The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

The Earth Transformed is a book that explores the relationship between humanity and the environment over time.
It was named the Best History Book of 2023 by The Times, Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, Guardian, Independent, and Financial Times.
The book argues that the natural environment is a crucial factor in global history and that human activities have had a significant impact on the Earth's ecosystems.
It covers a wide range of topics, including the origins of our species, the development of religion and language, the formation of the bureaucratic state, the shipment of enslaved peoples, and the efforts to understand and manipulate the weather.
The book also explores the consequences of rapid global warming and the need for humans to make sense of the natural world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 736 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Times Best History Book of 2023, a Book of the Year pick for the Times, Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, Guardian, Independent, and Financial Times, is a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and an instant #2 Sunday Times bestseller. Written by Peter Frankopan, one of the world's leading historians, the book explores the impact of a changing climate on the development and demise of civilizations throughout history. While we often overlook the destructive forces of nature, Frankopan argues that the natural environment is a crucial factor in global history, shaping the development of religion, language, bureaucratic states, enslavement, and efforts to understand and manipulate the weather. The book takes us from the Big Bang to the present day, providing lessons of profound importance as we face a precarious future of rapid global warming.

Weight: 1262g
Dimension: 166 x 243 x 62 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526622563