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It describes how mankind's discovery, usage and trade of sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, and quinine have influenced history to make the modern world. In the second edition of the book, Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Transformed Mankind, he adds the coca plant to the list. In 2004, he published a follow-up book Seeds of Wealth: Four Plants ...
The Cambridge World History. Volume 1: Introducing World History, to 10,000 BCE, edited by David Christian. The Cambridge World History is a seven volume history of the world in nine books published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. The editor in chief is Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks. The history takes a comparativist approach.
The General National Congress changes the provisional name of Libya to the State of Libya, pending the adoption of a new constitution. [54] 1 July: Croatia joins the European Union. 24 October: The Republic of Cape Verde changes its official English name to the Republic of Cabo Verde, [55] following precedents set by Côte d'Ivoire and Timor ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
Macrohistory seeks out large, long-term trends in world history in search of ultimate patterns by a comparison of proximate details. [1] It favors a comparative or world-historical perspective to determine the roots of changes as well as the developmental paths of society or a historical process.
AP World History: Modern was designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different human societies. The course advances understanding through a combination of selective factual knowledge and appropriate analytical skills.
Political violence does not work. And yet some people think it does. Some political violence is the result of delusional people on a rampage. But many sane people still believe in its efficacy.
A 1740 map of Paris. Ortelius World Map, 1570. Historical geography is the branch of geography that studies the ways in which geographic phenomena have changed over time. [1] In its modern form, it is a synthesizing discipline which shares both topical and methodological similarities with history, anthropology, ecology, geology, environmental studies, literary studies, and other fields.