Introducing a novel perspective on the study of history, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora & fauna, including human beings.

In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history.

David Christian's approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh understanding of our place in the universe. This book is essential reading for our time. David Christian asks big questions.

This is an interpretative history of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union between 1850 and 1991.

The subject of intense speculation by both scholars and the faithful, the Cenacle on Mount Zion--also known as the Upper Room of the New Testament gospels and as the Tomb of David--has remained a mystery for centuries.

Provides an all-encompassing look at the history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia Beginning with the breakup of the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century, Volume II of this comprehensive work covers the remarkable history of ...

The final section of the book looks at rural diets in the nineteenth century, when some variation and new items, such as the potato, became important.

"I first became an avid student of David Christian by watching his course, Big History, on DVD, so I am very happy to see his enlightening presentation of the world's history captured in these essays.

"An integrated view of the history of our global community from a 21st-century perspective, with a focus on environmental and social issues.