The Penguin history of the world
J. M. Roberts (Author), Odd Arne Westad (Author)
"The Penguin history ... tells the entire story of human endeavour in all its grandeur and folly, drama and pain in a single book .. revising it throughout in the light of new research and discoveries, including the recent revolution in our understanding of ancient civilizations and what now seems to be the inexorable rise of Asia and the increasingly troubled situation in the West"-- Back cover
Print Book, English, 2014
Sixth revised edition View all formats and editions
Penguin Books, London, 2014
History
xiv, 1260 pages : maps ; 20 cm
9781846144431, 1846144434
862761245
Before history
Civilizations
The Classical age
The age of diverging traditions
The making of the European age
The great acceleration
The end of the European age
Our own time
This edition originally published: 2013
Includes index