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Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam

Title
Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / William F. McCants.
Author
McCants, William F. (William Faizi), 1975-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.

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Description
179 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 12-238
ISBN
  • 9780691151489 (hardcover)
  • 0691151482 (hardcover)
LCCN
2011009295
OCLC
YBP 2011009295
Author
McCants, William F. (William Faizi), 1975-
Title
Founding gods, inventing nations : conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / William F. McCants.
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-238
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