Overview
Scrutinizes the interaction between environment and human society in ancient West Asia
Utilizes natural science and humanities, field work and documentary sources, toward the comprehensive understanding of West-Asian civilizations
Points out the commonness of Asia and European civilizations to overcome the global antagonism symbolized by the theory of "Clash of civilizations"
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Environment and People of Ancient West Asia
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Great Transformations in Prehistory
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Urbanization and Change in Human Societies
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Synthesis
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About this book
The editors specifically use the term "West Asia" since the "Middle East" is seen as an Eurocentric term. By using this term, the book hopes to mitigate potential bias (i.e. historical and Western) by using a pure geographical term. However, the "West Asia" region is identical to that of the narrower "Middle East," which encompasses modern Iran and Turkey from east to west and Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula from north to south.
This volume assembles research from different disciplines, such as the natural sciences, archaeology and philology/linguistics, in order to tackle the question of which circumstances and processes these significant cultural phenomena occurred in West Asia. Scrutinizing subjects such as the relations between climate, geology and human activities, the origins of wheat cultivation and animal domestication, the development of metallurgy, the birth of urbanization and writing, ancient religious traditions, as well as the treatment of cultural heritage, the book undertakes a comprehensive analysis of West Asian Civilization that provided the common background to cultures in various areas of the globe, including Europe and Asia.
These contributions will attempt to demonstrate a fresh vision which emphasizes the common cultural origin between Europe and West Asia, standing in opposition to the global antagonism symbolized by the theory of "Clash of Civilizations."
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ancient West Asian Civilization
Book Subtitle: Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East
Editors: Akira Tsuneki, Shigeo Yamada, Ken-ichiro Hisada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0554-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0553-4Published: 30 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9191-9Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0554-1Published: 19 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 230
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Climate Change