Sàpiens, una història gràfica, 2

What if humans, twelve thousand years ago, had fallen into a trap from which we have not been able to escape? Sapiens. A Graphic History-The Pillars of Civilization explains how Homo sapiens went from being a nomadic to a sedentary species and began to work harder without improving their standard of living. It reveals how the wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat gave rise to the first empires; how war, hunger, disease and inequality became an essential part of the human condition and why we are only responsible for it ourselves. Bleak? Not with this cast of hilarious characters continuing the incredible journey undertaken in the first volume. Yuval, Zoe, Professor Saraswati, Cindy and Troglodyte Bill, Detective Lopez and Doctor Fiction travel through our history to investigate how the agricultural revolution changed society forever. The cunning Mephisto shows us how to cajole humans with plants, how King Hammurabi lays down the law, and what Confucius' recipe is for a harmonious society. The origins of modern agriculture are told through Elizabethan tragedy, the varying fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are traced in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of inequality is told like a novel. of superhero detectives.