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Figuring out the past : the 3,495 vital statistics that explain world history /

What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice? We are used to thinking about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Turchin, Peter, 1957- (Author), Hoyer, Daniel, 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author: Economist Books
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Public Affairs, 2020.
Edition:First US trade paperback edition.
Series:Economist books (Series)
Subjects:
World history > Statistics, Vital.
World history > Statistics.
Vital statistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Society profiles. Ancient: 3000 BCE to 500 CE ; Medieval: 500 to 1500 CE ; Early modern: 1500 to 1800 CE ; Modern: 1800 to 2000 CE
  • Rankings
  • Regional adoption
  • Maps