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Our Oriental Heritage
The Story of Civilization: Our Oriental Heritage © 1935 Will Durant 1048 pages “Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation.” (Opening sentence.) Our Oriental Heritage is the introductory volume of a greater work, an eleven-book set covering prehistory to the last days of Napoleon. Judging … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient world, Asia, China, history, India, Japan, Middle East, Persia, Persia-Iran, Story of Civilization, survey, Will Durant
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The Great Transformation
The Great Transformation: the Beginning of our Religious Traditions© 2006 Karen Armstrong469 pages I looked forward to reading this book, and my expectations were met. Karen Armstrong’s The Great Transformation is a historical narrative detailing the creation of four of … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient world, Buddhism, history, Karen Armstrong, philosophy, religion
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This Week at the Library (2/8)
Last week’s reading was primarily nonfiction, as half my reading pertained to the classes I’m going to be taking. The other two books — Theories for Everything and The Mammoth Hunters — were unrelated to my classes. The first book … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient world, backdated, banned book, Earth's Children, history, history of science, humanities, Medieval, science, survey, week in review
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