Frida ghitis: the Epic of Gilgamesh provides a definition of civilization as the people of ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) she says the idea that the "first" civilizations emerged in western Asia and northeastern Africa needs to be explained carefully. Ghi tsang: What assumptions are hiding behind the frequently made claim that the first civilizations arose in westernasia and Africa before 3000 B.c.e.
Frida ghitis: the Epic of Gilgamesh provides a definition of civilization as the people of ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) she says the idea that the "first" civilizations emerged in western Asia and northeastern Africa needs to be explained carefully. Ghi tsang: What assumptions are hiding behind the frequently made claim that the first civilizations arose in westernasia and Africa before 3000 B.c.e.
Frida ghitis: the Epic of Gilgamesh provides a definition of civilization as the people of ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) she says the idea that the "first" civilizations emerged in western Asia and northeastern Africa needs to be explained carefully. Ghi tsang: What assumptions are hiding behind the frequently made claim that the first civilizations arose in westernasia and Africa before 3000 B.c.e.