Simon Sebag Montefiore

The World

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From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author — the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family.
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  • Elza Holthas quoted8 months ago
    The first commodities and luxuries were traded or exchanged: from Iran to Serbia, copper, gold and silver were mined and crafted; lapis lazuli was used in burials; and in the Yangtze Valley, the Chinese started to make
  • Elza Holthas quoted8 months ago
    Every ideology, religion and empire has sought to control the hallowed past to legitimize whatever they are doing in the present. There are plenty of attempts today in east and west to force history into an ideology
  • Elza Holthas quoted8 months ago
    That is why at its best, its pursuit of truth is essential

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