Re: The joy of Civilization

On 31 Oct 2024 02:16:13 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:57:05 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

Civilization originated in Mesopotamia. I have a book in my shelf on a
generalist introduction to the archaeology of the earliest
civilizations, and it has a specific set of features that a society has
to have to be classed as a “civilization”:
 
  * Urbanization
  * Division of labour
  * Metalworking
  * Writing

 
Obviously written by an archaeologist who thought western civilization
was hot shit.

Considering the West was not exactly a hotbed of culture at the time, I
would say not.