Conquests And Cultures: An International History [iPad]

Britain was once a "backward" Roman province. Roman rule, however, left behind a legacy of law and infrastructure that laid the groundwork for Britain's later rise to global dominance.

Book Summary: “Conquests and Cultures” by Thomas Sowell Conquests and Cultures: An International History

This blog post explores the key insights from Thomas Sowell’s seminal work, Conquests and Cultures: An International History . Britain was once a "backward" Roman province

Sowell concludes that the breakup of empires rarely restores the pre-conquest world. The real question is not how to view history morally, but what options exist in a world where cultures have already been "irretrievably changed" by the interactions of the past. Sowell concludes that the breakup of empires rarely

He emphasizes that natural barriers (mountains, lack of navigable rivers) often isolated cultures, preventing the very "cultural diffusion" that allowed other societies to flourish. Final Thought: A World Irretrievably Changed