{"product_id":"9781526622563","title":"The Earth Transformed: An Untold History","description":"Author: Frankopan, Peter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526622563\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 Jul 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 736 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003eBEST\u003c\/u\u003e HISTORY BOOK OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT #2 \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Humanity has transformed the Earth- Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eVast, learned and timely work' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e------\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a major history of how a changing climate has dramatically shaped the development   and demise   of civilisations across time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Transformed, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a crucial, if not the defining, factor in global history \u003c\/b\u003e    and not just of humankind. Volcanic eruptions, solar activities, atmospheric, oceanic and other shifts, as well as anthropogenic behaviour, are fundamental parts of the past and the present. In this magnificent and groundbreaking book, we learn about the origins of our species- about the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; about how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; about how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; about how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long and deep history. All provide lessons of profound importance as we face a precarious future of rapid global warming.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking us from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond, \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Transformed \u003c\/i\u003eforces us to reckon with humankind's continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is epic, gripping, original history that leaps off the page' Sathnam Sanghera, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All Historians aiming to tell a narrative face the problem of when exactly to start it. Only Peter Frankopan would go back 2.5 billion years to the Great Oxidation Event' Tom Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR- \u003ci\u003eBBC NEWS * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * FINANCIAL TIMES * NEW EUROPEAN * GUARDIAN * NEW STATESMAN * THE TIMES * THE WEEK * \u003c\/i\u003eWATERSTONES \u003ci\u003e* \u003c\/i\u003eBLACKWELL'S","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636883640478,"sku":"UBD-9781526622563","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526622563.jpg?v=1774398635","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526622563","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}