An extremely accessible narrative of the world's history a book of extraordinary ambition, scholarship and accessibility, "The New Penguin History of the World" Covers the history of our planet from our origins on the af...An extremely accessible narrative of the world's history a book of extraordinary ambition, scholarship and accessibility, "The New Penguin History of the World" Covers the history of our planet from our origins on the african savannah to the state of the world six years after September 11, 2001. Tracing the development of different civilizations through the ages, j.