I love the romantic spirit. It's the garden of creativity, the bloom of will and the extension of beauty into the world. WC
--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: The birthplace of civilization > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 11:26 PM > On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There's something endearing about a romantic, and > we have a resident > > romantic in Michael. > > Is that some kind of gentle put-down, the "endearing > ... romantic"? > Please. That doesn't become you. > > Don't you feel the awe for the discovery and an > impressive admiration > for the archaeologists' work? > > Most books list Damascus as the oldest continuously > inhabited city in > the world, dating to c. 5000 BC--at least it was a few > decades ago > when I was learning this stuff. Catal Huyuk, also in > Anatolia, dates > to 6500 BC, but it is only an archaeological site, and not > inhabited. > > Lewis Mumford, in The City in History, begins with the > earliest > organized, permanent sites, which was made possible by the > > domestication of plants and animals, i.e., the beginnings > of > agriculture. He puts the date about 12,000 years ago, in > line with the > current information. > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
