I wouldn't mind if it was more about real historical events and less about beliefs and mythical people, but still, it was a great book about Jews. It I wouldn't mind if it was more about real historical events and less about beliefs and mythical people, but still, it was a great book about Jews. It helped me connect many points, and I have learned a lot. Not knowing Jews' history is like not knowing the history at all. How their religion and communities evolved was fascinating, and it was an example of many other "evolutions/adaptations".
The main conclusion? Where is religion, there are repressions and persecutions. At least, when believers of one of them are more powerful (or more numerous) than of other ones. The same easily takes place with nations and other "characteristics" that group/divide people....more
The best book (mostly for children) for the first contact with history. E.H. Gombrich was trying to avoid brutality and he did it without losing the sThe best book (mostly for children) for the first contact with history. E.H. Gombrich was trying to avoid brutality and he did it without losing the significance of the events and, what is even more important, without losing the message.
There were many simplifications and it lacked many historical facts - but as I have written - it is an introduction, a general outline....more
The most important thing is that it shows how people lived in the past. There are many illustrations It is the best history textbook I could imagine.
The most important thing is that it shows how people lived in the past. There are many illustrations so you can easily imagine it. In my country, we are taught during the lessons of history almost only about wars, kings and so on. In my opinion it is wrong. We should be taught about everyday life of the people to understand them. Otherwise, we will be doing the same error - judging them through our opinions, our modern world. But we mustn't do it. People in the past lived in different world, they struggle with different difficulties, they had different views. We must see them through their world, their point of view.
By the by, every fan of historical fiction can verify here many aspects of the world which writers create in their books....more
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