Do you know how we got to here?
Well, if you're like 97.4% of the people walking the planet, you haven't got a clue. Sure, you might know a bit about a couple rivers in Mesopotamia, how Socrates wandered around Athens asking questions or how Martin Luther got ticked off one day and nailed a really long essay to the door of a church. But to be honest (and don't be embarrassed), you've got some gaps.
Be dense no more. In "Our World's Story," Eric Burnett takes you through all the major tales, traditions and turning points of world history - not just European history, but WORLD history. You'll figure out real quick that the West might have had some crowning moments, but for the whole of human history, it's been the Persians, the Indians, the Chinese, the Muslims or some horse peoples from the steppe that have truly turned us into the clever little creatures we are today.
And when most world history books fade off once the Cold War comes to a close, this sometimes cheekily-written tome just gets going. It finishes with a distinctively comprehensive look at the 21st century challenges facing the nine major regions of today's world - Africa, Latin America, Japan, China, the Middle East, India, Russia, Europe and the United States.
"Eric Burnett expertly understands exactly what his audience wants to know, what they need to know. A page-turning account of our proudest achievements and our most colossal bumblings. It's world history for the rest of us." - Ibn Battuta
About the Author: Eric Burnett has been a classroom educator for over two decades, teaching everything from 3rd Grade to 12th grade, American Literature to Game Theory, Psychology to The History of War. Over the past ten years, he's settled into the high school humanities world where he frequently frustrates his students by testing their ability to recognize verbal irony delivered by a fast-talking mumbler, while hopefully imparting some knowledge and skills along the way. He developed the #1 ranked teacher-created AP World History and AP United States History websites on Google. Combined, they've attracted over two million hits since their inception, making life just a bit easier for a generation of budding historians and last minute test crammers. He currently teaches overseas at an expatriate school, where his exposure to a range of cultures and perspectives has provided him an opportunity quite rare for American educators. In his travels, he's been fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Mt. Everest, ride a camel in Petra, stage an Amazing Race duel in Paris, trek across Tasmania, lose his lunch sailing the Indian Ocean and dance awkwardly with some talented kids in South Africa. But the more he pokes holes in his world map of been theres/done thats, the more he realizes he's embarrassed by how little he's actually seen. He started writing "Our World's Story" after his first year of teaching AP World History. Like the vast majority of teachers currently charged with making sense of world history, his formal training was limited to European and United States history. When he saw there was a huge gap for an accessible, engaging book for the newbie teacher and the oft-bored student, the researching and writing adventure began.
