Contents Preface Unit 1 Nourishment 2 1. The Beginning and the Ending 4 2. Creatures of Valleys 16 3. Birth of Aesthetics 26 4. The Deified River 32 5. Rivers Flows to the Underworld 42 Unit 2 Shaping 64 1. The Invention of Pottery 66 2. Clay as a Raw Material 78 3. Agriculture 84 Unit 3 Cities and States 98 1. Mesopotamian Civilization 100 2. Ancient Egyptian Civilization 118 3. Ancient Indian Civilization 134 4. Cities in the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins 140 Unit 4 Development and Coexistence 170 1. Rupture and Continuity 172 2. Between Porcelain and Metal: The Rebirth of the Pottery Manufacturing Process 194 3. Road of Mutual Learning: Major Civilizations Linked by the Silk Roads 210 Conclusion: Coexistence with Rivers Egypt: Funerary Beliefs and Customs in the Nile Valley / Christian Greco 222 Egypt, the Gift of the Nile / Paolo Marini 242 Mesopotamia / Maurizio Viano 265 目录 引言vii 第一单元 孕育 2 1.滋养与毁灭 24 2.河谷的生灵 16 3.原初之美 26 4.被神化的河流 32 5.冥界的河流 42 第二单元 塑造 64 1.陶器的发明 66 2.黏土的馈赠 78 3.农业 84 第三单元 城与国 98 1.美索不达米亚文明 100 2.古埃及文明 118 3.古印度文明 134 4.长江、黄河流域的城市 140 第四单元 发展?共生 170 1.断与流 172 2.金瓷之间:制陶工艺的新生 194 3.互鉴之路:丝绸之路串联起的各大文明 210 结语:与河共生 213 埃及:尼罗河流域的丧葬信仰与习俗/克里斯蒂安?格雷科 215 埃及,尼罗河的礼物/保罗?马里尼 230 美索不达米亚/毛里齐奥?维亚诺 254