2007, ISBN: 9781845295028

Constable. Good. 14 x 22cm. Hardcover. 2007. 452 pages. minor wear, some foxing<br><br><p><strong>THE STORY OF MAN: An Introduction to 150,000 years of human hi… Más…

Constable. Good. 14 x 22cm. Hardcover. 2007. 452 pages. minor wear, some foxing<br><br><p><strong>THE STORY OF MAN: An Introduction to 150,000 years of human history</strong ><br /><br />by Cyril Aydon<br /><br />Constable, UK, 2007 <br /> ISBN 9781845295028<br />hb, dj, 452pp<br />14 x 22 cm<br /><br /> GOOD: minor wear, some foxing<br /><br />From the time when our a ncestors took their first tentative steps out of Africa, to the d ay when human beings set foot on the moon; from the domestication of the first donkey to the cloning of Dolly the sheep; and from the building of the pyramids to the designing of the world wide w eb this book is not just a history of the world, it is a history for the world. Informed by the most recent historical and archaeo logical research, the book focuses not on the conventional small change of Kings and Queens, battles and political manoeuvres, but on developments that have really shaped the lives of human being s around the globe: the Neolithic revolution in agriculture, the invention of writing, the rise and fall of empires, the birth of great religions, the industrial revolution. Finally, the book ask s whether we have really changed, or are we just stone-age people living in a space age we have made but cannot control.</p> ., Constable, 2007, 2.5<

2007, ISBN: 9781845295028

Constable. Very Good. 5.31 x 1.54 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 2007. 452 pages. <br>This book covers 1,500 years in the history of hum ankind. This book is not just a history of the wor… Más…

Constable. Very Good. 5.31 x 1.54 x 8.5 inches. Hardcover. 2007. 452 pages. <br>This book covers 1,500 years in the history of hum ankind. This book is not just a history of the world, it is a his tory for the world. Packed full of fascinating information, it is written in the same lively and accessible style that charmed the readers of Cyril Aydon's previous books Charles Darwin and Scien tific Curiosity. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the h uman race, from the time when our ancestors took their first tent ative steps out of Africa, to the day when human beings set foot on the moon; from the domestication of the first donkey to the cl oning of Dolly the sheep; and from the building of the pyramids t o the designing of the world wide web. Informed by the most recen t historical and archaeological research, the book focuses not on the conventional small change of Kings and Queens, battles and p olitical manoeuvres, but on developments that have really shaped the lives of human beings around the globe: the Neolithic revolut ion in agriculture, the invention of writing, the rise and fall o f empires, the birth of great religions, and the industrial revol ution. Finally, the book asks whether we have really changed, or are we just stone-age people living in a space age we have made b ut cannot control. ., Constable, 2007, 3<