First Civilisation
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First Contact/The Cult of Progress
- Civilisations
- By: David Olusoga
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In part one, 'First Contact', we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas.
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Enjoyed the book very much, but
- By Deborah H on 07-10-20
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First Contact/The Cult of Progress
- Civilisations
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-07-18
- Language: English
- Oscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when...
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Signs of Civilisation
- How Punctuation Changed History
- By: Bård Borch Michaelsen
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act performed only by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution - in which punctuation played a crucial role. As long as texts were read out loud by only an educated elite there was no need for punctuation to mark pauses, full stops or questions.
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Signs of Civilisation
- How Punctuation Changed History
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-11-19
- Language: English
- Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western Civilisation. Nothing less. With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act performed only by priests and aristocrats into an...
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