History is subject to geology. Climate no longer controls us severely, but it limits us. A tornado can ruin in an hour the city that took a century to build; Let rain become too rare, and civilization disappears under sand
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War is a constant of history. The last 3,421 years of recorded history have seen only 268 without war. The causes of war are the same as the causes of competition among individuals, and some conflicts are too fundamental to be resolved by negotiation.
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All civilizations collapse. Challenges may come from a dozen sources, and may by repetition or combination rise to a destructive intensity. Man picks up his tools and his arts and moves on, taking his memories and civilization with him, and eventually builds another home.
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Creative minds can be immortal. Homer has more readers now than in his own day and land. The Greek poets and philosophers are in every library and college. This selective survival of creative minds is the most real and beneficent of immortalities.
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Progress is real. History is above all else the creation and recording of heritage; progress is its increasing abundance, preservation, transmission, and use. Heritage rises, and man rises in proportion as he receives it.
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That's it! There are some controversial points in there, but I hope that they made the read MORE interesting and enjoyable. It's a great book with a refreshing 'big picture' perspective of history, as you can see. -'The Lessons of History' by Will and Ariel Durant-
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It has also been used as weapon.
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