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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
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A different view of the world, taking a more oriental view of what happens in the world. Instead of the usual history of the world where the centre of attention is to Europe, this looks at the Middle East and Asia and looks at how, often they were as much or more influential than we were taught and badly served by current received history. It complains about how lots of history of these players on the world stage were ignored but ripples happened from many parts of empires, It's a useful for a reminder to reframe history to include more places but also a reminder that no matter what we do, we will still fail to see all the wood for the trees.
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This review would have been higher if it stopped before the 1900s. I know that the world wars are key to our history but I think the way is was talked about in this book was still a bit to western centric. A good book with a good idea, it focused a bit too much on the economic side of things for me I would have preferred a bit more in depth history but all over a good read that makes you think about how we see the world.
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