The invention of yesterday: a 50,000-year history of human culture, conflict, and connection [First edition] 9781610397971, 9781610397964, 1610397975

"A sweeping global human history that describes the separate beginnings of the world's major civilizations and

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The invention of yesterday: a 50,000-year history of human culture, conflict, and connection [First edition]
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Table of contents :
The physical stage --
History begins with language --
Civilization begins with geography --
Trade weaves the networks --
The birth of belief systems --
Money, math, messaging, management, and might --
Megaempires take the stage --
The lands in between --
When worlds overlap --
World historical monads --
Out of the north --
Europe on the rise --
The nomads' last roar --
Europe and the long crusades --
The restoration narrative --
The progress narrative --
That Columbus moment --
Chain reactions --
After Columbus : the world --
The center does not hold --
Middle world enmeshed --
Ripple effects --
The invention explosion --
Our machines, ourselves --
Social constellations in the machine age --
Empires and nation-states --
A world at war --
Beyond the nation-state --
Digital era --
The environment --
The big picture.

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