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From a World of Iron to Classical Empires

Tides of History

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What We Need to Know About the Greeks

We have to take a step back and ditch our preconceived notions of who the Greeks were. There is no singular Greek tradition to which the quote-unquote West was heir, he says. Even the seemingly familiar will look quite different when we view it through this broader lens. The written word showed up all over the place last season in the oracle bones of Shang-China.

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