In terms of political outlook, the books are not spearheads for any ideological interpretations. Other books of theirs include “The Age of Religion,” “The Age of Caesar and Christ,” “The Age of Reason Begins,” “The Age of Voltaire” and “Rousseau and Revolution.” Their series begins with the book “Our Oriental Heritage.” While this wording is not the preferred term for Asian origin anymore, the Durants shed light on Asian contributions to world civilizations, a topic that is still under-acknowledged today. In their massive, 11-volume anthology, “The Story of Civilization,” the couple wrote about the politics, personalities and endeavors of each one of the key actors, named and unnamed, who shaped what they believed to be the most influential of all the world’s stages of development. Rather than specializing in niche topics, the Durants aimed to tell the whole of human history without taking shortcuts. The couple worked as co-authors on works which eschewed conventions of historiography writing this earned them scorn from other professional historians. The works of 20th-century Pulitzer historians Will and Ariel Durant offer much that more recently published books lack. Roman Raies, Guest Writer | January 20, 2023
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