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

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...

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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.

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