世界文明的源泉
2004-7
北京大学
约翰逊
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这部两卷本的经典文献上启示公元前3000年人类远古文明发源之初，下迄21世纪全球文化日趋多元的今天，全面展示了一幅绮丽多彩的世界文明历史画卷。
所选文献代表了人类在历史、文学、科学、哲学、宗教、政治、经济、法律、传记以及史诗、神话等方面的成就，内容广泛、意义深远，发人深省。
这些文献或者提供了作者所处时代的独特文明的生动见证，或者生发了他们对所处社会的真知灼见。
六大文明时期的导读及每篇文前的题说，对特定历史时期的重大事件进行了梳理，对文献的产生背景及作者生平辅以必要的说明，风格简洁，分析透彻。
既适合大学生学习研读，也适合所有人文关怀和精神诉求的读书人参阅和赏析。
前言总序早期文明 吉尔伽美什史诗 吉尔伽美什 古埃及人的日常生活 尼加急河颂 纸草文 汉谟拉比法典 汉谟拉比法典 希伯来圣经 创世记 以赛亚书 耶利米哀歌 梨俱吠陀 创造之歌 印度种姓制度 摩奴法典 尚书·召诰古典文明 荷马 伊利亚特 奥德赛 柏拉图 理想国 亚里士多德 政治学 波里比乌斯 通史 苏埃托尼乌斯 罗马十二帝王传 尤维纳利斯 讽刺诗（第三首） 新约全书 马太福音 使徒行传 罗马书 孔子 论语 司马迁 史记 印度教 薄伽梵歌 佛教 佛教基本教义 法句经 摩崖法敕 岩石敕文 石柱法敕 道教后古典时期的世界 希波的圣奥古斯丁 穆罕默德 阿尔·法拉比 本居宣长 圣本尼狄克 艾因哈德 十字军东征 英国大宪章 圣托马斯·阿奎那 司马光 东南亚 D.T.尼安
When did civilization begin? We have strong evidence that human--or closely similar--beings have lived on the earth for millions of years, but no one suggests that any civilization approaches that extreme age. To cope with our initial question, we need to address a prior one: What constitutes civilization? Although no simple answer can be given to this question, sufficient consensus exists among archaeologists and historians that we can identify the earliest of the ancient civilizations and the approximate times of their beginnings. Civilization requires a society, or a group of people living together over a period of time in the same place. Accepting these conditions of civilized life, we can conclude that a precondition of the existence of a civilization is the development of agriculture, for people who must hunt for their food cannot lead a settled, communal life. Agriculture, in its turn, leads to the domestication of animals, the tillage of fields, the acquisition of property, trade, and commerce, and, eventually, to the growth of towns and cities. With all of these we have a fully developed civilization. For our purpose, which is to present a history of civilization, one other requirement need smention--the written word. Although not essential (for some civilizations have existed for long periods with their past preserved in oral traditions),written records furnish the solid foundations on which the story of humankind rests. Even if we accept these constituents of civilization, we cannot place a definite date on the first civilizations, for archaeologists continue tounearth early remains in widely scattered locations. At the present time,they can point to towns they have excavated in the Near East that flour-ished as early as the eighth millennium B.C. Although we cannot review theentire list of ancient civilizations here, we shall concentrate on those that,because of their importance or their continuity, have made significantcontributions to later history. ……
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英语爱好者，应该读一读，能增强对全世界各国优秀文化的理解。
送货快，质量好
学英语用
好书，读来练英文的。
尚未阅读,培文书系所选,应当差不了.
文獻偏少，有刪節，無注解。
我看目录是中文，觉得应该是我很喜欢的历史读物，买来才发现全部是英文！