Advancement in Ancient Civilizations

Advancement in Ancient Civilizations

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Harald Haarmann, Haarmann
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
EAN: 9781476640754
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Traditional scholarship on how ancient civilizations emerged is outmoded and new insights call for revision. According to the well-established paradigm, Mesopotamia is considered the cradle of civilization. Following the cliche of ex oriente lux (&quote;light from the East&quote;) all major achievements of humankind spread from the Middle East. Modern archaeology, cultural science and historical linguistics indicate civilizations did not originate from a single prototype. Several models produced divergent patterns of advanced culture, developing both hierarchical and egalitarian societies. This study outlines a panorama of ancient civilizations, including the still little-known Danube civilization, now identified as the oldest advanced culture in Europe. In a comparative view, a new paradigm of research and a new cultural chronology of civilizations in the Old and New Worlds emerges, with climate change shown to be a continual influence on human lifeways.
EAN 9781476640754
ISBN 1476640750
Binding Ebook
Publisher McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date September 21, 2020
Pages 244
Language English
Country United States
Authors Harald Haarmann, Haarmann