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Civilisation as a term suggests human agency. Things don't come together organically.

— Richard Miles

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There are winners and losers – and human will created the world we live in.

If you are looking at fine buildings or the literature of the period, you have to be aware that you are only dealing with the mindset of the elite.

Writing certainly develops as an elite initiative at this [ancient] time. It helps them to harness the workforce – it's a way of communicating with the gods; and it's a way for the elites to list what you have, and what they have.

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