The Fake History of the Ancient World

How do we study history? We learn about it in bite-sized chunks with neatly defined beginnings and endings. Some of these periodisations have no basis in reality, but they are very much for us. From the early 20th century, there has been an alternative path known as global history or world history. This way of doing history distances itself from one period or place and instead focuses on a much bigger canvas. And big history can mean seriously looking at everything - if you prefer to start with your evolution 250,000 years ago. Your valari is Noah Harari: The first Homo sapiens who came into contact with the universe was called 'The Big Sucker' He then went on