Earliest Civilizations of THE NEAR EAST Author:James Mellaart Part of 'The Library of The Early Civilizations' Series — Chapters: — Introduction — The Mesolithic Cultures of the Near East c 10000-9000 BC — The Proto-Neolithic Cultures c. 9000-7000 BC — Syria and Palestine in the seventh millennium — The Ceramic Neolithic Period on Syria, the Lebanon and Palestine — The Cultures of Mesopotamia — The Cultures of Nor... more »thern Iran