02432nam a2200529Ka 4500 ocn757398573 OCoLC 20200709055423.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 111017s2012 nju ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781400840069 (electronic bk.) 1400840066 (electronic bk.) 9780691151489 0691151482 (OCoLC)757398573 390679 (N$T) aw----- e-gr--- e------ DS57 .M434 2012eb HIS 002000 bisacsh 939/.40072 22 N$TA McCants, William Faizi, 1975- Founding gods, inventing nations [electronic resource] : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / 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. Description based on print version record. Middle East Civilization Historiography. Middle East Civilization Philosophy. Civilization Philosophy. Mythology, Middle Eastern. Middle East Intellectual life. Middle East Colonization. Greeks Middle East History. Romans Middle East History. Arabs Middle East History. Acculturation Middle East History. HISTORY / Ancient / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: McCants, William Faizi, 1975- Founding gods, inventing nations. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012 9780691151489 (DLC) 2011009295 (OCoLC)708761796 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=390679 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50628 50628