ABSTRACT
General works on ancient civilizations include Norman Yoffee’s Myths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest States, Cities and Civilizations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005); Charles Redman, The Rise of Civilization (San Francisco: Freeman, 1978); Jeremy A. Sabloff and C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mesoamerica, 2nd ed. (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1995); and Bruce G. Trigger, Early Civilizations: Ancient Egypt in Context (Cairo: American University in Cairo, 1993). The same author’s defi nitive Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) is essential reading for all serious students.
