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The Great Divide: History and Human Nature in the Old World and the New
11:00am | Wednesday 28 March 2012| Tickets: | Duration: | Venue: |
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Historian and former journalist Peter Watson looks at the rise and fall of the great civilisations and what this meant for mankind. He compares the development of humankind in the ‘old world’ and the ‘new’ between 15000BC and 1500AD. Before 15000 BC sea levels were lower, and early humans spread out from Africa to colonise the whole of the planet. With the end of the Ice Age and a rise in sea levels, humans in the old and new worlds grew up unaware of each other until the discovery of America at the end of the 15th century. By comparing and contrasting the separate developments, Watson offers a fascinating insight into what it means to be human.
Watson is a former member of The Sunday Times Insight team. He is now a historian best known for his work on the history of ideas. His previous works include The German Genius and The Medici Conspiracy.
Event sponsored by Blake Lapthorn, lawyers to the festival.
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