{"id":40484,"date":"2011-10-16T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/the-history-of-the-world-gene-expression\/"},"modified":"2011-10-16T09:22:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T09:22:43","slug":"the-history-of-the-world-gene-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/the-history-of-the-world-gene-expression.php","title":{"rendered":"The history of the world! | Gene Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"

My post from last week, Relative angels and absolute demons<\/a>, got a lot of circulation. Interestingly I received several emails from self-described lurkers who asked me for recommendations on world history, with a particular thought to rectify deficiencies in non-European history. These were people who were not looking for exceedingly abstruse monographs. Below are some suggestions….<\/p>

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China: A History<\/a>. The author is a journalist, so this should be a starting off point, as there are major shortcomings in the narrative. But if you don’t have much background I’d recommend this.<\/p>

India: A History<\/a>. Same author as above, same strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>

China: A New History, Enlarged Edition<\/a>. A classic survey. Nothing to shout home about, but useful (if sometimes thin and dated).<\/p>

Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300<\/a>. The author is hated by many Hindu nationalists, but the period is old enough that much of the controversy is not relevant to this work.<\/p>

When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World<\/a>. A narrative history of the dynasty which crystallized much of Islam as we understand it.<\/p>

Empires of the Silk Road<\/a>. This is more a magnum opus, but it’s not a dry one. It can help “connect” the histories of the peripheral zones of the Eurasian ecumene<\/a>.<\/p>

A History of Iran<\/a>. Iran is a small country, but its location is such that an understanding of it’s history can illuminate a great deal.<\/p>

Power and Plenty<\/a>. An economic history of the past 1,000 years.<\/p>

After Tamerlane<\/a>. The past 600 years. Becomes progressively more Eurocentric, as it should.<\/p>

The Early Chinese Empires<\/a>. This is not a long book, and it gives you a sense of what China was like before foreign influences (e.g., Buddhism).<\/p>

The Classical World<\/a>. Most people know very little of Western antiquity.<\/p>

God’s War<\/a>. This history of the Crusades ranges from the Baltic to Egypt. It has a wide enough spatial and temporal coverage to be a world history.<\/p>

The Peacock Throne<\/a>. To some extent this treatment of Mughal India almost seems out of Bollywood in terms of its dramatic nature. But then again the Timurids provide great raw material.<\/p>

Africa<\/a>. The title is short, but the yield is long.<\/p>

1491<\/a>. Many people know everything in this book, but too few still.<\/p>

A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC<\/a>. This is an understudied subject. You need this to see long term patterns which began only with the Classical Greeks.<\/p>

The Rise of Western Christendom<\/a>. You can’t understand the core of antiquity and the roots of the Middle Ages without this book.<\/p>

The Human Web<\/a>. A world history co-authored by one of the masters, William H. McNeill.<\/p>

That’s all for now. I haven’t updated it in a while, but you might want to check out Razib on books<\/a>.<\/p>

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