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  The Age of the Gods: A Study in the Origins of Culture in Prehistoric Europe and the Ancient East (Works of Christopher Dawson) (Paperback) By (author) Christopher Dawson

  

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  Short Description for The Age of the Gods When first published in 1928, The Age of the Gods was hailed as the
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  • Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
  • Published: 15 July 2012
  • Format: Paperback 470 pages
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  • Categories: Ancient History: To C 500 CE | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Archaeology
  • ISBN 13: 9780813219776 ISBN 10: 0813219779
  • Sales rank: 778,848

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• When first published in 1928, The Age of the Gods was hailed as thebest short account of what is known of pre-historic man and culture.In it, Christopher Dawson synthesized modern scholarship on humancultures in Europe and the East from the Stone Age to the beginningsof the Iron Age. His focus was not merely on the material developmentof early society but more intently on the social and spiritual developmentof man that accompanied it. Piece by piece, Dawson fit togetherthe varied influences that brought into being the ancient foundationson which modern civilization was built.Published soon after World War I, the book uncovered the commontradition and unity of culture of European civilization in hope of bringingcooperation and peace to the people of Europe. It defined what aculture is, how cultures change, and what constitutes progress. Dawsonconsulted the studies of archaeologists, early historians, anthropologists,and ethnologists, and presented an uncommonly balancedand greatly admired survey of the whole.Presented here with a new introduction by Dermot Quinn, The Age ofthe Gods continues the popular Works of Christopher Dawson series.Among other topics, the book sketches the glacial age and the beginningsof human life, the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures and the riseof the peasant culture in Europe, the development of Sumerian culture,the archaic culture of Egypt, the megalithic culture in Western Europe,the age of empire in the Near East, the Bronze Age in Central Europe, theformation of the Indo-European peoples, the Mycenaean culture ofGreece, and the beginnings of the Iron Age in Europe