The Dawn of Everything

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow challenges traditional narratives of human history, arguing that early societies were far more diverse, flexible, and experimental than commonly believed, and that the rise of agriculture and cities did not inevitably lead to hierarchy and domination. Drawing on archaeology and anthropology, the book refutes the idea that humans spent most of their past as simple hunter-gatherers, instead presenting a history of varied social and political experiments, suggesting that more egalitarian and free societies are possible.