Figuring out the past : the 3,495 vital statistics that explain world history /

What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice? We are used to thinking about...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Turchin, Peter, 1957- (Author), Hoyer, Daniel, 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Economist Books
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Public Affairs, 2020.
Edition:	First US trade paperback edition.
Series:	Economist books (Series)
Subjects:	World history > Statistics, Vital. World history > Statistics. Vital statistics.