The Story of Civilization 1: the Heritage of the East
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"Heritage of the East" is the first volume of the "Story of Civilization" series of "Utopia Classics Hall". Durant outlines the original appearance of human civilization from the eight major elements of civilization - labor (farming, industry, transportation and trade), government, morality (customs and etiquette, conscience and conduct), religion, science, philosophy, writing, and art, combining Sumer, Egypt, and Babylon , Assyria, Judaea, Persia, India, China, Japan and other regions or nations, showing the splendid cultural pictures of Egypt and Eastern Asia one by one, explaining why ancient Eastern civilization is the background and cornerstone of Greek and Roman culture, and why it is the source of modern human civilization.
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