Nosemonkey’s Reviews > A History of Civilizations > Status Update
Nosemonkey
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Right, got through the India chapters, skimmed around a bit, now giving up. The central thesis is utterly abandoned - instead, this has become little more than a slightly dated history of the world, done by rather bizarre units in rather weird blocks of time. Superficial and disappointing.
— May 29, 2017 12:35PM
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Nosemonkey
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OK... So, the "Black Africa" section is dodgy in concept and conclusion, though I can see what he's getting at. The "Far East" one lumps China, Japan, South-East Asia and India together as one "civilisation". Based on the fact they all eat rice. Not convinced... Still interesting in details, but the fundamentals of the overarching thesis are looking increasingly flawed.
— May 25, 2017 01:35PM
Nosemonkey
is on page 136 of 640
Surprised how little the prsent day sections have dated, considering this was written over thirty years ago...
— May 14, 2017 02:59PM
