A SWEEPING BIG HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD'S GREATEST CULTURES AND THEIR LASTING IMPACT ON US BY AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN RAIMUND SCHULZ (PREMIO NAZIONALE DI DIVULGAZIONE SCIENTIFICA 2023) • US ENGLISH, SPANISH, CHINESE RIGHTS SOLD

From Rome to China, from Athens to India, from the Celts to the Arabs: Raimund Schulz’s groundbreaking narrative offers a global history like never before. We experience over three millennia of turbulent human history and explore cultural spaces full of astonishing similarities and distinct characteristics - influences that we can still feel today.

Born in 1962 in Hildesheim, Raimund Schulz teaches ancient history at the University of Bielefeld. His previous book, »Abenteurer der Ferne«, won the 2017 »Research Prize for Geography and History«, was named »Historical Book of the Year 2016« by DAMALS, and was shortlisted for Austria's 2017 »Science Book of the Year« >> rights sold to: China (Beijing Science and Technology Publishing), Italy (Keller) , Poland (PIW), Turkey (Bilge Kültür), US WER (Oxford University Press).

»So deft is the author's handling of his material, and so lively his touch with ancient sources, that the reader never flags....« —Times Literary Supplement about »Abenteurer der Ferne«