1629582832 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781629582832 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5361 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Ideas abound as to why certain complex societies collapsed in the past, including environmental change, subsistence failure, fluctuating social structure and lack of adaptability. Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail? evaluates the current theories in this important topic and discusses why they offer only partial explanations of the failure of past civilizations. This engaging book offers a new theory of collapse, that of social hubris. Through an examination of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Maya, Inca, and Aztec societies, Johnson persuasively argues that hubris blinded many ancient peoples to evidence that would have allowed them to adapt, and he further considers how this has implications for contemporary societies. Comprehensive and well-written, this volume serves as an ideal text for undergraduate courses on ancient complex societies, as well as appealing to the scholar interested in societal collapse.
Описание: In this book, Anne Porter explores the idea that mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world were integral parts of the same social and political groups in greater Mesopotamia during the period 4000 to 1500 BCE. She draws on a wide range of archaeological and cuneiform sources to show how networks of social structure, political and religious ideology, and everyday as well as ritual practice worked to maintain the integrity of those groups when the pursuit of different subsistence activities dispersed them over space. These networks were dynamic, shaping many of the key events and innovations of the time, including the Uruk expansion and the introduction of writing, so-called secondary state formation and the organization and operation of government, the literary production of the Third Dynasty of Ur and the first stories of Gilgamesh, and the emergence of the Amorrites in the second millennium BCE.
Автор: Foster Benjamin R., Foster Karen Polinger Название: Civilizations of Ancient Iraq ISBN: 0691149976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691149974 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2750 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. With illustrations of important works of art and architecture in every chapter, this title traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and people in Iraq over the course of millennia.
Автор: Smith E Michael, Ray J Larry, Masson Marilyn A, Mu Название: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica ISBN: 0631211152 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780631211150 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 16431 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The region of Mesoamerica, extending from central Mexico through Honduras and El Salvador, was home to a variety of advanced civilizations in ancient times. This reader contains 25 chapters written by scholars that explore the nature of these ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
Описание: Photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and texts are celebrating the arrival of a larger size and beautiful colors to the fourth edition of "World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations". This collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for world history survey courses offers a broad introduction to the materials historians use and the interpretations historians make. This text also provides introductions, commentaries, guides, and questions, making it a truly valuable source for world history courses. The selections and accompanying notes, drawn from a vast spectrum of approaches, provide insight into how historians work and place the material in a context that furthers readers' understanding.
Описание: Photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and texts are celebrating the arrival of a larger size and beautiful colors to the fourth edition of "World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations". This collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for world history survey courses offers a broad introduction to the materials historians use and the interpretations historians make. This text also provides introductions, commentaries, guides, and questions, making it a truly valuable source for world history courses. The selections and accompanying notes, drawn from a vast spectrum of approaches, provide insight into how historians work and place the material in a context that furthers readers' understanding.
Автор: Foster, Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Название: Civilizations of ancient iraq ISBN: 0691137226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691137223 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2606 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tells the fascinating story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the 7th century. This book traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and people in Iraq over the course of millennia - from the Sumerians and Assyrians to the Persians, Seleucids, Parthians, and Sassanians.
Автор: Coffin, Judith G. Название: Western civilizations ISBN: 0393930971 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393930979 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5086 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Wald & Peres Название: Rise And Decline Of Civilizations ISBN: 1618113771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618113771 Издательство: Eurospan Рейтинг: Цена: 4295 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Rise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People is a thought experiment in which the author examines the work of 23 historians of the last 2,400 years, from Thucydides to Jared Diamond, who describe the rise and decline of nations and civilizations. None of these is a historian of Judaism. The key question of the book is whether the reasons that explain the rise, decline, and fall of other civilizations could apply to the Jews as well. The answer of the author is a qualified yes. From the work of these historians he extracts 12 drivers or factors that explain rise and decline, from religion to natural catastrophes. Reviewing the Jewish history of more than 3,000 years against the background of these drivers opens fascinating new vistas for the general reader, and may be particularly useful to historians and politicians.
Автор: Smith E Michael, Masson Marilyn A, Mundale J Jenni Название: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica ISBN: 0631211160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780631211167 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7666 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The region of Mesoamerica, extending from central Mexico through Honduras and El Salvador, was home to a variety of advanced civilizations in ancient times. This reader contains 25 chapters written by scholars that explore the nature of these ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
Автор: Coffin Judith Название: Western Civilizations ISBN: 039393098X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393930986 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5086 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Assuming no previous knowledge of history, "Personalities and Problems" is a unique collection of original essays about real people whose lives or careers demonstrate solutions to problems of their times. Each chapter focuses on a problem or issue, and illustrates it by discussing the lives of two historical figures (actual or near contemporaries of each other) whose careers illustrate the richness and variety of history.
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