{"product_id":"the-earth-transformed-an-untold-history-1","title":"The Earth Transformed : An Untold History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen we think about history, we rarely pay much attention to the most destructive floods, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts or the ways that ecosystems have changed over time. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Earth Transformed, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, shows that the natural environment is a crucial, if not the defining, factor in global history \u003c\/b\u003e– and not just of humankind. Volcanic eruptions, solar activities, atmospheric, oceanic and other shifts, as well as anthropogenic behaviour, are fundamental parts of the past and the present. In this magnificent and groundbreaking book, we learn about the origins of our species: about the development of religion and language and their relationships with the environment; about how the desire to centralise agricultural surplus formed the origins of the bureaucratic state; about how growing demands for harvests resulted in the increased shipment of enslaved peoples; about how efforts to understand and manipulate the weather have a long and deep history. All provide lessons of profound importance as we face a precarious future of rapid global warming.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTaking us from the Big Bang to the present day and beyond, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Earth Transformed \u003c\/i\u003eforces us to reckon with humankind's continuing efforts to make sense of the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003ePages: 696\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781526622556\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1526622556\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Frankopan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45374886609162,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781526622556.jpg?v=1711634978","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-earth-transformed-an-untold-history-1","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}