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The Rise of Civilization: From Early Farmers to Urban Society in the Ancient Near East

by Charles L. Redman

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De las colecciones que nacieron de « Critica/Historia, esta incorporo todos los textos correspondientes a Arqueologia e Historia antigua. Nacio con el libro de Lewis Binford, En busca del pasado, que iniciaba en Espana la divulgacion de la llamada « Nueva Arqueologia y que supuso un importante instrumento de renovacion metodologica. La coleccion ha acogido obras de lan Hodder, Clive Orton, Ramon Buxo, Colin Renfrew, Marisa Ruiz-Galvez, Jose Luis Lopez Castro, Bruce Trigger, Arturo Ruiz, show more Manuel Molinos, G. E. M. de Ste. Croix, Charles Redman, Domingo Placido, M a Eugenia Aubet o Jaime Alvar. Primera sintesis actualizada sobre la evolucion de la sociedad urbana en el Proximo Oriente, desde sus origenes prehistoricos hasta la eclosion de las primeras ciudades-estado mesopotamicas, analizando los conjuntos de factores interrelacionados que actuaron en el proceso de aparicion del Estado teocratico. show less

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Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 939 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Other parts of ancient world
LCC: DS57 .R4 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Middle East. Southwestern Asia. Ancient Orient.

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Published: 1978
Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 939
LCC: DS57 .R4

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