
- 640 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Great Divide
About this book
In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history. By 15, 000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division continued until Christopher Columbus voyaged to the New World in the fifteenth century. The Great Divide compares the development of humankind in the Old World and the New between 15, 000 BC and AD 1, 500. Combining the most up-to-date knowledge in archaeology, anthropology, geology, meteorology, cosmology, and mythology, Peter Watson's masterful study offers uniquely revealing insight into what it means to be human.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Author’s Note: The Aztecs ‘as evil as Nazis’
- Maps
- Introduction: 1500 BC–AD 1500: A Unique Period in Human History
- Part One: HOW THE FIRST AMERICANS DIFFERED FROM OLD WORLD PEOPLES
- Part Two: HOW NATURE DIFFERS IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
- Part Three: WHY HUMAN NATURE EVOLVED DIFFERENTLY IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes and References
- Sources for Figures
- Also by Peter Watson
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher