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Author:
McCants, William Faizi, 1975-
Title:
Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / William F. McCants.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
179 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Middle East--Historiography.--Historiography.
Middle East--Philosophy.--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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0691151482 (hardcover)
9780691151489 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)708761796
LCCN:
2011009295
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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