Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical HistoryMichael Adas Introduces readers to the cross-cultural study of ancient and classical civilizations. The book is divided into two sections, the first examining the ongoing interaction between ancient agrarian and nomadic societies and the second focusing on regional patterns in the dissemination of ideas. |
Contents
Shapes of World History in TwentiethCentury Scholarship | 3 |
Agricultural Origins in Global Perspective | 36 |
Nomads and Sedentary Societies in Eurasia | 71 |
Women in Ancient Civilizations | 116 |
Overland Trade and Cultural Interactions in Eurasia | 151 |
The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas before Contact | 183 |
Sudanic Civilization | 224 |
The Hellenistic Period in World History | 275 |
Southernization | 308 |
Finding Buddhists in Global History | 325 |
About the Contributors | 361 |
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Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Michael Adas No preview available - 2001 |
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