Unstoppable Us, Volume 2: Why the World Isn't Fair

Harari, Yuval Noah

Overview

<p><b>From&nbsp;world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of <i>Sapiens</i>, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.</b><br /> <br /> Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?<br /> <br /> And why isn't the world fair?<br /> <br /> The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. <i>And</i> it's a true story!<br /> <br /> From&nbsp;cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> In <i>Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World</i>, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In <i>Volume 2</i>, he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.</p>

Details
Bright Matter Books
9780593711521
Hardcover
2024
EN
208 pages
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