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The Oxford Illustrated History of the World by Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Histories you can trustImagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it-with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can't attain.The Oxford History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-firstcentury: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions thathave all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer mightsee it-with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can’t attain.The Oxford History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings togethersome of the world’s leading historians, under the e

Who reads The Oxford Illustrated History of the World?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2023
Language
EN
ISBN
9780192884046
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, World History, Humanities

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