World History

World history, global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history, which, like world history, deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations, but does not do so on a global scale.

New Releases Tagged "World History"

The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Mexico: A 500-Year History
Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000
Hostage
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
Salt: A World History
The Guns of August
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

Stephen Prothero
All too often world history is told as if religion did not matter. The Spanish conquered New Spain for gold, and the British came to New England to catch fish. The French Revolution had nothing to do with Catholicism, and the U.S. civil rights movement was a purely humanitarian endeavor. But even if religion makes no sense to you, you need to make sense of religion to make sense of the world.
Stephen Prothero, God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

Rick Steves
. . . I've learned over the years that if more people knew more about history, our world would be a better place. History is constantly speaking to us. Travelers enjoy a privileged way to hear it—and sometimes an up-close chance to witness history in the making. ...more
Rick Steves, For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories

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