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From  NEW! Early agricultural states: Islands in the natural economyFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the prehistory of imperialism, examining how early agricultural states from the Neolithic Era onward engaged in coercive extraction of resources from conquered lands. | Samir Saul | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Early Empires and Popular ResistanceFrom: Humans |
This chapter discusses the resistance of ordinary people to the ruling of elites as societies became increasingly stratified. It explores slave revolts, popular rebellion and religious movements … | Alvin Finkel | 43 | 2024 | $4.30 Add |
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From NEW! Foraging SocietiesFrom: Humans |
In this chapter, the author examines early hunter-gatherer societies, first looking at Sapiens, Neanderthals and then various peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He finds … | Alvin Finkel | 31 | 2024 | $3.10 Add |
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From NEW! Hellenic variantFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the rise of maritime and commercial empires in the ancient Mediterranean, discussing Minoan Crete around 2700 BC, Mycenaean Greece, Phoenician trade, Carthage, and … | Samir Saul | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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NEW! HumansThe 300,000-Year Struggle for Equality |
Historian Alvin Finkel builds on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present the very long view of the history of the human species. His focus is not on the leaders … | 416 | View | ||
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From NEW! Preface and IntroductionWhy Do We Need a “People’s History” for the Planet? From: Humans |
In this introductory chapter, the author explains that most histories examine the course of events from the perspective of elites, whereas this book embraces the method of social historians and … | Alvin Finkel | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Roman modelFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the Roman Empire from its 753 BC founding in Latium through its Mediterranean dominance by 130 BC, its collapse in 476, and the Byzantine successor’s fall in 1453. | Samir Saul | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Arrival of AgricultureFrom: Humans |
This chapter looks at the advent of agricultural societies and sedentary lifestyles, it inspects what effect these developments had on the egalitarian values of their foraging ancestors … | Alvin Finkel | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add |
