{"product_id":"et-le-monde-crea-loccident-une-nouvelle-histoire-des-mondes-anciens","title":"And the World Created the West - A New History of the Ancient Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAccording to a still-prevalent narrative, Western \"civilization\" (a 19th-century invention) is the fruit of Greek and Roman culture and knowledge, which disappeared from Europe during the so-called Dark Ages and were rediscovered during the Renaissance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eIn this captivating work, Josephine Quinn shows that this alleged West did not exist without its very ancient Near Eastern, African, Indian, and Chinese influences. This global history offers an enthusiastic account that begins two thousand years before our era and continues through the Middle Ages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eWith a rare talent for storytelling, the author invites us on a marvelous journey, a crossing of fascinating centuries, of millennia of encounters and commercial exchanges, of technical, cultural, and religious influences, of inventions that circulate worldwide. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eJosephine Quinn masterfully tells stories, offering us narratives, portraits, and details that are both surprising and captivating, with great generosity. A masterful work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eA professor at the University of Cambridge, Josephine Crawley Quinn is a British historian and archaeologist specializing in Greek, Roman, and Phoenician history. She works more broadly on the history and archaeology of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBold, beautifully written, and rich in impressive knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eAn extraordinary achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003ePeter Frankopan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eTranslated from English by Souad Degachi and Maxime Shelledy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Grimoire Ancien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56591020720453,"sku":"9782021407143","price":34.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1007\/1333\/3061\/files\/et-le-monde-crea-loccident-une-nouvelle-histoire-des-mondes-anciens-9464399-_1.webp?v=1780413957","url":"https:\/\/legrimoireancien.com\/en\/products\/et-le-monde-crea-loccident-une-nouvelle-histoire-des-mondes-anciens","provider":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}