How the West Won
What you believe matters For Rodney Stark the reason for the unprecedented success of Western civilization over others comes down to belief. The west had
What you believe matters For Rodney Stark the reason for the unprecedented success of Western civilization over others comes down to belief. The west had
“the nations’s hoop is broken and scattered. There is no centre any longer, and the sacred tree is dead.” — Black Elk Between 1860-1890 the
Big Idea: For a long time historians have viewed the history of the Byzantine empire as little more than a millennium long uninspiring tail of