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Podcast: Dan Snow's History Hit
Episode: A Short History of The World
Description: How can you condense the history of the world into a book? Well-celebrated historian Simon Sebag Montefiore does just that in his new epic. He takes Dan on an exhilarating journey through the families that have shaped our world: the Caesars, Medicis and Incas, Ottomans and Mughals, and Bonapartes and Habsburgs to name a few. His new book 'The World' captures the story of humankind in all its joy, sorrow, romance, ingenuity and cruelty.Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal PatmoreIf you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds...