Civilization


Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Civilization: The West and the Rest
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Road
Lord of the Flies
The Collapse of Complex Societies
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Patricia Briggs
Civilization is vastly overrated.
Patricia Briggs, On the Prowl

Winston S. Churchill
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its digni ...more
Winston Churchill, The River War

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