Civilization Before Greece & Rome Crete Syrian Anatolia Persia Indus Mesopotamia

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Civilization Before Greece and Rome by H.W.F. Saggs. NOTE: We have 100,000 books in our library, over 10,400 different titles. Odds are we have other copies of this same title in varying conditions, some less expensive, some better condition. We might also have different editions as well (some paperback, some hardcover, oftentimes international editions). If you don’t see what you want, please contact us and ask. We’re happy to send you a summary of the differing conditions and prices we may have for the same title. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover with Dust Jacket: 322 pages. Publisher: Yale University Press; (1989). For many centuries it was accepted that civilization began with the Greeks and Romans. During the last two hundred years however, archaeological discoveries in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Syrian, Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus Valley have revealed that rich cultures existed in these regions some two thousand years before the Greco-Roman era. In this fascinating work, H.W.F. Saggs presents a wide-ranging survey of the more notable achievements of these societies, showing how much the ancient peoples of the Near and Middle East have influenced the patterns of our daily lives. Saggs discusses the invention of writing, tracing it from the earliest pictograms (designed for account-keeping) to the Phoenician alphabet, the course of the Greek and all European alphabets. He investigates the curricula, teaching methods, and values of the schools from which scribes graduated. Analyzi

• Year: 1989
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0300044402
• Condition: Fine

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