The first civilizations: the archaeology of their origins

agriculture ancient civilizations ancient Egypt ancient Near East antiquity Anyang archae archaeology argued Aztec Babylonian barbarian British Museum Bronze Age called century ceremonial centres chapter China cities Civilisation civiliza copper culture cuneiform cuneiform writing dates decipherment discovery domesticated dynasty earliest early civilizations Egypt Eridu excavations existence Gudea happened Harappa hieroglyphs human history Ills Incas India Indus civilization Indus Valley inscription irrigation jade king Lagash land later London Lubbock man's Maya Mesoamerica Mesopotamia Mexico millennium bc Mohenjo-daro Monte Alban Neolithic Nile Nuclear America Olmec origins of civilization Palaeolithic past perhaps period Persian Peru phase pottery pre-Columbian prehistoric problem process of synoecism Professor pyramids Rawlinson Revolution river valleys Savagery Shang civilization Shang dynasty southern Mesopotamia stage stone Sumer Sumerian civilization synoecism tablets temple Teotihuacan Thames and Hudson third millennium thousand Tigris Tigris-Euphrates tion tomb towns Ubaid urban Uruk western word ziggurat