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Talisman is an exciting intellectual journey through the hidden streets and underground canals of history in search of traces of the secret religion that shaped the world, hidden in architecture and monuments.
The penultimate volume of the History edition opens up a vast panorama of world history from 1190 to the present day, encompassing the Middle Ages, the Modern Age, and the Modern Era.
Michael A. Cook, Princeton professor of Islamic history, provides an overview of human history from the Neolithic to the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001 in this witty and intelligent synthesis, asking the key question: why did everything happen exactly th
