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Millennium : from religion to revolution : how civilization has changed over a thousand years / Ian Mortimer.

by Mortimer, Ian, 1967-

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Pegasus Books, 2016.

Civilization -- History.

Social change -- History.

9781681772431 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Centuries of change.

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Originally published with title: Centuries of change -- London : The Bodley Head, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-377) and index.

1001-1100 : the Eleventh century -- 1101-1200 : the Twelfth century -- 1201-1300 : the Thirteenth century -- 1301-1400 : the Fourteenth century -- 1401-1500 : the Fifteenth century -- 1501-1600 : the Sixteen century -- 1601-1700 : the Seventeenth century -- 1701-1800 : the Eighteenth century -- 1801-1900 : the Nineteenth century -- 1901-2000 : the Twentieth century -- Which century saw the most change? -- Envoi : why it matters.

Historian Ian Mortimer us on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. A journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, pitting one century against another in a quest to measure which century saw the greatest change. We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders - and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer - to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict with each other on an epic scale. A story of godly scientists, fearless adventurers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs, and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution, and cataclysmic shifts in perspective.

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