| Description |
xii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 215-230) |
| Contents |
I. The meaning of civilization -- II. In the beginning -- III. Enter Homo sapiens -- IV. Setting the stage, old world and new -- V. The first farmers of the old world -- VI. The river lands: Egypt -- VII. The river lands: Mesopotamia -- VIII. Civilization spreads to the Indus -- IX. Between the Euphrates and the Nile -- X. Crete -- XI. Hittites and Greeks -- XII. The western Mediterranean -- XIII. The birth of China -- XIV. The American way -- XV. Mesoamerica -- XVI. The central Andes -- XVII. From the past the future. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Ancient.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Riley, Carroll L. Origins of civilization. Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press [1969] (OCoLC)645393876 |
| ISBN |
0809303612 |
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9780809303618 |
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0809306026 |
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9780809306022 |
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