The age of the gods : a study in the origins of culture in prehistoric Europe and the ancient near east / Christopher Dawson ; with an introduction by Dermot Quinn.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Contents -- Introduction by Dermot Quinn -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. The Glacial Age and the Beginnings of Human Life in Europe -- II. Later PalÃ?olithic Culture and the Religion of the Hunter -- III. The Dawn of the Neolithic Age and the Rise of the Peasant Culture in Europe -- IV. Asia and the Origins of the Higher Civilisation -- V. Neolithic Culture and the Religion of the Peasant -- VI. The City State and the Development of the Sumerian Culture -- VII. The Archaic Culture in Egypt and the Development of the Great State

VIII. The Dawn of the Higher Civilisation in Europe: Crete and the Ã?gean CultureIX. The Origins of the Megalithic Culture and Its Expansion in Western Europe -- X. Spain and the Later Development of the Megalithic Culture in Western Europe -- XI. The Warrior Peoples and the Decline of the Archaic Civilisation -- XII. The Nordic Culture and the Origins of the Warrior Peoples in Europe -- XIII. The Age of Empire in the Near East: Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria -- XIV. The Bronze Age in Central Europe and the Formation of the Indo-European Peoples

XV. The MycenÃ?an Culture of Greece and the Age of the InvasionsXVI. Italy and the Beginnings of the Iron Age in Europe -- Bibliography -- Chronological Tables -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

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