Humanity in its Origins and Early Growth

Elias B. Colbert

ISBN 10: 1355432693 / ISBN 13: 9781355432692

Edité par Touchladybirdlucky Studios Mai 2016, 2016

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• Titre: Humanity in its Origins and Early Growth
• Éditeur: Touchladybirdlucky Studios Mai 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1355432693
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781355432692
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 156 H x 24 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 156 millimètres de hauteur par 24 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 776 grammes

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

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Human progress in the Neolithic age, 47. Caves and rock shelter, 48. Cooking food and sharpening tools, 49. The fourth step, 50. Burying the dead, 51. Commerce and pictures, 52. Pottery, cloth and bronze, 53. From stone to iron, 54. The Pastoral age, 55. Family and tribal association, 56. Fighting, 57. Domestication of animals, 58. Best pastoral areas, 59, GO. Looking backward, 61. Advent of agriculture, 62. Only partial development to-day, 63. IV. THE PLOWING ERA. First use of cereals, 64; probably in Chaldea, 65. Fertility of its soil, 66. Dates before wheat, 67, 68. The return to vegetable food, 69. Uncertainties in chronology, 70. Mesopotamia and A rabia, 71. Agriculture 5,000 years ago, 72. Canals for irrigation, 73. Confusion of tongues, 74. Caring for the crops, 75. Law and property, 76. Commerce and war, 77. Invasion and plunder, 78. From Babylon to Egypt, 79. Mental progress, 80. Government and priest rule, 81. Childlike credulity, 82. V. EARLY ORIENTALS. Beginning of history, 83. Ancient Egypt, 84. The pyramids and sphynx, 85, 86. Various dynasties, 87. Shepherd kings, 88. Statuary and horses, 89. Extensive conquests, 90. Rule in Palestine, 91. Hebrews and Hittites, 92. A ssyria, 93. Sippara temple, 94. Chaldean history, 95. Nimrod and Urukh, 96. Cuneiform characters and astronomy, 97. Rival claims to antiquity, 98. Arabians as merchants, 99. Chinese and their star lore, 100, 101. Indi and the A ryans, 102, 103.
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