❦The Silk RoadsA New History of the World
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
World history recentred on the lands linking East and West, where trade, faith and empire have met for thousands of years.
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Big History & Ideas
Sweeping books that connect continents and centuries to explain how the world became what it is.
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❦Guns, Germs, and SteelThe Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Why did some societies conquer others? A bold, wide-ranging argument about geography, farming and disease across human history.
❦SapiensA Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The whole human story in one book, from our early ancestors to the modern world, told with provocative big ideas.
❦The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Five centuries of great-power rivalry, and an influential argument about how economic strength shapes military success.
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