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Civilisations: First Contact by British Broadcasting Corporation. (BBC), David Olusoga is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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There is nothing simple about the idea of civilisation. It is a concept with multiple and contested meanings. Prefix it with the word ‘western’ and you have a whole new set of problems. Equally thorny is the belief, once commonplace, that civilisation was a singular project, a phenomenon that spread across parts of the world from a single source. The view that multiple civilisations emerged independently at various times and in various places across the world was not an idea many Victorian thinkers had much time for. Indeed, in the age of European Empires, nations justified their domination of other peoples by claiming they were engaged in a great ‘civilising mission’. Perhaps all that is certain about the concept of civilisation is that its opposite, barbarism, is toxic. In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time, Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas In Part Two, The Cul

Who reads Civilisations: First Contact?

Author

British Broadcasting Corporation. (BBC), David Olusoga

Publisher

Profile Books Limited

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781781259986

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, World History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (100 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14