I enjoyed my required reading for World History: 'the Human Web' by McNeill and McNeill. It lays the focus on connections between groups of people. This gives an interesting perspective on world history and should contrast greatly from the deterministic 'year-by-year' approach to writing history.
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I enjoyed my required reading for World History: 'the Human Web' by McNeill and McNeill. It lays the focus on connections between groups of people. This gives an interesting perspective on world history and should contrast greatly from the deterministic 'year-by-year' approach to writing history.