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The roots of modern civilization are planted deeply in the highly…
Quote byJames Henry Breasted · 1865–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (1905), Ch. 1: The Land (p. 3).
English (original)
The roots of modern civilization are planted deeply in the highly elaborate life of those nations which rose into power over six thousand years ago, in the basin of the eastern Mediterranean, and the adjacent regions on the east of it.
— James Henry Breasted
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