Figuring Out the Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics That Explain World History by Daniel Hoyer, Peter Turchin

Figuring Out the Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics That Explain World History

Daniel Hoyer, Peter Turchin

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This book is ideal for readers who crave a data-driven, panoramic view of human history beyond traditional narratives.

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What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual...

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