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The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great w

The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great w

Smith Williams, Henry

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Literary CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9389169607
ISBN13: 9789389169607
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 688
Weight: 2.19
Height: 1.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Empires rise, fracture, and vanish; the human record remains. History, heard in many voices. Volume XXII of The Historians' History of the World gathers classic historians excerpts into a vivid world history anthology, showing how different ages interpreted the same turning points. Edited under Henry Smith Williams, this multi-volume history collection ranges across the ancient to modern world, tracing the rise of nations through the lens of contemporaries, chroniclers, and later interpreters. The result is political and cultural history with texture: conflicts and diplomacy, faiths and ideas, trade and discovery, and the slow shaping of institutions. Read a few pages for perspective, or mine it as a research library reference; its carefully selected testimonies also suit homeschool world history that values sources as much as summaries. Conceived as a complete world history set, these global historical chronicles stand among the most ambitious universal history narratives of the early twentieth century, preserving a panorama of civilizations and empires as they were studied before modern specialisation narrowed the view. Each volume complements the wider series, inviting you to compare viewpoints, weigh bias, and watch historiography evolve. Ideal for armchair reading, serious study, and gifting to bibliophiles. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure -- it belongs on the shelf of the casual history reader who loves a strong narrative, and the classic-literature collector building a definitive library.

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