books.google.co.uk - The transition from foraging, farming and the neolithic village to the city-state is a complex and fascinating period. Studies on the prehistory of the Near East by nineteenth and twentieth century pioneers in the field transformed archaeology through the creation of the 'Ages System' of Stone, Bronze...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Near_East.html?id=1WOPkmChaFsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Near East
