Ian Pitchford

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We should not, then, assume that people in the Hilly Flanks invented agriculture because they were racially or culturally superior. Because they lived among more (and more easily) domesticable plants and animals than anyone else, they mastered them first.
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
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