Civilized B-side

Author: MacDonald
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The progress of human civilization is like a thick history book. How did we develop to this state? This book, spanning the breadth and depth of knowledge, tells the price and stories humans have paid in their journey towards civilization. There are cannibalistic customs, slavery, the unequal treatment of women and children, and atrocious tortures. There are also every bloody footprint of backwardness and progress in civilizations like ancient Greece and Rome. Additionally, there are the invasions and killings during the discovery of the New World, World Wars I and II, the bloodshed humans have paid in the process of civilization. At the same time, this book also holds hope: the reflections of philosophers, the progress of the Enlightenment, the brilliance of the Renaissance, the proposal of the theory of evolution, and more. Humans are gradually moving towards civilization.