The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History Condition:Well Read " Sassoon's bile-black irony signals

" Sassoon's bile-black irony signals a deep-felt pessimism: it was with good reason

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not unlike the one you last read and loved

Through a wealth of historical evidence set in clear and lively prose

But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia

The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History Condition:Well Read " Sassoon's bile-black irony signalsMuch of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first of its kind attempt, bestselling author Sanjeev Sanyal tells the history of this significant region, which stretches across East Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to South East Asia and Australia. He narrates a fascinating tale about the earliest human migrations out of Africa and the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar; medieval Arab empires