The Cambridge Ancient History Volume I Part I Prolegomena and Prehistory

Edwards, I. E. S. & Gadd, C. J. (The Late) & Hammond, N. G. L. edited by

ISBN 10: 0521070511 / ISBN 13: 9780521070515

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge England, 1976

Beschreibung

This is Volume one part one only. ; Ex college Library; 803 pages.spine label inked out, stamped on page edges and inside front cover & contents page, pocket and sticker on inside rear cover. shipping will be extra for this heavy book, please inquire.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Cambridge Ancient History Volume I Part I Prolegomena and Prehistory
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge England
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1976
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521070511
• ISBN-13: 9780521070515
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: third edition.
• Zustand: Very Good Condition
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: no jacket

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Inhaltsangabe

The present volume begins with an account of what is known about the remotest geological ages and comprises chapters on the different kinds of evidence concerning man and his physical environment up to the end of the Predynastic Period in Egypt and the parallel stages of development in Mesopotamia, Persia, Anatolia, Palestine, Cyprus, Greece and the Islands. To trace the history of these very early times it is necessary to rely chiefly on material remains, since writing had not then been invented. The text offers a setting against which the cultural progress of the historical epoch can be viewed. Archaeological investigation may be expected to bring to light more evidence to fill some of the present gaps in our knowledge, but already it is clear that the gulf between historical and prehistorical times in much of the ancient world is narrower than was once supposed.