Why Empires Fall
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Importance of Human History
I think fundamentally what it's telling us about is human nature and the human species as it has evolved. As I understand it, homo sapiens, sapiens, been the same for the last 40,000 years. And in fact, if you don't people history with recognizable human beings, like the ones you see around you in the modern world, it seems to me your historical reconstruction is deeply flawed. We are the most ruthless predator that evolution has ever thrown up. You just see the way we dominate the planet. There's been no species that has the combination of ruthlessness and intelligence that makes us so effective.
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