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Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam

From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the d...

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Main Author:	McCants, William Faizi 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press [2012]
Subjects:	Acculturation > Middle East > History Arabs > Middle East > History Greeks > Middle East > History Romans > Middle East > History Mythology, Middle Eastern Civilization > Philosophy Middle East > Civilization > Historiography Middle East > Civilization > Philosophy Middle East > Colonization Middle East > Intellectual life
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Call Number :	DS 57 .M434 2012

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