Ancient West Asian Civilization : Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsuneki, Akira. (Editor), Yamada, Shigeo. (Editor), Hisada, Ken-ichiro. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Archaeology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811005541
• Physical Description: VIII, 230 p. 120 illus., 69 illus. in color. online resource.

This book explores aspects of the ancient civilization in West Asia, which has had a great impact on modern human society-agriculture, metallurgy, cities, writing, regional states, and monotheism, all of which appeared first in West Asia during the tenth to first millennia BC. The editors specifical...