McCants, William Faizi,  1975- <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-166) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400840069 (electronic bk.) 1400840066 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization--Philosophy.<br/>Mythology, Middle Eastern.<br/>Greeks--History.--Middle East<br/>Romans--History.--Middle East<br/>Arabs--History.--Middle East<br/>Acculturation--History.--Middle East<br/>HISTORY / Ancient / General
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Civilization--Historiography.<br/>Middle East--Civilization--Philosophy.<br/>Middle East--Intellectual life.<br/>Middle East--Colonization.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS57  / .M434 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>939/.40072