{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-world-hardcover","title":"The History of the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eO. A. Westad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Roberts's renowned \u003cem\u003eHistory of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered the finest available one-volume survey of the major events, developments, and personalities of the known past, offering generations of readers a tour of the vast landscape of human history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new edition, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Odd Arne Westad has completely revised this landmark work to bring the narrative up to the twenty-first century, including the 9\/11 attacks and the wars in the Middle East. Westad utilizes the remarkable gains in scholarship in recent decades to enhance the book's coverage of early human life and vastly improve the treatment of India and China, Central Eurasia, early Islam, and the late Byzantine Empire, as well as the history of science, technology, and economics. The result is a truly remarkable work of compression and synthesis, sweeping through thousands of years of history, weaving the stories of empires, art, religion, economics, and science into a lucid and engaging narrative. Ranging from the early hominids and the emergence of Mesopotamian civilizations and ancient Egypt, the book illuminates such topics as the Roman Empire, the explosive arrival of Islam, the rise and fall of samurai rule in Japan, the medieval kingdoms\u003cbr\u003eof sub-Saharan Africa, the Mongol conquests, and the early modern expansion of Europe across the globe; also covered are the struggle for American independence, the French Revolution, the colonial empires, Japan's startling modernization, and the World Wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith over 90 informative maps, \u003cem\u003eThe History of the World\u003c\/em\u003e remains the finest, most readable survey in print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. M. Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e CBE died in 2003. He was Warden at Merton College, Oxford University, until his retirement and is widely considered one of the leading historians of his era. He is also renowned as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series \u003cem\u003eThe Triumph of the West\u003c\/em\u003e (1985). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOdd Arne Westad\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. He has published fifteen books on modern and contemporary international history, among them \u003cem\u003eThe Global Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Bancroft Prize, and \u003cem\u003eDecisive Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e, a standard history of the Chinese civil war. He is general editor of the forthcoming three-volume \u003cem\u003eCambridge History of the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.6 x 9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259091542118,"sku":"9780199936762","price":66.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ays3OHNFV20wWEVHUHZ1TS9Wcnoxdz09.webp?v=1773820228","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-history-of-the-world-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}