Rethinking The Indus Myths
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Rethinking The Indus Myths
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Rethinking The Indus
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Author : Edward Cork
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Association
Release Date : 2011
Rethinking The Indus written by Edward Cork and has been published by British Archaeological Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The Indus Civilization, although ranked alongside the other great Bronze Age civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and China in terms of its technological advance and urban and literate culture, has usually been seen as having a quite different model of social development, without the hereditary elites and centralised political units which characterise those civilizations. This study re-examines the Indus Civilization and its relation to this developmental paradigm, focusing in particular on domestic architecture, metalwork and settlement patterns, and, by taking a strongly comparative approach, questioning many existing presumptions.
Life In The Ancient Indus River Valley
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Author : Hazel Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005
Life In The Ancient Indus River Valley written by Hazel Richardson and has been published by Crabtree Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A look at the geography, history, economy, language, social classes, villages and cities, religion, culture, and inventions of the ancient Indus River Valley.
Ancient Pakistan An Archaeological History
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Author : Mukhtar Ahmed
language : en
Publisher: Amazon
Release Date : 2014-10-25
Ancient Pakistan An Archaeological History written by Mukhtar Ahmed and has been published by Amazon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-25 with History categories.
This book is the fifth and the last volume of a much larger project, Ancient Pakistan - An Archaelogical History. which deals with the prehistory of Pakistan from the Stone Age to the end of the Indus Civilization. This volume deals with the decay and demise of the Indus Civilization and its devolution into post-Harappan regional cultures under the impact of the intruding pastoral nomads from the West, the Indo-Aryans being one of them. A comprehensive bibliography is provided for those who want to dig deeper into the subject.
Daily Life In The Indus Valley Civilization
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Author : Brian Williams
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2015-09-10
Daily Life In The Indus Valley Civilization written by Brian Williams and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with History categories.
This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in the Indus Valley Civilization. Using primary sources and information from archeological discoveries, it uncovers some fascinating insights and explodes some myths. Supported by timelines, maps and references to important events and people, children will really feel they are on a time-travelling journey when reading this book.
Rethinking India S Myths Legends And Traditions
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Rethinking India S Myths Legends And Traditions written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
From House Societies To States
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Author : Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2022-11-30
From House Societies To States written by Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with History categories.
The organization and characteristics of early and ancient states have become the focus of a renewed interest from archaeologists, ancient historians and anthropologists in recent years. On the one hand, neo-evolutionary schemas of political transformation find it difficult to define some of their most basic concepts, such as chiefdom, complex chiefdom and state, not to mention the transition between them. On the other hand, teleological interpretations based on linear dynamics, from less to increasingly more complex political structures, in successive steps, impose biased and too rigid views on the available evidence. In fact, recent research stresses the existence of other forms of socio-political organization, less vertically integrated and more heterarchical, that proved highly successful and resilient in the long term in tying together social groups. What is more, such forms quite often represented the basic blocks on which states were built and that managed to survive once states collapsed. Finally, nomadic, maritime and mountain populations provide fascinating examples of societies that experienced alternative forms of political organization, sometimes on a seasonal basis. In other cases, their consideration as marginal populations that cultivated specialized skills ensured them a certain degree of autonomy when living either within or at the borders of states. This book explores such small-scale socio-political organizations, their potential and the historical trajectories they stimulated. A selection of historical case studies from different regions of the world may help rethink current concepts and views about the emergence and organization of political complexity and the mechanisms that prevented, occasionally, the emergence of solid polities. They may also cast some light over trajectories of historical transformation, still poorly understood as are the limits of effective state power. This book explores the importance of comparative research and long-term historical perspectives to avoid simplistic interpretations, based on the characteristics of modern Western states abusively used retrospectively.
Rethinking Ethnicity
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Author : Eric P. Kaufmann
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2004
Rethinking Ethnicity written by Eric P. Kaufmann and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy categories.
Globalization and migration are pressuring nations around the world to change their ethnic self-definition and to treasure diversity not homogeneity. This book explores the growing gap between modern nations and their dominant ethnic groups.
Rethinking The Mahabharata
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Author : Alf Hiltebeitel
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-10-30
Rethinking The Mahabharata written by Alf Hiltebeitel and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-30 with Religion categories.
The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates. In Rethinking the Mahabharata, Alf Hiltebeitel offers a unique model for understanding the great epic. Employing a wide range of literary and narrative theory, Hiltebeitel draws on historical and comparative research in an attempt to discern the spirit and techniques behind the epic's composition. He focuses on the education of Yudhisthira, also known as the Dharma King, and shows how the relationship of this figure to others-especially his author-grandfather Vyasa and his wife Draupadi-provides a thread through the bewildering array of frames and stories embedded within stories. Hiltebeitel also offers a revisionist theory regarding the dating and production of the original text and its relation to the Veda. No ordinary reader's guide, this volume will illuminate many mysteries of this enigmatic masterpiece. This work is the fourth volume in Hiltebeitel's study of the Draupadi cult. Other volumes include Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Volume One), On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Volume Two), and Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics (Volume Three).
Rethinking World History
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Author : Marshall G. S. Hodgson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1993-05-28
Rethinking World History written by Marshall G. S. Hodgson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-05-28 with History categories.
Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe writ large? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins in Western Europe? In this posthumous collection of essays, Marshall G. S. Hodgson challenges adherents of both Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the place of Europe in world history. He argues that the line that connects Ancient Greeks to the Renaissance to modern times is an optical illusion, and that a global and Asia-centred history can better locate the European experience in the shared histories of humanity. Hodgson then shifts the historical focus and in a parallel move seeks to locate the history of Islamic civilisation in a world historical framework. In so doing he concludes that there is but one history - global history - and that all partial or privileged accounts must necessarily be resituated in a world historical context. The book also includes an introduction by the editor, Edmund Burke, contextualising Hodgson's work in world history and Islamic history.