History of humanity /

Rev. ed. of: History of mankind / [International Commission for a History of the Scientific and Cultural Development of Mankind]. 1963-1969.

v. 1. Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization / edited by S.J. De Laet ; co-edited by A.H. Dani, J.L. Lorenzo, R.B. Nunoo -- v. 2. From the third millennium to the seventh century B.C. / edited by A.H. Dani, J.-P. Mohen -- v. 3. From the seventh century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. / edited by Joachim Herrmann, Erik Zürcher -- v. 4. From the seventh to the sixteenth century / edited by M.A. al-Bakhit, L. Bazin, S.M. Cissoko ; co-edited by M.S. Asimov ... [et al.] -- v. 5. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century -- v. 6. The nineteenth century / edited by Peter Mathias, Nikolaï Todorov ; co-edited by G. Carrera Damas ... [et al.] -- v. 7. The twentieth century / edited by Sarvepalli Gopal, Sergei L. Tikhvinsky ; co-edited by I.A. Abu-Lughod ... [et al.].

CONTENTS

Chafes Morazi, former President oftite International
Commission
General Introduction
Georges-Henri Dumont, President ofthe International
Commission
The International Commission
History of Humanity (Scientific and Cultural
Development) in Seven Volumes
list offigures
list ofmaps ***
list of plates

A Introduction '
Prehistory to history 3
SigfriedJ. De Laet
Main trends of the new period ^
Ahmad Hassan Dani andJean-Pierre Mohen
B Thematic section ^3
* Technical aspects ^5
Jean-Pierre Mohen
2 From empirical to scientific knowledge 23
2.1 From empirical knowledge to the 23
beginnings ofscientific thought
Walter F. Reineke
2.2 The measurement of time and the 27
establishment ofcalendars
Jean Leclant andJean-Pierre Mohen
3 Economic and socio-poUtical developments 30
Mario Liverani
4 Sedentary agricultural and nomadic pastoral 37
populations (3000-^00 BC)
Andrew Sherratt
5 From state to empire 44
Vladimir A.Jakobson and Muhammad A. Dandamaev
6 The development of long-distance trade and 52
the emergence of a merchant class
Jean-Pierre Mohen
The beginning of the Iron Age: invention of
ironwork and its consequences
Pierre Villard
The dawn of writing and the principal
linguisDc &niilies
8.1 From the origins ofwriting to the alphabet
Monica Rector
8.2 The most ancient languages revealed by
writing
Stephen A. Wurm
8.3 The Indo-European phenomenon:
linguistics and archaeology
J P. Mallory
Oral traditions and literature, religion and art
9.1 Oral traditions and literature
9.1.1 The oral tradition
Jean-Pierre Mohen
9.1.2 Writing and literature
Monica Rector
9.2 Religion and art
9.2.1 The development of religion
Julien Ries
Art and architecture
Jean-Pierre Mohen
Song, music and dance
Jean-Pierre Mohen
9.2.2
92.3
C Regional section
Editor's note
I. Regions for which written sources are
available
10 Africa
10.1 The Nile Valley (3000-1780 BC)
Christiane Ziegler
10.2 The Nile Valley (1780-700 BC)
10.2.1 Egypt
Gamal Mokhtar
10.2.2 Nubia and its relationship with
Egypt (1780-700 BC)
Thiophile Obenga

II Europe

11.1 The Aegean world
Midiel Sakellariou
The Early Bronze Age
(3000-1500 BC)
Christos Doumas
The Middle and Late Bronze Age
(2100-1100 BC)
Michel Sakellariou and Christos Doumas
11.1.3 Decline and Recovery
(1100-700 BC)
Michel Sakellariou
11.2 Cyprus
Vassos Karageorghis
12 Asia
Editor's Note
12.1 Mesopotamia
12.1.1 The Tigris and Euphrates valley
(3000-1500 BC)
C. C. Lamberg-Karlousky andR. IVrigl
12.1.2 The Kassite period (1500-^00 BC )
Georges Roux
12.2 Syria and Palestine
12.2.1 The Early and Middle Bronze Age
(3000-1600 BC)
Dominique Beyer
12.2.2 The Late Bronze Age and the Early
Iron Age (1600-^00 BC)
Horst Klengel
12.3 Anatolia
Ekrem Akurgal
12.4 Iran
Reinhard Dittmann
12.5 Afghanistan
Victor I. Sarianidi
12.6 The Arabian Peninsula
Abdul Rahman Al-Ansary
12.7 The Indus Valley (3000-1500 BC)
B. K. Thapar and M. Raftque Mughal
12.8 The Post-Indus Cultures (1500-700 BC)
B. K. Thapar and Abdul Rahman
12.9 China
12.9.1 China (3000-1600 EC)
An Zhimin
12.9.2 China (1600-700 BC)
Zhang Changshou

CONTENTS

14s 14 Europe 320
145 Editor's Note 320
14.1 Introduction 321
146 Jean-Pierre Mohen
14.2 Southern Europe 334
Rcnato Peroni
152 14.3 South-Eastem Europe 345
Roumen Katindiarov and Nikola Tasic
14.4 Central Europe 350
159 Istvan Ecsedy and Tibor Kouaa
14-5 Eastern Europe (Fourth millennium to 357
seventh century BC)
167 NikolaiJ. Merpert
14.6 Western Europe 364
170 Jacques Briard
170 14-7 Northern Europe 373
171 Henrik Tlirane
171 14.8 Religion and art 382
Uli L. Kaelas
ht 15 Asia 392
182 15.1 Central Asia 392
Vadim M. Masson
191 15.2 South-East Asia and the Pacific 401
191 Charles F. W. Higham and IVilhelm G.
Sollteim II
15-3 Korea 415
198 Tadashi Nishitani
iS-4 Japan (3000-700 BC) 418
Tatsuo Kobayashi
205 iS-5 Northern Asia and Mongolia (3000-700 BC) 421
II.1.1
II.1.2
II Regions for which otily archaeological and
anthropological sources are available
Editor's Note
r3 Africa, excluding the Nile Valley
Louise M. Diop-Maes
Aboubacry M. Lam
Massamba Lam
Theophile Obenga
David W Phillipson
Babacar Sail

16 Australia
Josephine Flood
17 The Americas
Editor's Note
171 An overview of the cultural evolution
Mario Sanoja Obediente
17.2 Religion and art
Jose Alcina Franch
17.3 North America
Melvin L. Fowler
17.4 Mesoamerica; Genesis and first developments
Chrisline Niederberger
17.5 South America
I7-5 I The north-east and eastern region
Mario Sanoja Obediente
17-5 i The eastern region
Osualdo R. Heredia
17•5•3 The western region
Lui's Guillemto Lumbreras
17-5-4 The south-west region
Lautaro Nunez
Afterword
Jean-Pierre Molien
Chronological table