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The Revolutions of Civilization - Free Audiobook
Language: English
Author(s): William Matthew Flinders Petrie,
Genre(s): Art, Design & Architecture, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Antiquity,
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British archaeologist & Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, discusses the history of civilization in Egypt, Greece, Rome & medieval Europe & correlates contemporary events in different countries. A measure of the quality of civilisation is proposed by a comparison of artesian skill and effort judged in art, sculpture, and architecture between the timelines of radically different cultures. A special focus on Egypt presents evidence in a series of phases of art skill, rather than the leadership of a dynasty. (Summary by Leon Harvey)