What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West
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| Originally published | July 22, 2010 |
| Authors | David Wengrow |
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| ID | 2253822 |
About What Makes Civilization? The Ancient Near East And The Future Of The West
Our attachment to ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Egypt as the "birthplace of civilization", where the foundations of our own societies were laid, is as strong today as it has ever been. When the Iraq Museum in Baghdad was looted in 2003, our newspapers proclaimed "the death of history". . . .