2004, ISBN: 1862076871

[EAN: 9781862076877], [PU: Granta Books], PHILOSOPHY LOGIC LINGUISTICS, Sweeping across the whole of human history over the last 10,000 years, this work addresses some of the most fascina… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781862076877], [PU: Granta Books], PHILOSOPHY LOGIC LINGUISTICS, Sweeping across the whole of human history over the last 10,000 years, this work addresses some of the most fascinating questions about our past. Why did we first emerge as a species in Africa and why was the Ancient Near East the place where civilization took off? Why did civilizations develop, and also decline, at markedly different rates around the world? How did the great world religions arise and the worship of many gods give way to just one? And why did Britain, peripheral to world history for millennia, play such a dominant role in the last few centuries? Michael Cook explores the great forces that have shaped our past - natural disasters, human ingenuity, availability of resources - and along the way zooms in on some of the details of history, from the arcane burial customs of ancient Mexican kings and the erotic temple carvings of India, to the design of snuff boxes and the forging of antiques in ancient Rome. Cook shows that humankind has rarely been slow to take advantage of an opportunity when it has come within grasp - from the domestication of the horse to the exploration of space. --- length: - '24.3' width: - '16.1' units: - Centimeters, Books<

2004, ISBN: 1862076871

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[EAN: 9781862076877], Near Fine, [PU: Granta Books, Great Britain], History|Civilization, History|World, Philosophy|General, xxiv, 385 pp. Very light creases to spine and top corner of fr… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781862076877], Near Fine, [PU: Granta Books, Great Britain], History|Civilization, History|World, Philosophy|General, xxiv, 385 pp. Very light creases to spine and top corner of front cover. Internally as new. Black-and-white illustrations in the text. Index. "In this dazzlingly intelligent and often witty account of the past 10,000 years of our occupancy of this planet, Michael Cook explores the great forces that have shapen our past -- natural disasters, human ingenuity, availability of resources -- and along the way zooms in on some of the detail of our history, introducing us to the rich variety of cultures and practices, from the arcane burial customs of ancient Mexican kings and the erotic temple carvings of India to the design of snuff boxes and the forging of antiques in ancient Rome." Size: Octavo<

2004, ISBN: 1862076871

[EAN: 9781862076877], [SC: 2.0], [PU: Granta Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes th… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781862076877], [SC: 2.0], [PU: Granta Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.<

2004, ISBN: 1862076871

[EAN: 9781862076877], [PU: Granta Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average W… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781862076877], [PU: Granta Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.<