Publisher:
NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press: 2003
Publisher's full royal blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 712 illustrations, including 535 in full color, maps, Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. This illustrated work highlights one of the most important and creative periods in the history of art: a time marked by the appearance of the city states of the Sumerians, the citadel of Troy, the splendid royal tombs at Ur, and the monumental cities at Mohenjodaro and Harappa. The volume examines the cultural achievements of these first urban societies, placing them in a historical context. Topics co...
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