The world history you must know

As the last great cold receded, humanity’s story pivoted from the wandering stars to the steady beat of the harvest. Along the rivers of Southwest Asia, the Nile, and the Indus, seeds and flocks tethered people to place. Far to the east, walled towns rose in China. Across the oceans, great maize cities and mountain plazas emerged in the Americas. With the first taste of surplus, villages swelle...