Walter Bagehot: “Ordinary civilisation begins near the Mediterranean Sea; the best…”

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Ordinary civilisation begins near the Mediterranean Sea; the best, doubtless, of the ante-historic civilisations were not far off.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot identifies the Mediterranean region as a cradle of ordinary civilization.

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Walter Bagehot: “Ordinary civilisation begins near the Mediterranean Sea; the best, doubtless, of the ante-historic civilisations were…”