The History of the World Series by Susan Wise Bauer

4.08 · 48 ratings
  • The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (The History of the World #1)
    #1

    The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (The History of the World #1)

    Susan Wise Bauer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2007

    This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history... more

  • The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade (The History of the World #2)
    #2

    The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade (The History of the World #2)

    Susan Wise Bauer

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world. From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T’ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled. In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might... more

  • The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople (The History of the World #3)
    #3

    The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople (The History of the World #3)

    Susan Wise Bauer

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2013

    Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume—the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World—chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition.Popes continue to preach crusade, but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end at the walls of Constantinople. Aristotelian logic and Greek rationality blossom while the Inquisition gathers strength... more

Find similar series to The History of the World  ❯