TY - BOOK AU - Varghese, Sangeeth AU - Sangeeth, Zac TI - Hidden links : how random historical events shaped our world SN - 9780143460237 U1 - 904 PY - 2023/// CY - Gurugram PB - Penguin India KW - World History KW - Events and themes KW - Social and cultural history KW - Climate change KW - Geopolitical KW - Global forces KW - Fascinating tale KW - Mahabharata N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Will climate change wipe out and reset our world, as it did in 1700 BCE? How are the Rajputs of India related to the Kims of Korea? What startling parallels unveiled in China during the Mahabharata war? How was misogyny injected into our DNAs by a band of nomads? Uncover shocking secrets – as history meets suspense – in this mind bending book that will make you doubt everything from the past you thought you knew. Unravelling thread by thread, this book investigates the disproportional effect of historically unconnected and random events like climate changes, imperial pursuits, pandemics, and nomadic migrations on our modern lives in the most unbelievable ways ER -