Discover The Real Origins of Western Society
The modern world looks back to Ancient Greece for the birth of philosophy, for the origins of science and even for the foundations of its excursions into democracy. But long before the city-states of Greece flirted with geometry, astronomy and inclusive politics, there was a far more innovative and pioneering culture – the Minoans, who were the real progenitors of Western civilization.
Alan Butler shares his exhaustive research in this compelling history of how we came to be what we are today. The Dawn of Genius explores the brilliance of Minoan culture – from the enigma of the Phaistos Disc to accounts of the destruction of Atlantis, a worldwide catastrophe that took place around 1600 BC.
This book celebrates the culture that was shattered in an instant, a disaster that drove the world into a dark age from which it has taken over 3,000 years to emerge.
