01910cam a2200289 a 4500 9910151109603406 20260116060255.0 260116s2008 enkab b 001 0 eng 9781740480758 (hbk.) (julac-retro)15767016 UKM NBS DS62.2 .M53 2008 939.4 The Middle East : the cradle of civilization revealed / chief consultant, Stephen Bourke. London : Thames & Hudson, 2008. 368 pages : ill. (chiefly col.), maps. Ancient civilizations Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-356) and index. "Today, the politically volatile Middle East sits above two-thirds of the planet's oil reserves and holds our attention as never before. However, the ancient Middle East was just as important to the world of its day, for it was here that permanent settlement first took root, and the first complex societies emerged onto the world stage. These cultures produced the earliest agriculture, metalworking and writing systems, as well as the earliest centralized governments and legal systems, priesthoods and kings, and large-scale organized warfare." "The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Revealed synthesizes the latest research and information from a range of disciplines to tell the compelling story, from the Neolithic period through the Arab conquest, of how a group of linguistically disparate, nomadic tribes responded to specific social, economic and environmental factors to form the world's first complex societies."--BOOK JACKET. Ethnology Middle East. Archaeology Middle East History. Middle East History To 622. Middle East Civilization To 622. Bourke, Stephen. Ancient civilizations (Thames and Hudson) ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NHBS NHBS 2026-01-16 10204907 0 939.4 BOU 10204907 2026-01-16 06:04:16 2026-01-16 BK 3184 3184