Founding gods, inventing nations: conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam
Gifts of the gods : the origins of civilization in ancient Near Eastern and Greek mythology -- The beneficent sky god : cultural history in the Qur'an -- Who was first? : protography and discovery catalogs -- Inventing nations : postconquest native histories of civilization's origins -- &q...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2012]
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In: | Year: 2012 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Palestine
/ Islam
/ Culture
/ Rise of
/ Myth
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Further subjects: | B
Middle East
Colonization
B Mythology, Middle Eastern B Arabs (Middle East) History B Romans (Middle East) History B Middle East Civilization Philosophy B Civilization Philosophy B Middle East Intellectual life B Middle East Civilization Historiography B Thesis B Greeks (Middle East) History B Acculturation (Middle East) History |
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Summary: | Gifts of the gods : the origins of civilization in ancient Near Eastern and Greek mythology -- The beneficent sky god : cultural history in the Qur'an -- Who was first? : protography and discovery catalogs -- Inventing nations : postconquest native histories of civilization's origins -- "The sciences of the ancients" : speculation on the origins of philosophy, medicine, and the exact sciences |
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Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [149] - 166 |
ISBN: | 0691151482 |