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The Emergence of Civilization: From Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture, Cities, and the State in the Near East
The Emergence of Civilization From Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture Cities and the State in the Near East Author:Charles Keith Maisels The Emergence of Civilization is a major contribution to the study of the development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near East. Charles Maisels debunks current assumptions about state formation which were based on 19th-century speculations. His investigation illuminates the changes in scale, complexity, and hierarchy which acc... more »ompanied the development of civilization. The book draws conclusions about the dynamics of social change and the processes of social evolution in general, applying those concepts to the rise of Greece and Rome, and to the collapse of the classical Mediterranean world.« less