How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
Four thousand years of the West being made by everywhere else, not by Greece and Rome alone.
Josephine Quinn argues that the idea of a self-contained Western civilisation descending from the classical world is a retrospective invention, and that the societies usually placed at its origin were shaped by continuous exchange with Persia, Phoenicia, Egypt and beyond. The tone is conversational and accessible, which will suit some readers more than others.
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Tyler Cowen
Josephine Quinn, How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History is too chatty/friendly a book for me, but for many readers it is probably worthwhile.
Source · October 2024
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