ebooks Places of Redemption: Theology for a Worldly Church by Mary McClintock Fulkerson in History

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By Steppe; Desert; and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage; from Europe to China; it is a tale covering over 10;000 years; from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century AD. An unashamedly "big history"; it charts the development of European; Near Eastern; and Chinese civilizations and the growing links between them by way of the Indian Ocean; the silk Roads; and the great steppe corridor (which crucially allowed horse riders to travel from Mongolia to the Great Hungarian Plain within a year). Along the way; it is also the story of the rise and fall of empires; the development of maritime trade; and the shattering impact of predatory nomads on their urban neighbours. Above all; as this immense historical panorama unfolds; we begin to see in clearer focus those basic underlying factors--the acquisitive nature of humanity; the differing environments in which people live; and the dislocating effect of even slight climatic variation--which have driven change throughout the ages; and which help us better understand our world today.