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Civilizations of Ancient Iraq
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ISBN: 9780691149974 9780691137223 0691137226 9781400832873 140083287X Year: 2021 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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In Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, Benjamin and Karen Foster tell the fascinating story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements ten thousand years ago to the Arab conquest in the seventh century. Accessible and concise, this is the most current and authoritative book on the subject. With illustrations of important works of art and architecture in every chapter, the narrative traces the rise and fall of successive civilizations and peoples in Iraq over the course of millennia--from the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians to the Persians, Seleucids, Parthians, and Sassanians. Ancient Iraq was home to remarkable achievements. One of the birthplaces of civilization, it saw the world's earliest cities and empires, writing and literature, science and mathematics, monumental art, and innumerable other innovations. Civilizations of Ancient Iraqgives special attention to these milestones, as well as to political, social, and economic history. And because archaeology is the source of almost everything we know about ancient Iraq, the book includes an epilogue on the discovery and fate of its antiquities. Compelling and timely, Civilizations of Ancient Iraqis an essential guide to understanding Mesopotamia's central role in the development of human culture.

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ISBN: 9290433027 Year: 1997 Publisher: Rome International plant genetic resources institute

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Finally published in English, this book contains descriptions by academician N.I. Vavilov of the expeditions he made between 1916 and 1940 to five continents, in search of new agricultural plants and confirmation of his theories on plant genetic diversity. Vavilov is ironic, mischievous, perceptive, hilarious and above all scholarly. This book is a readable testament to his tenacity and belief in his work, in the face of the greatest adversity.

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Ressource végétale --- Plant resources --- Biodiversité --- Biodiversity --- Région biogéographique --- Biogeographic regions --- Distribution géographique --- Geographical distribution --- Italy --- Portugal --- Bavaria --- Denmark --- France --- Netherlands --- Great Britain --- USA --- Canada --- 631.52 --- 581.9 --- Phytogeography --- Plant collecting --- Plants. --- RBINS-OTHER --- Flora --- Plant kingdom --- Plantae --- Vascular plants --- Vegetable kingdom --- Vegetation --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Botany --- Botanical collecting --- Plant hunting --- Wild plant collecting --- Collectors and collecting --- Botanical specimens --- Botanical geography --- Geobotany --- Geographical distribution of plants --- Plant distribution --- Plant geography --- Plant species --- Plants --- Biogeography --- Disjunct plants --- Improvement of plant strains. Applied genetics. Selection etc. --- Geographic botany. Plant geography (phytogeography). Floras. Geographic distribution of plants --- Collection and preservation --- Vavilov, N. I. --- -Travel --- HIS History & Biographies --- Afghanistan --- Algeria --- Amu-Darya river --- Brazil = Brasil --- Central America --- China --- Crete --- Cyprus --- Eritrea --- Ethiopia --- Greece --- Iran --- Japan --- Korea --- Morocco --- North America --- Nuristan --- Palestine --- Pamirs --- South America --- Spain --- Syria --- Taiwan --- Trans-Jordan --- Tunisia --- centre of origin --- cultivated plants --- expeditions --- history and biographies --- the Mediterranean ( = region ) --- 581.9 Geographic botany. Plant geography (phytogeography). Floras. Geographic distribution of plants --- 631.52 Improvement of plant strains. Applied genetics. Selection etc. --- Botanical identification --- Plant identification --- Improvement of plant strains. Applied genetics. Selection etc --- Вавилов, Н. И. --- Vavilov, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, --- Vavílov, Nicolás I. --- Vavílov, Nicolás Ivanovich, --- Vavilov, Nicholai I. --- Wawilow, N., --- Vavylov, M. I. --- Travel. --- Vavilov, Nikolaj --- Caucase

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