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I recently finished a very interesting book that was recommended to me by our friend Abdo from the Moroccan Academy of Authentic French . It's a book called Toute l'histoire du monde and was written by Jean-Claude Barreau and I think it was [Gérard] Guillaume Bigot. It's a book, as its name suggests, that tries to give you the history of the world. It's 400 pages long, there are lots of relatively condensed but well-detailed and documented chapters. It really sums up the history of humanity very well in a somewhat simplified way.
For example, I really liked it at the beginning, the authors explain to us the difference between prehistory and history, they say: "Prehistory is when there was no writing. We entered history from the moment there was writing."
These kinds of very clear, very succinct little details, I find it interesting to know. Before reading the book, I had often heard of history, prehistory, but I wasn't sure and certain of knowing what the difference was between when did we go from prehistory to history? Well, it's writing. So that's super interesting.
They also explain that the agriculture appeared and when men became, not all of them obviously, but more and more of them became sedentary, so agriculture no longer moved, was no longer nomadic. There are a lot of interesting things on the subject.
Be careful, obviously, in 400 pages, if we want to summarize the history of the world, we have to make choices and these choices necessarily lead to the author having an impact and choosing. Finally, there are positions taken both in the subjects treated and in the way the subjects are treated which mean that what we are told is not hong kong whatsapp number data always 100% accurate and does not always 100% represent reality, because from the moment we make a summary and we choose to say things and keep quiet about other things, we are ultimately putting our opinion into the balance, so we have to be careful.
I don't agree with everything that is said in the book. There are times when I say: "Ah! Personally, I understand it a little differently." Still, in my opinion, it is a good book that I recommend you read.
And there is another book… So this one, I listened to it on Audible, I listened to it several times. I think I will listen to it again soon. It is a very well-known classic, it is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and which also covers the history of the world since… or the evolution in any case of our species, Homo sapiens. It is a very interesting book.
I would tend to say really, that no matter what your sources are and no matter what you choose to study, being interested in history is a very good way to develop as an individual and personal development also involves cultural development. In my opinion, it is much better than limiting yourself to fiction even if fiction in itself is not bad, fiction can also help you learn things. For me, there is nothing like history.
For example, I really liked it at the beginning, the authors explain to us the difference between prehistory and history, they say: "Prehistory is when there was no writing. We entered history from the moment there was writing."
These kinds of very clear, very succinct little details, I find it interesting to know. Before reading the book, I had often heard of history, prehistory, but I wasn't sure and certain of knowing what the difference was between when did we go from prehistory to history? Well, it's writing. So that's super interesting.
They also explain that the agriculture appeared and when men became, not all of them obviously, but more and more of them became sedentary, so agriculture no longer moved, was no longer nomadic. There are a lot of interesting things on the subject.
Be careful, obviously, in 400 pages, if we want to summarize the history of the world, we have to make choices and these choices necessarily lead to the author having an impact and choosing. Finally, there are positions taken both in the subjects treated and in the way the subjects are treated which mean that what we are told is not hong kong whatsapp number data always 100% accurate and does not always 100% represent reality, because from the moment we make a summary and we choose to say things and keep quiet about other things, we are ultimately putting our opinion into the balance, so we have to be careful.
I don't agree with everything that is said in the book. There are times when I say: "Ah! Personally, I understand it a little differently." Still, in my opinion, it is a good book that I recommend you read.
And there is another book… So this one, I listened to it on Audible, I listened to it several times. I think I will listen to it again soon. It is a very well-known classic, it is Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and which also covers the history of the world since… or the evolution in any case of our species, Homo sapiens. It is a very interesting book.
I would tend to say really, that no matter what your sources are and no matter what you choose to study, being interested in history is a very good way to develop as an individual and personal development also involves cultural development. In my opinion, it is much better than limiting yourself to fiction even if fiction in itself is not bad, fiction can also help you learn things. For me, there is nothing like history.