The world history you must know

Our story begins with footprints in wet sand, a trail stretching from Africa toward every distant shore. Tens of thousands of years ago, small bands followed the stars and tides, their world defined by the horizon. But a quiet revolution was coming. They learned to plant wild grains and tend to animals. Near the great rivers—the Nile, the Indus—the first settlements took root, and mud bricks ro...