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1492

by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
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A study of events of 1492 and how they affect the global community of the world of today.
The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began.
In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the threads that began to bind the planet: from the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe to the way major religions and civilizations divide the world. Events that began in 1492 even transformed the whole ecological system of the planet. Wars and witchcraft, plagues and persecutions, poetry and prophecy, science and magic, art and faith—all the glories and follies of the time are in this book.
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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9780061959097
  • Release date: November 21, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9780061959097
  • Release date: November 21, 2023

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780061959097
  • File size: 2385 KB
  • Release date: November 21, 2023

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subjects

History Reference Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1280
Text Difficulty:10-12

A study of events of 1492 and how they affect the global community of the world of today.
The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began.
In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the threads that began to bind the planet: from the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe to the way major religions and civilizations divide the world. Events that began in 1492 even transformed the whole ecological system of the planet. Wars and witchcraft, plagues and persecutions, poetry and prophecy, science and magic, art and faith—all the glories and follies of the time are in this book.
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History Reference Nonfiction