Discover the second volume of an epic beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind
based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. When nomadic Homo
sapiens settled to live in one place they started working harder and harder. But why didn't
they get a better life in return? In The Pillars of Civilization Yuval Noah Harari and his
companions including Prof. Saraswati and Dr. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human
history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. Discover how
wheat took over the world how war famine disease and inequality became a part of the human
condition and why we might only have ourselves to blame. The origins of modern farming are
told through Elizabethan tragedy the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are
tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News and the history of inequality is revealed in
a superhero detective story. A radical witty and colourful retelling of the story of
humankind adapted from Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Volume 2
can be read as a standalone or as a follow-up to Volume 1 The Birth of Humankind. Praise for
Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens : 'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the
history and future of our species.' Bill Gates 'Interesting and provocative... It gives you
a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama 'Jaw-dropping from the first
word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans 'Contains a
remarkable piece of information on almost every page and reminds us that we should be grateful
to be human.' Matt Haig 'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity
making the world strange and new' Sunday Times 'Provocative and fascinating and
opinionated...it makes the familiar seem unfamiliar. It altered how I view our species and our
world.' Guardian
