Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing scientific exploration
technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of
the law out of Abbasid Baghdad came algebra and modern medicine and the Dutch Republic
furnished us with Europe's greatest artistic movements. As such each has unique lessons to
teach us about the world we live in today. But all previous golden ages have proven finite
whether through external pressures or internal fracturing. In Peak Human acclaimed historian
Johan Norberg examines seven of humanity's greatest civilizations - ancient Athens the Roman
Republic Abbasid Baghdad Song China Renaissance Italy the Dutch Republic and the
Anglosphere - and asks: how do we ensure that our current golden age doesn't end?
