Edith Jemima Simcox

Primitive Civilizations - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering comparative analysis of the economic history of ancient societies including Egypt and China, first published in 1897.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 824g
• ISBN-13: 9781108021845
• ISBN-10: 1108021840
• Artikelnr.: 32181473

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Prehistoric problems
Book I. Ownership in Egypt: 1. The monarchy and the royal officers
2. The economic order
3. Commerce and industry
4. Caste and descent
5. The military class
6. The national religion and the priesthood
7. Civil law and custom
8. Domestic relation and family law
Book II. Ancient Babylonia: 1. Sumerian civilization
2. Babylonian chronology
3. The ancient cities of Sumer and Akkad
4. Babylonia and Assyria
5. Commercial law and contract tablets
6. Domestic relations and family law
Book III. From Massalia to Malabar: 1. The Phoenicians and Carthage
2. Prehistoric populations of Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy
3. The Etruscans, Lycians, and Rhodians
4. The laws of Charondas
5. Legendary Amazons and historical Iberians
6. Crete and Sparta
7. A Syrian law-book
8. Ancient Arabia
9. Hamitic African tribes
10. Malabar.