Las claves ocultas del poder mundial

Hace 100.000 años al menos seis especies de humanos habitaban la Tierra. Hoy solo queda una, la nuestra: Homo sapiens. ¿Cómo logró nuestra especie imponerse en la lucha por la existencia? ¿Por qué nuestros ancestros recolectores se unieron para crear ciudades y reinos? ¿Cómo llegamos a creer en dioses, en naciones o en los derechos humanos; a confiar en el dinero, en los libros o en las leyes? ¿Cómo acabamos sometidos a la burocracia, a los horarios y al consumismo? ¿Y cómo será el mundo en los milenios venideros? En De animales a dioses Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia ...

A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

Asserts that during the 19th-20th centuries, French antisemitism had a great influence in Spain, backed by the old Spanish medieval stereotypes about the Jews. The new French antisemitism described the Jew as a secret conspirator who wished to dominate the world and destroy European culture. In Spain, as in the rest of Europe, this image was used (mostly by militant Catholic circles) to rationalize the end of absolutism and the rise of liberalism. Later, the same stereotype was used to explain the Russian Revolution. After World War II, antisemitism in Spain declined, but in the 1990s the...

Analisis de la prehistoria e historia del pueblo de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico desde el punto de vista de un jibaro pedreno.