![]() ![]() ![]() A counter-narrative to the Western view of history that goes something like this: Ansary attempts to retell world history from the Muslim perspective. Rise of Nation-States: Struggle for Empireīut what about other parts of the world? How do they view world history? That’s where Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary comes in. ![]() The Revolutions: Democratic, Industrial, Technological.The Enlightenment: Exploration and Science.The Rebirth: Renaissance and Reformation.The Birth of Civilisation: Egypt and Mesopotamia.The prevailing narrative of world history in the West goes a little something like this: That being said, history is just that: a story. I haven’t formally studied history at GCSEs or A-Levels, so most of my knowledge comes from books and the internet (shout out Kings and Generals on YouTube). It’s no surprise to anyone that’s been following this blog that I’m a pretty big history buff and a self-taught one at that. ![]()
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