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Sapiens, a brief history of humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

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Sapiens, a brief history of humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-480) and index

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Adult

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non fiction

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Sapiens

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bibliography

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Yuval Noah Harari

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a brief history of humankind

Summary

100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power and our future

Table Of Contents

Part I: The cognitive revolution -- 1. An animal of no significance -- 2. The tree of knowledge -- 3. A day in the life of Adam and Eve -- 4. The flood -- Part II: The agricultural revolution -- 5. History's biggest fraud -- 6. Building pyramids -- 7. Memory overload -- 8. There is no justice in history -- Part III: The unification of humankind -- 9. The arrow of history -- 10. The scent of money -- 11. Imperial visions -- 12. The law of religion -- 13. The secret of success -- Part IV: The scientific revolution -- 14. The discovery of ignorance --15. The marriage of science and empire -- 16. The capitalist creed -- 17. The wheels of industry -- 18. A permanent revolution -- 19. And they lived happily ever after -- 20. The end of Homo sapiens

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