If you have ever found yourself mixing up the Peloponnesian War with the Punic Wars, or wondering exactly how Genghis Khan fits into the timeline between Jesus and Shakespeare, you are not alone. For most of us, history is a blur of disconnected names, dates, and battles.
Enter —a man who, by his own admission, was tired of feeling historically illiterate. His solution was not to take a university course, but to write the book he wished already existed. The result is A Short History of the World , a brisk, witty, and surprisingly dense journey from the Big Bang to the fall of the Soviet Union. a short history of the world by christopher lascelles pdf
It will not make you a professor. But it will ensure that the next time someone mentions the Habsburgs, the Mongols, or the Sumerians, you will know exactly where they sit on the timeline of our shared, chaotic, and fascinating history. If you have ever found yourself mixing up