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Jul 2019
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Walls throughout History: An Interview w...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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What creates civilization, in the most basic sense? According to Professor David Frye, who joins me this week, it's walls - Hadrian's Wall, the Great Wall of China, city walls, and thousands more over the millennia.

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