Title:
Sapiens : a graphic history. Volume two, The pillars of civilization
Author:
Harari, Yuval N., author, creator.
ISBN:
9780063212220
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut (Graphic novel). English
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
252 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
General Note:
Graphic novel adaptation of Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval N. Harari.
"First published in Hebrew in 2011 by Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir."--Title page verso.
"Sapienship Storytelling"--Page 4 of cover.
Abstract:
In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of urbanization is told as a travel brochure offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China.
Subject Term:
