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What Makes Civilization? - The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (Paperback)
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What Makes Civilization? - The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West (Paperback)
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Loot Price R354
Discovery Miles 3 540
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The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the
Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is
our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of
What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow investigates
the origins of farming, writing, and cities in ancient Mesopotamia
(Iraq) and Egypt, and explores the connections between these two
civilizations. It is the story of how people first created kingdoms
and monuments to the gods and, just as importantly, how they
pioneered everyday practices that we might now take for granted,
such as familiar ways of cooking food and keeping the house and
body clean. Wengrow asks why these ancient cultures, where so many
features of modern life originated, have come to symbolize the
remote and the exotic. Today, perhaps more than ever, he argues,
the beleaguered cultural heritage of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
stands as a warning for the future. A warning of the sacrifices
people will tolerate to preserve their chosen form of life; of the
potential for unfettered expansion that exists within any cultural
tradition; and of blood perhaps yet to be spilled, on the altar of
a misguided notion of civilization.
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