02112nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10499000 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110318s2012 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2011009295 9780691151489 (hardcover) 9781400840069 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)757398573 aw----- e-gr--- e------ DS57 .M434 2012eb 939/.40072 22 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. 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 Middle East History. Romans Middle East History. Arabs Middle East History. Acculturation Middle East History. Civilization Philosophy. Middle East Civilization Historiography. Middle East Civilization Philosophy. Middle East Intellectual life. Middle East Colonization. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10499000 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 132429 132429