The Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World

History

Ivar Lissner

Ancient Civilizations

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the WorldCivilization is a word of wide application. It is the sum total of human achievement, of techniques, of methods of building and transportation, of living conditions, of handicrafts and utensils, of written characters, of sciences; it is the moral and religious order of things; it is the behavior of each individual; it embraces all man's Spiritual endeavors, his art and morals, his sense of values and his religion.All human hopes and thoughts are directed toward the eternal and transcendental, for it is man's nature to be more concerned with the mind than the body.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World

Silent Past: Mysterious and Forgotten Cultures of the World (Classic Reprint)