Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XI
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Continuities in Communication from Early Man to Modern Times 21
6. 3. Early Mesopotamia, 2500-1000 B.C. 50
7. 4. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires 111
8. 5. Egyptian Civilization 145
9. 6. Indian Civilization 175
10. 7. On the Spread of Buddhism to China 205
11. 8. Chinese Civilization 220
12. 9. Classical Civilization 257
13. 10. Judaism: The Psychology of the Prophets 299
14. 11. Christian Missions in the Ancient World 330
15. 12. Communication in Classical Islam 348
16. The Ottoman Empire: A Colloquy
17. 13. The Modernization of Social Communication 383
18. 14. Ottoman Political Communication 446
19. 15. Propaganda Functions of Poetry 495
20. 16. Communication Patterns in Centralized Empires 538
21. 17. Western Civilization : The Middle Ages 554
22. Contributors 599
23. Index 603
24. Production Notes 634