more cooperative approach. ["The prosperity of the majority of Greek city-states was based on agriculture"](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/113/food--agriculture-in-ancient-greece/). Golden Age Greece was fed by crops, not by "hunting and gathering". Similarly for [Egypt ... www.worldhistory.org/article/997/ancient-egyptian-agriculture/) and [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/9/agriculture-in-the-fertile-crescent--mesopotamia/) during their cultural peaks. Either you're misremembering the book or the book is in error, but cities of tens of thousands are too large to feed

dominant women playing prominent societal roles - as a precursor to modern women’s equal rights. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1493/twelve-great-women-of-ancient-persia/

turn religion into "scientific theory" were derided as laughable by Christian thinkers themselves 1600 years ago.](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/91/st-augustine-from-the-literal-meaning-of-genesis/) >“Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other

Here is another interesting article that explores the love/hate relationship with cats in the Middle Ages: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1387/cats-in-the-middle-ages/ (Warning: contains graphic descriptions of people torturing cats

Happily. https://www.worldhistory.org/Medieval\_Hygiene