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McCants, William Faizi, 1975-

Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / [electronic resource] : William F. McCants. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource ([ix], 179 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-166) and index.

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: 9781400840069 (electronic bk.) 1400840066 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civilization--Philosophy.
Mythology, Middle Eastern.
Greeks--History.--Middle East
Romans--History.--Middle East
Arabs--History.--Middle East
Acculturation--History.--Middle East
HISTORY / Ancient / General

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Civilization--Historiography.
Middle East--Civilization--Philosophy.
Middle East--Intellectual life.
Middle East--Colonization.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS57 / .M434 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 939/.40072