A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps

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4939949A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Mapshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-brief-history-of-the-world-in-47-borders--surprising-stories-behind-the-lines-on-our-maps-9781891011580/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4492336/image.jpg?v=638866986236370000244338MXNThe ExperimentInStock/Ebooks/#1 International BestsellerEvery border tells a surprising story in this uncommonly enlightening history that will change the way you understand the worldA novel and fascinating perspective on world history.Bill BrysonBy turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once.Gideon Defoe, The Atlas of Extinct CountriesA single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of historyfrom epic tales of conquest, treaties, and alliances to intimate, all-too-human stories of love, greed, and folly. None of the lines we know today were inevitable, and all might have looked quite different if not for the intricate interplay of chance and ambition. From the very first maps in Egypt to the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilization, from the profound shift in meaning of the Mason-Dixon Line to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and from the dark consequences of Detroits city limits to the intriguing reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a singular look at all of human historytold through its most captivating border stories....4680508A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps244338https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-brief-history-of-the-world-in-47-borders--surprising-stories-behind-the-lines-on-our-maps-9781891011580/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4492336/image.jpg?v=638866986236370000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781891011580_W3siaWQiOiI0NWYwZWExNi01YTRhLTRlZWItOWEwYi1jZTk1ZDlmMjZkOWEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzOCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDhUMDc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781891011580_A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on mapsPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it doesand about human folly.From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilization, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty, and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders....(*_*)9781891011580_Every border tells a surprising story in this uncommonly enlightening history that will change the way you understand the worldA novel and fascinating perspective on world history.Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly EverythingMany lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In this eye-opening investigation into the most remarkable points on the map, a single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of historyfrom epic tales of conquest, treaties, and alliances to intimate, all-too-human stories of love, greed, and folly. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, none of the lines we know today were inevitable, and all might have looked quite different if not for the intricate interplay of chance and ambition.By listening to the stories these borders have to tell, we can learn how political identities are shaped, why the worlds boundaries look the way they doand what they tell us about our world and ourselves. From the very first maps in Egypt to the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilization, from the profound shift in meaning of the MasonDixon line to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and from the dark consequences of Detroits city limits to the intriguing reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a singular look at human historytold through its most spellbinding border stories....(*_*)9781891011580_#1 International BestsellerEvery border tells a surprising story in this uncommonly enlightening history that will change the way you understand the worldA novel and fascinating perspective on world history.Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly EverythingMany lines on the map are worth far more than a thousand words, going well beyond merely marking divisions between nations. In this eye-opening investigation into the most remarkable points on the map, a single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of historyfrom epic tales of conquest, treaties, and alliances to intimate, all-too-human stories of love, greed, and folly. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, none of the lines we know today were inevitable, and all might have looked quite different if not for the intricate interplay of chance and ambition.By listening to the stories these borders have to tell, we can learn how political identities are shaped, why the worlds boundaries look the way they doand what they tell us about our world and ourselves. From the very first maps in Egypt to the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilization, from the profound shift in meaning of the MasonDixon line to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and from the dark consequences of Detroits city limits to the intriguing reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a singular look at human historytold through its most spellbinding border stories....(*_*)9781891011580_#1 International BestsellerEvery border tells a surprising story in this uncommonly enlightening history that will change the way you understand the worldA novel and fascinating perspective on world history.Bill BrysonBy turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once.Gideon Defoe, The Atlas of Extinct CountriesA single boundary might, upon closer inspection, reveal eons of historyfrom epic tales of conquest, treaties, and alliances to intimate, all-too-human stories of love, greed, and folly. None of the lines we know today were inevitable, and all might have looked quite different if not for the intricate interplay of chance and ambition. From the very first maps in Egypt to the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilization, from the profound shift in meaning of the Mason-Dixon Line to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and from the dark consequences of Detroits city limits to the intriguing reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a singular look at all of human historytold through its most captivating border stories....9781891011580_The Experimentlibro_electonico_9781891011580_9781891011580Jonn ElledgeInglésMéxico2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/wwnorton-epub-1a63192e-486d-4eb1-8d33-8bf0529a2e7b.epub2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00The Experiment