World History

World history, global history or transnational history (not to be confused with diplomatic or international history) is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective. It is not to be confused with comparative history, which, like world history, deals with the history of multiple cultures and nations, but does not do so on a global scale.

New Releases Tagged "World History"

Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
Salt: A World History
The Guns of August
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

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