Understanding early civilizations: a comparative study

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"This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the Yoruba. Unlike previous studies, equal attention is paid to similarities and differences in their sociopolitical organization, economic systems, religion, and culture."--Jacket.

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Full title :Understanding early civilizations : a comparative study / Bruce G. Trigger.

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Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 757 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521822459, 9780521822459, 9780521705455, 0521705452
oclc:ocm50291226
LC Classification:CB311
Dewey Decimal:930

Introduction: -- Rationalism and relativism -- Comparative studies -- Defining 'early civilization' -- Evidence and interpretation -- Sociopolitical Organization -- Kingship -- States: city and territorial -- Urbanism -- Class systems and social mobility -- Family organization and gender roles -- Administration -- Law -- Military organization -- Sociopolitical constants and variables -- Economy -- Food production -- Land ownership -- Trade and craft specialization -- Appropriation of wealth -- Economic constants and variables -- Cognitive and Symbolic Aspects -- Conceptions of the supernatural -- Cosmology and cosmogony -- Cult -- Priests, festivals, and the politics of the supernatural -- The individual and the universe -- Elite art and architecture -- Literacy and specialized knowledge -- Values and personal aspirations -- Cultural constants and variables -- Discussion -- Culture and reason.

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15.32 prehistoric and protohistoric arc… 15.40 prehistory 15.51 Antiquity Archéologie sociale Arqueología social Civilisation ancienne Civilization, Ancient cultuur Història antiga Home prehistòric -- Influència del medi Maatschappij Prehistoric peoples Prehistorie Social archaeology Sociétés préhistoriques