Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece
Jean Bottero, Teresa Lavender Fagan, Clarisse Herrenschmidt, Jean-Pierre Vernant
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Product Details
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN:
- 9780226067162
- Published:
- 01 May 2003
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Dimensions:
- 208 pages - 23 x 17 x 1mm
- Availability:
- Available
Categories:
With "Ancestor of the West", three distinguished French historians reveal the story of the birth of writing and reason, demonstrating how the logical and religious structures of Near Eastern and Mesopotamian cultures served as precursors to those of the West.