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008			260116s2008 enkab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781740480758 (hbk.)
035			_a(julac-retro)15767016
040			_aUKM _cNBS
050		4	_aDS62.2 _b.M53 2008
082	0	4	_a939.4
245	0	4	_aThe Middle East : _bthe cradle of civilization revealed / _cchief consultant, Stephen Bourke.
260			_aLondon : _bThames & Hudson, _c2008.
300			_a368 pages : _bill. (chiefly col.), maps.
490	1		_aAncient civilizations
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-356) and index.
520	1		_a"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.
650		0	_aEthnology _zMiddle East.
650		0	_aArchaeology _zMiddle East _xHistory.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory _yTo 622.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xCivilization _yTo 622.
700	1		_aBourke, Stephen.
830		0	_aAncient civilizations (Thames and Hudson)
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