Here you get an approximative sense of the comparative importance of religion, migration, climate change, war, technological innovation, political organization, and so on and so forth and of the histories of (almost) every nation and continent.Sapiens: A Graphic History is an epic, radical adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling book into a graphic novel series bursting with wit, humor, pop culture references and colourful illustrations. What such a book gives you is a sense of the relative importance of disparate historical events, something that is really hard to achieve by reading history books that focus on only one era or nation or phenomenon. In particular I learned a lot about Asian history (India, China especially). By the end I had a sense of where humanity comes from and where it might go it really changed my perspective on (nearly) everything. I haven't seen anything else like that - it's a comprehensive history of the world in only one book. JM Roberts' Penguin History of the World is amazing, though in a much more academic style. >My favourite part of the book was the history of the worlds great empires (such as the Spaniars crushing the Aztec and Incan empires and the dirty history of the British empire), so has anyone got a recommendation that discusses the history of the worlds greatest empires and their impact on human history? After a few chapters I realized that I had no idea what I could believe in what I had read, and what I couldn't - it doesn't help that Harari rarely ever provides sources for his often outlandish claims. I couldn't stand the mixing of unqualified personal opinion with established fact.
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