A History of the Ancient World
by Chester G. Starr

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Book Review: breath of fresh air
Summary: 5 Stars

Having been a graduate student in history, I must say that this book is a major relief. In Chester Starr, one will not find a paranoid historian, obsessed with political correctness and bent on thrashing Western history. He gives the Greeks and the Romans fair praise and criticism while not neglecting that these societies did not represent all people's of the earth. (Although, he suggests that the Greeks were devoid of superstition and the belief in magic, which I find hard to believe.) Global history is such a politically heated argument these days, that I would recomend Starr as the most qualified and balanced scholar for the average reader. Today, Starr is branded as Whigish and probably Eurocentrist, which is a shame for our intellectual conditions.

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General Books

• History > Ancient
• World > General
• Europe > Greece > General
• Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Movements & Periods
• Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Archaeology > General