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... took place at an even earlier stage . Both the technical and the social components of ' civilization ' made their appearance at almost the same time in the classic river valleys from the Nile to the Hwang Ho ; and if the mixture of a ...
... took place at an even earlier stage . Both the technical and the social components of ' civilization ' made their appearance at almost the same time in the classic river valleys from the Nile to the Hwang Ho ; and if the mixture of a ...
Page 170
... took place . That demanded the cooperation , or at least the awed submission and pas- sive consent , of the entire community . The agency that effected this change , the institution of divine kingship , was the product of a coalition ...
... took place . That demanded the cooperation , or at least the awed submission and pas- sive consent , of the entire community . The agency that effected this change , the institution of divine kingship , was the product of a coalition ...
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... took re- sponsibility would earn gratitude , and gain support on other occasions . The association of kingship with anxiety , fear , and crisis has been , un- fortunately , a long - continued one . Thorkild Jacobsen has shown that the ...
... took re- sponsibility would earn gratitude , and gain support on other occasions . The association of kingship with anxiety , fear , and crisis has been , un- fortunately , a long - continued one . Thorkild Jacobsen has shown that the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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