—How, and why, certain environmental factors led to sweeping civilizational changes in some parts of the world but not others—
The Non-fiction Feature
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Author: Jared Diamond
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 528 | 2017
Thus, questions about inequality in the modern world can be reformulated as follows.
Why did wealth and power become distributed as they now are, rather than in some other way? For instance, why aren’t Native Americans, Africans, and Aboriginal Australians the ones who decimated, subjugated, or exterminated Europeans and Asians?
The Children’s Spot
Timeline: A Visual History of Our World
by Peter Goes
“2010s – Wars and poverty bring streams of refugees to Europe, with thousands risking their lives in unseaworthy boats in search of a better life.
Yes, Europeans scrambled out of economic crisis, and we have untold computing power in our pocket–but peace and prosperity for all remains a distant dream.”
The Product Spot
A History of the World in 100 Objects (podcast)
100 episodes about 100 historical objects–it is a mini-journey through the world, through time, and through cultures.