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The anvil of civilisation, an outline of the birth, development, and inter-relationship of the ancient civilisations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean, 4000-400 B.C., by Leonard Cottrell

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The anvil of civilisation, an outline of the birth, development, and inter-relationship of the ancient civilisations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean, 4000-400 B.C., by Leonard Cottrell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The anvil of civilisation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1308002

Responsibility statement

by Leonard Cottrell

Sub title

an outline of the birth, development, and inter-relationship of the ancient civilisations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean, 4000-400 B.C.

Table Of Contents

The beginnings -- Earliest Egypt -- 'Lord of the two lands' -- The two rivers -- Egyptian religion -- Egypt to the Middle Kingdom -- Sumer and Babylon -- The island kings -- Clash of empires (1) -- Clash of empires (2) -- The end of the eighteenth dynasty -- The Iron Age revolution -- 'Babylon, the mighty city' -- The dawn of western civilisation -- Myths and morals: literature and art -- 'The king with half the East at heel' -- Athens: glory and decline

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