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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77536900 Title: Classical religions & myths of the Mediterranean Basin Author: Jon Solomon; Ben Kingsley Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Knowledge Products, [2006] ISBN/ISSN: 0786164794 9780786164790 OCLC:77536900

  
  

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Classical religions & myths of the Mediterranean Basin

Author:	Jon Solomon; Ben Kingsley
Publisher:	[Ashland, Or.] : Knowledge Products, [2006]
Series:	Religion, scriptures & spirituality.; Audio classics series.
Edition/Format:	eAudiobook : MP3 : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	After the Ice Age, hunting and foraging communities evolved to a more settled, agricultural life; belief in savage animal spirits was replaced by a belief in domesticated spirits. With the invention of cuneiform and other writing systems, mythological epics emerged to explain the origins of life and the causes of death and earthly suffering. Sumeria, Persia, and Egypt were early centers for these developments. When the Indo-Europeans (ancestors of the Greeks, Romans, and others) expanded beyond central Asia, these war-like peoples brought forceful and powerful gods. After Bronze Age civilization collapsed in about 1200 BCE, Greek population declined by up to ninety percent; the survivors preserved the glorious memories of the Bronze Age in myths and epic poetry. From within the sprawling territories of the Roman Empire would emerge the three great religions of the Western world.  Read more...
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Subjects	Religion and culture -- Mediterranean Region. Mediterranean Region -- Religion. Religion. View all subjects
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