Civilisation as a term suggests human agency. […] It is the… - Richard Miles

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Civilisation as a term suggests human agency. […] It is the way in which people have articulated how and why they wanted to live in communities. It's about how we imagine the perfect community. […] I think the most ambitious thing humans have ever done is deciding to live together with people whom they didn't know in cities. It's really difficult to build a community, to learn to celebrate difference and to live harmoniously together, and we fail all the time.

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Richard Miles (born 1969) is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for presenting historical documentary series.

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Alternative Names: Miles, R.

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But archaeology […] often acts as a parallel narrative to history: if you start digging with a textbook in your hand, you are soon going to get confused. You have to be comfortable with the idea that there are many different versions of history.

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