. From Hunter-Gatherers to Kings of Kings
. From Hunter-Gatherers to Kings of Kings
In which natural history is proposed as the original science-important to early hunter-gatherers and farmers in the practical sense of getting food and preventing one from becoming food. An analogy is drawn to late-Contact Paiute and Washoe cultures. The formation of large, sedentary nation-states allowed a more theoretical natural history to develop, as exemplified by the Assyrian king Asurbanipal. Asurbanipal developed an extensive library that contained both literature and medical treatises-"herbals." The palace in Nineveh contained detailed depictions of plants and animals that suggest a serious interest in the natural world. He also created “paradises” that served as herbaria and as zoological gardens.
Keywords: hunter-gatherer, Paiute, Fertile Crescent, Assyria, Asurbanipal, Nineveh, great library
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