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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
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Most people who have heard the term "Medieval Warming Period" tend to think of it as a period of good weather in Western Europe which led to population growth, the construction of Gothic Cathedrals, and the beginning of the rise of centralized nation-states. Brian Fagan, in another work as intriguing as his earlier "The Little Ice Age, "The Long Summe... »
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Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
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Mr. Padgen's title is misleading, for there is no mention of the Far East (such as China or Japan) in his book. For his purposes, the author is utilizing Persia and Islamic civilization as the stand-in for the East. Greece, Rome, Byzantine, French, British, Americans and others comprise the West throughout the 2,500 year range of this book. He clearly ... »
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate th... »
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
Excuse the old song, but I could not help but to use it for this splendid book. Let me start by the quality of the production and material. The paper is... »
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