Description
Patrick Wyman, creator of the acclaimed Tides of History podcast, presents a groundbreaking exploration of humanity's deep past, revealing how our world emerged not from destiny, but from a series of global trials and errors. Focusing on the pivotal millennia between the end of the Ice Age and the Bronze Age, this narrative challenges the traditional story of linear progress, instead highlighting the fits, false starts, and collapses that characterized the dawn of civilization. Through vivid storytelling and the latest archaeological insights, Wyman illuminates how social hierarchies, urbanism, and complex political structures arose from countless improvisations and experiments by individuals and societies. This sweeping account argues that the rise of settled life and states was not inevitable, but the result of human ingenuity and resilience, ultimately shaping the planet and defining who we are today.
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Harper
Published May 5, 2026
ISBN: 9780063256484
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First Published
2024
Language
eng
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