| Description |
xi, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
This book "traces the story of the world's people during the last four million years, beginning before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle other continents. It is a story of the inhabited world being pulled apart, and then coming together again in more recent centuries. A consummate storyteller, Professor Blainey makes the past come alive as he touches on the trivial and the grand: on changes in diet and daily work and sport, on transforming attitudes to the night sky, as well as on profound discoveries and mighty empires." - Book jacket |
| Notes |
Paperback ed. published 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World history.
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Civilization.
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| ISBN |
0670042021 : |
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