000			00902nam a22001577a 4500
020			_a9780241395561
082			_a909 _bHOP
100			_aHolslag, Jonathan _9308553
245			_aA Political history of the World: _bthree thousand years of war and peace/ _cJonathan Holslag
260			_aUK: _bPenguin, _c2019.
300			_a638p.
505			_aIntroduction: Why history matters -- 1. Heavens obscured -- 2. Solomon's peacock -- 3. The Persian takeover -- 4. Gold and iron -- 5. The world like a chariot run wild -- 6. Barbarians at the gates -- 7. The great imperial crisis -- 8. In the name of his prophet -- 9. The earth between hope and calamity -- 10. The Mongol shockwave -- 11. Huddling in the darkness -- 12. A new age of Islamic conquest -- 13. The primacy of the West -- Conclusion: Horror as a friend.
650			_aWorld history _9308554
650			_aWorld politics _9308555
942			_cBK
999			_c164774 _d164773