The Evolution of Civilizations

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  The book is not merely descriptive but analytical. To start off, Quigley spent a chapter astutely dissecting the nature of man and culture. Then, he identifies seven states of historical change for all civilizations: mixture, gestation, expansion, conflict, universal empire, decay, and invasion. He ... (continue)

  The book is not merely descriptive but analytical. To start off, Quigley spent a chapter astutely dissecting the nature of man and culture. Then, he identifies seven states of historical change for all civilizations: mixture, gestation, expansion, conflict, universal empire, decay, and invasion. He also of course, in line with his scientific background, meticulously tests out these hypotheses by a detailed analysis of five major civilizations: the Mesopotamian, the Canaanite, the Minoan, the classical, and the Western.

  Overall, the book had been a very slow read for me but it's well worth the time.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 444 Pages
• Edition: 2Rev Ed
• ISBN-10: 0913966568
• ISBN-13: 9780913966563
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Pub date: Sep 01, 1979
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback

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