| 1 | A philosopher is solely concerned with conducting dialogues with the great souls from ancient antiquity to the contemporary era. In reading books, he converses with the ancients. | |
| 2 | An exquisitely verdant region in a country where grass and trees are rare, it borders the spectacular ruins of ancient Cyrene, a Greco-Roman temple city. | |
| 3 | Urban civilization begins in Sumer as the Anunnaki reestablish there the Olden Cities, beginning with Eridu and Nippur. |