Reviews - The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

David Wengrow, David Graeber

4.27 AVERAGE

b00kenjoyer's review against another edition

4.25

challenging informative slow-paced

tallbox's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring medium-paced

mckenziegray's review against another edition

4.0

This book is very dense, contains a lot of information, and it seems best suited for a scholarly audience in sociology, anthropology, and related fields. However, I still found it interesting and learned a lot. After reading this I'm interested in learning more about ancient cities and their political and social structures.

proeliator's review against another edition

4.0

If you are interested in anthropology or archaeology and want a view that's quite a bit different than [b:Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies|1842|Guns, Germs, and Steel The Fates of Human Societies|Jared Diamond|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453215833l/1842._SY75_.jpg|2138852], you will probably like this book. It is quite long and sweeping in its scope as it moves around through all of human history, but I think it's worth the effort. David Wengrow (one of the authors) has a Ted talk about this book, so you may want to see that first before starting this 700 page book. The other author, David Graber, has a lot of interesting videos as well, but he unfortunately died suddenly a few years ago. Very groundbreaking work from these men.