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Pros
This history of the world by jm roberts, former warden of merton college, oxford is a wonderful reference volume for anyone's library. This tome is an amazing reference for any history buff.
A historical atlas is a good companion to this book. Thankfully this book is free from any obvious political bias - no small feat when our academic institutions have become largely marxist reeducation camps.
The world in the title is that of humanity and roberts’ story begins with a detailed explanation of the origins of * sapiens. This book says much, especially in the first half, about what civilisation is and how the definition has been refined.
John morris roberts' history of the enlightenment has been updated by odd arne westad. Roberts focuses on empiricism and british enlightenment heroes.
Cons
The writing is stilted and unnecessarily wordy. Too many sentences start with it and the real subject of the sentence comes later. It uses really big word that no one really uses or understands.
Unless you take monotheism to be something very particular.
Highlights
Quality
The book has a wide scope reasonable level of detail and an engaging style
I started it a couple of times but it seemed ponderous physically and intellectually
Names are sparsely dropped and it is not bogged down in exhaustive detail
He says many very unscholarly claims almost passiveaggressively without any elaboration whatsoever
Price
Even more importantly somehow i was able to get this brand new still wrapped in plastic for 9 when it retails for 45
Shipping
By the time i got to medieval europe i was so curious that i shelved the book and bought this original longer version and started over
The book arrived in good condition in a timely manner
Competitiveness
Covers a lot more compared to other books
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While reading it i often found myself 34branching off34 to other sources books internet for more details and then coming back to it
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It is a very thick book so ive not finished it yet
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For one it is extremely longwinded and can be a bit biased at times
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For instance he does ancient egypt dirty and downplays almost all of their achievements besides medicine and to a point their religion
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He does not even mention great achievements like the temple of karnak or luxorif i remember correctly and says that they had no great contribution to architecture which is absolutely ridiculous as well as their contributions in other areas
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He says many very unscholarly claims almost passiveaggressively without any elaboration whatsoever
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Other than that i had not found many issues except for bad editing and other errors
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Oh for a socalled scholarly work it has no footnotes bibliography or anything along those lines which is alarming
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