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The age of the gods : a study in the origins of culture in prehistoric Europe and the ancient near east / Christopher Dawson ; with an introduction by Dermot Quinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.
- Series:
- Works of Christopher Dawson
- The Works of Christopher Dawson
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Ancient.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (470 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When first published in 1928, The Age of the Gods was hailed as the best short account of what is known of pre-historic man and culture. In it, Christopher Dawson synthesized modern scholarship on human cultures in Europe and the East from the Stone Age to the beginnings of the Iron Age.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction by Dermot Quinn
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. The Glacial Age and the Beginnings of Human Life in Europe
- II. Later Palæolithic Culture and the Religion of the Hunter
- III. The Dawn of the Neolithic Age and the Rise of the Peasant Culture in Europe
- IV. Asia and the Origins of the Higher Civilisation
- V. Neolithic Culture and the Religion of the Peasant
- VI. The City State and the Development of the Sumerian Culture
- VII. The Archaic Culture in Egypt and the Development of the Great State
- VIII. The Dawn of the Higher Civilisation in Europe: Crete and the Ægean Culture
- IX. The Origins of the Megalithic Culture and Its Expansion in Western Europe
- X. Spain and the Later Development of the Megalithic Culture in Western Europe
- XI. The Warrior Peoples and the Decline of the Archaic Civilisation
- XII. The Nordic Culture and the Origins of the Warrior Peoples in Europe
- XIII. The Age of Empire in the Near East: Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria
- XIV. The Bronze Age in Central Europe and the Formation of the Indo-European Peoples
- XV. The Mycenæan Culture of Greece and the Age of the Invasions
- XVI. Italy and the Beginnings of the Iron Age in Europe
- Bibliography
- Chronological Tables
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1978-7
- OCLC:
- 861793461
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