An Archaeology of the Peoples of the Near East. Volume I: From the First Villagers to the Peoples of the City-States (10th-3rd Millennium BC).
Wandering| N° d'inventaire | 7496 |
| Format | 18 x 25 |
| Détails | 269 p., numerous illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782877726467 |
New edition . A reading of the ancient Orient based on archaeological documentation from 10,000 BCE to the death of Alexander, undertaken over an immense geographical area, from Istanbul to the banks of the Indus and from the Caucasus to the Gulf to the border of Egypt. In the lands of the Orient, humanity has traveled a long way. It has tried all the formulas, from the village to the city, from the city-state to the territorial state, from national states to the universal empire. The populations of the Orient gradually settled down, mastered plants and animals, then irrigation techniques, metallurgy, the art of construction. Some societies gradually organized themselves according to a system of chiefdoms, at first quite simple then increasingly complex, in a tight web of social relations guaranteeing their survival. At the end of the 4th millennium, cities were born. Some regions accessed an urban way of life that would leave their mark on the world. Within these cities, political entities were formed, initially centered on a small territory. Quite abruptly, during the third quarter of the 3rd millennium, a new system emerged, that of the territorial state, which ceased to be based on an ethnic group or a system of kinship and redistribution, to be structured around a political leader, a centralized power and a bureaucracy. Since the 19th century, archaeologists from all countries of the world have been digging the earth and sand in varied landscapes, deserts, mountains, plateaus and seashores, and unearthing numerous civilizations, from the most modest to the most famous. This new edition has been revised and expanded to take into account the latest research.
New edition . A reading of the ancient Orient based on archaeological documentation from 10,000 BCE to the death of Alexander, undertaken over an immense geographical area, from Istanbul to the banks of the Indus and from the Caucasus to the Gulf to the border of Egypt. In the lands of the Orient, humanity has traveled a long way. It has tried all the formulas, from the village to the city, from the city-state to the territorial state, from national states to the universal empire. The populations of the Orient gradually settled down, mastered plants and animals, then irrigation techniques, metallurgy, the art of construction. Some societies gradually organized themselves according to a system of chiefdoms, at first quite simple then increasingly complex, in a tight web of social relations guaranteeing their survival. At the end of the 4th millennium, cities were born. Some regions accessed an urban way of life that would leave their mark on the world. Within these cities, political entities were formed, initially centered on a small territory. Quite abruptly, during the third quarter of the 3rd millennium, a new system emerged, that of the territorial state, which ceased to be based on an ethnic group or a system of kinship and redistribution, to be structured around a political leader, a centralized power and a bureaucracy. Since the 19th century, archaeologists from all countries of the world have been digging the earth and sand in varied landscapes, deserts, mountains, plateaus and seashores, and unearthing numerous civilizations, from the most modest to the most famous. This new edition has been revised and expanded to take into account the latest research.