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Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / William F. McCants.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.Description: 179 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780691151489 :
- 0691151482 :
- Middle East -- Civilization -- Historiography
- Middle East -- Civilization -- Philosophy
- Civilization -- Philosophy
- Mythology, Middle Eastern
- Middle East -- Intellectual life
- Middle East -- Colonization
- Greeks -- Middle East -- History
- Romans -- Middle East -- History
- Arabs -- Middle East -- History
- Acculturation -- Middle East -- History
- Middle East -- Colonisation
- DS57 .M434 2012
Contents:
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.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 57 .M434 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5066055 |
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| DS 57 .D53 2010 Islamic culture in crisis : a reflection on civilizations in history / | DS 57 .E94 2002 Everyday life in the Muslim Middle East / | DS 57 .I85 1998 Cross-cultural encounters and conflicts / | DS 57 .M434 2012 Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / | DS 57 .P66 2013 Popular culture in the Middle East and North Africa : a postcolonial outlook / | DS 57 .S34 1996 Domestic culture in the Middle East : an exploration of the household interior / | DS 58 .M53 2002 Middle Eastern minorities and diasporas / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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