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Eden in the East: The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia

by Stephen Oppenheimer

Prehistoric Southeast Asia's transformative global impact.

If you're someone who relishes in shaking the foundations of conventional history, "Eden in the East" might just be your cup of tea. Stephen Oppenheimer meticulously weaves together a tapestry of scientific disciplines to challenge the Mesopotamia-centric narrative of civilization's birth. It's an investigative journey that promises to redefine your understanding of cultural origins, especially if you're intrigued by the notion of hidden, sunken worlds influencing ancient history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Eden in the East: The Drowned Continent of Southeast Asia

by Stephen Oppenheimer
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ISBN: 9780753806791
Authors: Stephen Oppenheimer
Publisher: Orion Publishing
Date of Publication: 1999-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Religion
Related Topics: Asia, Historical, Ancient History, Anthropology, History
Goodreads rating: 3.99
(rated by 145 readers)

Description

This book completely changes the established and conventional view of prehistory by relocating the Lost Eden—the world's first civilisation—to Southeast Asia. At the end of the Ice Age, Southeast Asia formed a continent twice the size of India, which included Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Borneo. In Eden in the East, Stephen Oppenheimer puts forward the astonishing argument that here in Southeast Asia—rather than in Mesopotamia where it is usually placed—was the lost civilization that fertilized the great cultures of the Middle East 6,000 years ago. He produces evidence from ethnography, archaeology, oceanography, creation stories, myths, linguistics, and DNA analysis to argue that this founding civilization was destroyed by a catastrophic flood, caused by a rapid rise in the sea level at the end of the last ice age.
 

Prehistoric Southeast Asia's transformative global impact.

If you're someone who relishes in shaking the foundations of conventional history, "Eden in the East" might just be your cup of tea. Stephen Oppenheimer meticulously weaves together a tapestry of scientific disciplines to challenge the Mesopotamia-centric narrative of civilization's birth. It's an investigative journey that promises to redefine your understanding of cultural origins, especially if you're intrigued by the notion of hidden, sunken worlds influencing ancient history.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.