The Age of the Gods

Contents

Contents Introduction by dermot Quinn vii Preface xxi Introduction xxiii i. The glacial age and the Beginnings of human Life in europe 1 ii. Later Palæolithic Culture and the Religion of the hunter 15 iii. The dawn of the Neolithic age and the Rise of the Peasant Culture in europe 32 iv. asia and the origins of the higher Civilisation 46 v. Neolithic Culture and the Religion of the Peasant 64 vi. The City state and the development of the sumerian Culture 81 vii. The archaic Culture in egypt and the development of the great state 103 viii. The dawn of the higher Civilisation in europe: Crete and the Ægean Culture 123 ix. The origins of the Megalithic Culture and Its expansion in Western europe 141 x. spain and the Later development of the Megalithic Culture in Western europe 154 xi. The Warrior Peoples and the decline of the archaic Civilisation 174 xii. The Nordic Culture and the origins of the Warrior Peoples in europe 192 vi Contents xiii. The age of empire in the Near east: egypt, asia Minor, and syria 213 xiv. The Bronze age in Central europe and the formation of the Indo-european Peoples 230 xv. The Mycenæan Culture of greece and the age of the Invasions 253 xvi. Italy and the Beginnings of the Iron age in europe 268 Bibliography 285 Chronological Tables 305 Index of Names 319 Index of subjects 323 ...