- World history, History
"Narrated by a distinguished historian, here is an account of the grand adventure of human history. It is the story of the world's people during the last four million years, beginning before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents, and ending with the recent millennium.".
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Epic, earnest, plot-driven and grave.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Geoffrey Blainey
- First published
- October 1, 2001
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- Viking Australia, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, Viking
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781461709862
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