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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



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Note to the Paperback Edition, 1969, pg. xi*Contents, pg. xv*1. Civilized Man and His History, pg. 1*2. Mesolithic and Early Agricultural Societies, pg. 31*3. The River Valleys, pg. 67*4. Middle America and Crete, pg. 110*5. The New Religions, pg. 129*6. Conclusion: The Meaning of the Advent of Civilized Societies, pg. 172*Index, pg. 187

Origin of Civilized Societies

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691621944, 978-0691621944
      ISBN10: 0691621942
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Note to the Paperback Edition, 1969, pg. xi*Contents, pg. xv*1. Civilized Man and His History, pg. 1*2. Mesolithic and Early Agricultural Societies, pg. 31*3. The River Valleys, pg. 67*4. Middle America and Crete, pg. 110*5. The New Religions, pg. 129*6. Conclusion: The Meaning of the Advent of Civilized Societies, pg. 172*Index, pg. 187

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