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. - ix, 179 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mythology, Middle Eastern.
Greeks--History.--Middle East
Romans--History.--Middle East
Arabs--History.--Middle East
Acculturation--History.--Middle East
Civilization--Philosophy.
Middle East--Civilization--Historiography.
Middle East--Civilization--Philosophy.
Middle East--Intellectual life.
Middle East--Colonization.
Electronic books.
DS57 / .M434 2012eb
939/.40072
Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / [electronic resource] : William F. McCants. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012. - ix, 179 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mythology, Middle Eastern.
Greeks--History.--Middle East
Romans--History.--Middle East
Arabs--History.--Middle East
Acculturation--History.--Middle East
Civilization--Philosophy.
Middle East--Civilization--Historiography.
Middle East--Civilization--Philosophy.
Middle East--Intellectual life.
Middle East--Colonization.
Electronic books.
DS57 / .M434 2012eb
939/.40072