Encyclopaedia Of Land, People And Culture Of The World

World is a common name for the sum of human civilisation, specifically human experience, history, or the human Condition in general, worldwide, i.e. am where on Earth. In a philosophical context, it may refer to the Universe, everything that constitutes reality- Some authors, such as Carl Sagan, use the term worlds to refer to heavenly bodies. The history of the world is ihe recorded memory of the experience, around the world, of Homo sapiens. Ancient human history begins with Ihe invention, independently at several sites on liarth, of writing, which created the infrastructure tor lasting, accurately transmitted memories and thus for the diffusion and growth of knowledge. It is hoped that this books will be useful to geographers and historians alike as well as researchers and policy makers.