Razib Khan's "Humans, who else?" list (13 books)

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Razib Khan put together 3 reading lists, aimed at 20 pages / 30 minutes a day, or 7,300 pages. This is list 1.

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1		The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony 3.99 avg rating — 4,003 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia by René Grousset 4.11 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith 3.59 avg rating — 821 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford 4.07 avg rating — 84,608 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,137 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		Imperial China, 900–1800 by Frederick W. Mote 4.43 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend 4.08 avg rating — 5,538 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763 – A Provocative and Persuasive History of International Collaboration by Henry Kamen 3.65 avg rating — 330 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) by David Hackett Fischer 4.38 avg rating — 3,592 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld by James Belich 3.83 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 by John Darwin 3.91 avg rating — 214 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present by Jacques Barzun 4.14 avg rating — 4,648 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

13 books · 1 voter · list created January 2nd, 2023 by Jonathan (votes) .

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