On the Origins of Oriental Civilization

Between the tenth and the third millennium B.C.E., South-West Asia was the theater of events that foreshadowed a decisive shift in human destiny. These events signaled a radical change in man’s relationship to the natural surroundings. Taking advantage of an overall improvement in climatic conditio...

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Glavni avtor: Perrot, Jean
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem 2007
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:Between the tenth and the third millennium B.C.E., South-West Asia was the theater of events that foreshadowed a decisive shift in human destiny. These events signaled a radical change in man’s relationship to the natural surroundings. Taking advantage of an overall improvement in climatic conditions, bands who were living from hunting, fishing and gathering in the most propitious regions of the Near and Middle East then settled. They increased in terms of numbers of individuals, they struct...