A History of the Human Community, Volume I: Prehistory to 1500 (5th Edition)

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Summary: This is a piece of junk!
Review: I have read some terrible books, but this is by far the worst history textbook. It is filled with Eurocentric notions of culture and civilization. The uses of "barbaric people" and "civilized people" don't make much sense. For example, he considers the Native people barbaric. The Native people are not the only ones whom he considers barbaric people. He also suggests that Hinduism is based on the Indus cult. I am not a Hundu follower, but I find that offensive. He could have written that there was a connection between Hinduism and the ancient relgion of the Indus region. I am seriously questioning his understanding of history because it looks like that he is not familiar with cultural relativism or any other sociological theories. Yes, he does discuss the world history. The scope of this book is too big for him to handle. As a result, the book is often misleading and inaccurate. I think he made no attempt to correct this because this is his fifth edition.