Author: Bruce McLeod
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Frequently asked questions: What is the book about?
Leaving aside the characters and character arcs of the book and the storyline, Gods Before Kings is about the period of history where civilisation experiences its first major growth. The first true agricultural revolution frees the majority of the population from farming and that freed up labour is then used to form dedicated industries and…
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Frequently Asked Questions: How accurate is Gods Before Kings?
I put a great deal of thought and research into this book. What we know to be fact is that Uruk was the most successful of all the city prototypes in Sumeria until such time as the rise of the trading city of Ur. Estimates of its population vary and reach as high as 40,000.…
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Frequently Asked Questions: Does the author believe in God?
Many people have asked, since I wrote Gods Before Kings, if I believe in God. When answering this question I find it necessary to reframe the idea that humans and gods are separate things. If we are looking for truth then the starting point must be that humans have always believed in gods. No one…
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