The Story of Civilization: Our oriental heritageSimon & Schuster, 1935 |
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... gave the credit to supernatural magic- much as our own people often credit natural cures to magical prescriptions and pills . In this way magic gave birth to the physician , the chemist , the metallurgist , and the astronomer.10 More ...
... gave the credit to supernatural magic- much as our own people often credit natural cures to magical prescriptions and pills . In this way magic gave birth to the physician , the chemist , the metallurgist , and the astronomer.10 More ...
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Will Durant. gave Yahveh a home , but it gave Judea a spiritual center and capital , a vehicle of tradition , a memory to serve as a pillar of fire through centuries of wandering over the earth . And it played its part in lifting the ...
Will Durant. gave Yahveh a home , but it gave Judea a spiritual center and capital , a vehicle of tradition , a memory to serve as a pillar of fire through centuries of wandering over the earth . And it played its part in lifting the ...
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... gave order to the chaotic inequalities and differences of men , and spared the soul the modern fever of climbing and gain ; it gave order to every life by prescribing for each man a dharma , or code of conduct for his caste ; it gave ...
... gave order to the chaotic inequalities and differences of men , and spared the soul the modern fever of climbing and gain ; it gave order to every life by prescribing for each man a dharma , or code of conduct for his caste ; it gave ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | |
THE ECONOMIC ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION | 5 |
THE POLITICAL ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION | 21 |
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Ahura-Mazda ancient animals appears architecture Aryan Ashoka Ashurbanipal Asia Assyria Babylon Babylonian beauty became Brahman Buddha Buddhist capital caste century China Chinese civilization Confucius culture Darius dead death deities divine Dynasty earth East Egypt Egyptian empire Europe evil faith father feet gave Gilgamesh gods gold Greece Greeks Hammurabi heaven Herodotus Hindu human hundred India Ishtar Jews Kassites king land literature living Lord Marduk marriage Medes Mencius Mesopotamia modern Mohenjo-daro moral Moslem Museum nation nature never Nineveh oldest painting palace passed peace perhaps Persian philosophy priests primitive punishment reign religion religious rivers royal rule ruler sacred sacrifice says Semitic slaves soul spirit stone Sumerian tablets temples thee things thou thought thousand throne Thutmose III tion tombs trade tribes Upanishads Vedas wealth wife wisdom woman women word worship Yahveh Zoroastrian