Reddit mentions of A World History

While I compose my reply,

>Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
>It's a great book that breaks down the contributing factors of Western imperialism and domination.

It indeed is.

I also recognize A World History by William H. McNeill and Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence as relevant.

Those take unique approaches trying to sum things up into something that can be narrated serially.

There are of course things that were not captured by literacy. Some matters of great significancy is yet to be perceived by portfolio of our common knowledge, so naturally some things have gone being neglected. It's still 2011.

Literacy never supersedes real world. That's like trying to express 128 bit data in 2 bit.

"The March of Folly" is a pretty easy read. A good place to start. The focus is primarily on the Vietnam War, though.

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel argues that the origins of civilizations are closely tied to the invention and spread of agriculture. Also an easy read. Won the Pulitzer Prize.

I'd also recommend William McNeill's A World History for a broad overview of human history, starting with the ancient civilizations.

Well, that handles history of science mostly and perhaps more through anecdotes than proper research. However, I would recommend A World History by William H. McNeill. He has a good handle of the big picture as well.