Civilizations over the Long Term: Past Realities, Present Challenges
Maurice Aymard
The last few decades have upset the old balance that had long been inspiration of historians. Historians and others who recorded their thoughts research with term in mind, thinking permanence continuity, were encouraged to place emphasis on communication circulation. In eyes both these questioning fragmentations local, changing acquired habits, requiring dialogue exchange - peaceful mode commercial trade or violent one war looting. This paper claims today's view is fundamentally different, since threat has changed nature: standardization replaced isolation. So question facing us today particular force is: can history knowledge past still claim help understand present?
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