Figuring Out the Past (Paperback)
Turchin, Peter (Author)
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What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the average life expectancy in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in Old Kingdom Egypt? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ritual human sacrifice ever? We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: vast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. So, join the radical historians Peter Turchin and Dan Hoyer for a dive into the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past. Drawing on their own Se...
ISBN (SKU)
9781788161930
Pages
272
Weight
220g
Dimensions
196x126x20
Imprint
Economist
Published
03, November, 2022
Genres
History
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