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Origin of Civilized Societies
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Origin of Civilized Societies
Contributors:
By (Author) Rushton Coulborn
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Ancient history
Dewey:
301
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
218
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Weight:
397g
Description
The receding of the ice in the last Pleistocene Ice Age, the resulting dessication, and the emigration of peoples into river valleys and other places where control of water required new forms of civilization are here seen as the chief causes of the origin of the seven primary societies-Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Cretan, Chinese, Middle America
