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 Jeb
Wolcott's story
 “Two
forces -- creation and destruction -- live side by side in
each of us. To understand how this works and where the roots
of the 21st Century lie, we need to look at our bloody as
well as our astonishingly creative past.”
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Merina's
story
“As
we struggled to survive, we taught ourselves to make better
tools, and grow our own food. We shared everything within our
own group and this is how we looked after each other. But those
who lived outside of our group were the enemy.”
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Urku's
story
“Big
changes were beginning to happen. Growing crops and raising
animals made it possible for us to live in one place. We eventually
built towns. When we extracted metals from the earth, what a
difference that made to our lives!
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Nefertiti's
story
Archimedes's
story
Cleopatra's
story
“From
humble Stone Age beginnings, three major civilizations grew
in the Middle East. Now, we required rulers, who made wars to
extend their territories and their power. With the great creations
of each of these societies, also came war and killing.”
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Confucius's
story
“With
the Tang dynasty we lived in peace and made advances in art,
science and technology. When Europe was mired in the madness
of religious wars and the ruthless building of nations, China
was experiencing a period of growth and enlightenment.”
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Machiavelli's
story
“European
rulers were merciless in their invasions of the new world, and
the annihilation of new world peoples. Back in our own kingdoms,
we nobles lived lives of luxury, enjoying the magnificent flowering
of all creative arts.”
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M'tami's
story
“They
came for us at night and herded us into the hold of the ship,
where we lived in unspeakable filth for months, until we reached
the New World. There we served the masters of the new, independent
nation, supporting their economy on our backs.”
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Private
Cairns's story
“We
were dug into trenches filled with mud and the stench of human
excrement. The battlefield was a slaughterhouse littered with
the corpses of the dead, and the heartbreaking cries of the
wounded. Sixty million casualties and no one really knew what
that war was all about.”
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Emma
Kolodny's story
“My
husband spent four years in prison during those Stalin years
of terror, murder, and tyranny. Then, the iron curtain came
crumbling down and we were suddenly thrust into a new relationship
with the west. It was as uncomfortable as it was exhilarating.”
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