A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus River Civilization - Tapa dura

McIntosh, Jane

 
9780813335322: A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus River Civilization
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ISBN 10: 0813335329 ISBN 13: 9780813335322
Editorial: Basic Books, 2002

Sinopsis

An outstandingly vivid recreation of one of the world's great yet all-but-lost ancient civilizations. . Some 5000 years ago, civilized societies emerged in the valleys of four great rivers: the Nile, the Euphrates, the Yellow, and the Indus. Of these primary Old World civilizations, that of the Indus remains the least known and the most enigmatic, though, paradoxically, it has left perhaps the most lasting influence on the societies that followed it. In this lucid account - abundantly illustrated with maps and photographs, including sixteen pages in full color - archaeologist Jane McIntosh addresses what we know about the rise and fall of the civilization of the Indus and Saraswati valleys, what it might be reasonable to speculate, and what we still hope to learn. While drawing on archaeological and linguistic evidence to create a portrait of the civilization from the inside, McIntosh also carefully pieces together a wider picture of the Indus civilization using evidence from its trading partners in Mesopotamia, the Persian Gulf, the Indian subcontinent, and Southwest Asia. The result is an outstandingly vivid recreation of one of the world's great but all-but-lost ancient civilizations.

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Acerca del autor

Jane McIntoshis a professional writer on prehistory and archaeology. She holds a degree in European prehistory and a Ph.D. in Indian archaeology from Cambridge University. Widely traveled, she has worked on many excavations in Britain and abroad. She now lives in the west of England.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0813335329
ISBN 13 
9780813335322
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
224
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