This volume is one of a series of handbooks pre- pared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of The Ameri- pan University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on objective description of the na- tion's present society and …
THE SOURCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, the ancient Near East, lies in a relatively small area of land where three continents-Asia, Africa, and Europe-come together Although our heritage is a long one, it is difficult to state with precision just when it began. Two quite different kinds of problems stand in the way of dating accurately the beginnings of our civilization. An obvious difficulty lies …
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series Vol. XXV, No. 16, pp. 377-420, pls. 37-46 November 15, 1946
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