World History: The World Before 1500

Author: Stavros Stavrianos
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The Global History gave me a strong sense of reality: it is a weapon of thought that can be used to heal the deep spiritual crisis we are facing due to our intoxication with technological progress; it helps people understand the future—a future full of possibilities and choices. — Arnold J. Toynbee In recent attempts to rewrite world history from a global perspective or incorporating global content, the works that have been most influential are those written by individual historians, among which Stavrianos' The Global History is particularly renowned. — Geoffrey Barraclough