{"product_id":"the-invention-of-yesterday","title":"The Invention of Yesterday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this “terrific” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) book, an award-winning author tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraveling across millennia and cultures, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Invention of Yesterday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eargues that world history is a narrative we’re constantly inventing. Fifty thousand years ago, we roamed the world as countless autonomous bands of hunter-gatherers, each one telling itself a story of the world with itself at the center. We used narratives to organize for survival and explain the unfathomable, and these stories evolved into the bases for cultures, empires, and civilizations. When disparate narratives collided, the encounters produced everything from confusion, chaos, and war to cultural efflorescence, religious awakenings, and intellectual breakthroughs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough vivid stories studded with insights, Tamim Ansary illuminates how our propensity to invent a shared symbolic universe has shaped our journey from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59453727899934,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59453727932702,"sku":null,"price":630.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59453778690334,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/913-_3g2jmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781286883","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/the-invention-of-yesterday","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}