A sweeping history of how humans came to rule the planet
What it is about
Harari traces the history of our species from early humans to the present and asks why Homo sapiens came out on top. He looks at how shared stories, money and empires shaped societies. The book was first published in Hebrew in 2011 and in English in 2014.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like big-picture history and ideas that spark long conversations.
What you will get
A fast, clear tour of human history that makes you rethink familiar things. Not every claim will convince you, which is part of the fun.
Behind the book
The book grew out of Harari’s lectures to undergraduates in a world-history course.
Source: Wikipedia
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · History · Anthropology · Big ideas
Length
443 pages · ≈ 13 h
More about this book
Characters
Our own species, from early foragers to modern societies.
Setting
Human history across tens of thousands of years.
What makes it different
One author tells all of human history as a single argument.
Feel
Provocative, clear and wide-ranging.
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