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I would love to see a history book that would describe the past in more generalized terms (i.e. without necessarily mentioning particular dates, names, events,
by Koshkin 7y ago
I would love to see a history book that would describe the past in more generalized terms (i.e. without necessarily mentioning particular dates, names, events, places or artifacts, while still with just enough detail) so as to emphasize the natural, as it were, progression of the development of the civilization. History is far from being random as it might seem to some.
- dredmorbius 7y agoDavid Christan, Big History: https://www.bighistoryproject.com/about https://www.bighistoryproject.com/about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_History https://www.worldcat.org/title/big-history/oclc/940282526 https://www.worldcat.org/title/big-history/oclc/940282526 Vaclav Smil's Energy and World History accomplishes a similar end: https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-in-world-history/oclc/925213966 https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-in-world-history/oclc/... His later Energy and Civilization largely updates this, though shifting the historical focus somewhat. https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-and-civilization-a-history/oclc/1029804020 https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-and-civilization-a-his...