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... economic organization . As with the later pillage of gold from Peru and Mexico by the Spaniards , this ' easy money ' must often have undermined the victor's economy . When such im- perial robber - economies became prevalent and preyed ...
... economic organization . As with the later pillage of gold from Peru and Mexico by the Spaniards , this ' easy money ' must often have undermined the victor's economy . When such im- perial robber - economies became prevalent and preyed ...
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... Economy of abundance , linguistic , 94 Eden , food - gatherer's , 107 Efficiency , monastic , 266 Efflorescence ... economic , 266 Era , destructive modern , 108 Erech , 223 Erman , Adolf , 184 , 193 , 195 Error , man's chronic dis ...
... Economy of abundance , linguistic , 94 Eden , food - gatherer's , 107 Efficiency , monastic , 266 Efflorescence ... economic , 266 Era , destructive modern , 108 Erech , 223 Erman , Adolf , 184 , 193 , 195 Error , man's chronic dis ...
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... economic importance of , 272 Reign of terror , royal , 185 Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial ... economy , marks of , 167 Royal messages , 192 Royal power , absolutism of , 173 Royal Society , the , 280 Rubber ...
... economic importance of , 272 Reign of terror , royal , 185 Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial ... economy , marks of , 167 Royal messages , 192 Royal power , absolutism of , 173 Royal Society , the , 280 Rubber ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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achieved activities advances ancient animal association became become beginning body brain called cave century cities civilization collective command complex continued culture divine domestication dream earlier earliest early economy effective effort environment equally established evidence existence experience expression fact forces functions further hand human hunting important improvement increase institution interpretation invention kind king kingship knowledge labor language later least less limited living machine magic man's material means mechanical megamachine merely MICHIGAN military mind myth nature neolithic never noted observation once operations organization original paleolithic performed perhaps period personality physical plants play possible practice present primitive production reason recorded remained ritual seems sexual significant social society speech stone symbolic technical thousand tion took turn universal village whole York