Neil MacGregor
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read."
—The Wall Street Journal
The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series
—The Wall Street Journal
The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series
When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated, and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities, and what made them succeed? Who developed
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence on the nature of individual societies around the world seemed to be on the wane. Now, far from being marginalized, the relationship between faith and society has moved to the center of politics and global conversation. Neil MacGregor's new book traces the ways in which different societies have understood and articulated their places in the cosmic scheme. It examines mankind's beliefs not from the...