Writing is a comparatively recent phenomenon in the development of
civilisation. Evidence of earliest writing, in the form of
cuneiform and pictographs, is dated at about 3000 BC - a mere 5000
years ago. In this erudite and well-researched book Dr Glyn Daniel
argues that the richest source of knowledge of the first
civilisations must therefore be drawn from archaeology. Examining
prehistoric civilisations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley,
and China of the old world, then turning to the Aztecs, Maya, and
Incas of the new, Dr Daniel emphasises the relevance of what he
terms 'the paraphernalia of the past' - monuments, buildings,
statues, figurines, tablets, etc. In fact, at the time of its rapid
destruction by the Spanish in 1533, the Incan civilisation had
developed no written language at all, a fact which further
emphasises the importance of archaeology. Embellished with maps of
the areas under discussion as well as photographs of buildings and
artefacts, this book is very illuminating. (Kirkus UK)
By analysing what Francis Bacon termed 'remnants of history which
have casually escaped the shipwreck of time' Glyn Daniel describes
the first civilizations from times of savagery and barbarism to the
Sumerians, Egyptians, Chinese and Ancient Americans from 4000 BC to
1500 AD. Did these civilizations develop from one centre and the
process of civilization take place once, and once only, in human
history, or did it occur independently in different parts of the
world? Were these civilizations linked in any way? These and other
questions are discussed by Dr Glyn Daniel in this classic account
of the civilizations of the ancient world.
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