Sinopse:
"The stories we tell about our past matter. But those stories have been shaped by prejudice, hoaxes and misinterpretations that have whitewashed entire chapters of history, erased women and invented civilisations. Today history is often used to justify xenophobia, nationalism and inequality as we cling to grand origin stories and heroic tales of extraordinary men.
Exploring myths, mysteries and misconceptions about the past - from the legacies of figures like Pythagoras and Christopher Colombus, to the realities of life in the gun-toting Wild West, to the archaeological digs that have upset our understanding of the birth of civilisation - David Mountain reveals how ongoing revolutions in history and archaeology are shredding light on the truth.
Full of adventures, and based on detailed research and interviews, Past Mistakes will make you reconsider your understanding of history - and of the world today."
Género: História.
Data de Publicação: 2021.
Páginas: 288.
Editora: Icon Books.
Avaliação no Goodreads: 4,13.
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Opinião:
Humans are wonderful at making mistakes.
Because history, perhaps more than any other discipline, is used to explain and justify the world we live in.
Ancient Greece proved so popular partly because it could be different things to different people.
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