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# The Cartoon History of the Universe II: Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (Cartoon History of the Universe II Vols. 8-13 (Paperback))

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The Cartoon History of the Universe II: Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (Cartoon History of the Universe II Vols. 8-13 (Paperback)) : Gonick, Larry: desertcart.in: Books

Review: Just like the first book - Just like the first book, this too, is great ! Absolutely loved it ! I am going to see this series through to the end.
Review: Trashy History. Attempt to be funny without historical merit. - This is supposed to be about History written in a fun way as a comic strip. While it might be engaging, it is useful only if it is credible. I was shocked to see the section on India. It was unsurprisingly short and post-dated by several thousand years. This of course is keeping with the Western hegemony to relate back historical achievements to only Greco-Roman roots and mention curious China because that is unavoidable. This time I felt it was thankfully short. Comics can take potshots / offend / be whacky etc. But if this is also intended to be a rendition of History, than surely some diligence is required. The pages are replete with the discredited / disproved Aryan invasion theory. Just for the record.. there is NO Aryan race. This at least has been comprehensively proven by now. The only mention in the vedas are "Arya" meaning someone of a noble disposition. More so, with modern DNA studies we know that all of modern India are one people and the divisions were invented by the colonists. For a book on 'history', it is all about a biased rendition of religion.. and of course caste is mentioned as many times as possible in continuation of the Christian / colonist agenda of creating and exploiting fault-lines. Anyone in India will know that there are no fault-lines between Hindus and Buddhists.. but there is even an attempt to play up this as a fault line. Now, granted Larry is a comic and not a Historian.. so I went to his 'extensive source citations'. There were about 14. 2 by a die-hard communist, 10 by colonists and 2 generic works. None of these would have been any lay person's top history source books on India. At a minimum, he should have been pointed to more credible and authentic sources. Totally disappointing and a crying shame!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #153,565 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,853 in Humour (Books) #3,632 in World History (Books) #6,820 in Comics |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (230) |
| Dimensions  | 21.5 x 2.4 x 27.4 cm |
| ISBN-10  | 0385420935 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0385420938 |
| Item Weight  | 582 g |
| Language  | English |
| Net Quantity  | 590.00 Grams |
| Paperback  | 320 pages |
| Publisher  | Three Rivers Press; 1st edition (18 September 1994) |
| Reading age  | 13 - 17 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just like the first book
*by C***Z on 26 March 2016*

Just like the first book, this too, is great ! Absolutely loved it ! I am going to see this series through to the end.

### ⭐ Trashy History. Attempt to be funny without historical merit.
*by S***. on 15 February 2017*

This is supposed to be about History written in a fun way as a comic strip. While it might be engaging, it is useful only if it is credible. I was shocked to see the section on India. It was unsurprisingly short and post-dated by several thousand years. This of course is keeping with the Western hegemony to relate back historical achievements to only Greco-Roman roots and mention curious China because that is unavoidable. This time I felt it was thankfully short. Comics can take potshots / offend / be whacky etc. But if this is also intended to be a rendition of History, than surely some diligence is required. The pages are replete with the discredited / disproved Aryan invasion theory. Just for the record.. there is NO Aryan race. This at least has been comprehensively proven by now. The only mention in the vedas are "Arya" meaning someone of a noble disposition. More so, with modern DNA studies we know that all of modern India are one people and the divisions were invented by the colonists. For a book on 'history', it is all about a biased rendition of religion.. and of course caste is mentioned as many times as possible in continuation of the Christian / colonist agenda of creating and exploiting fault-lines. Anyone in India will know that there are no fault-lines between Hindus and Buddhists.. but there is even an attempt to play up this as a fault line. Now, granted Larry is a comic and not a Historian.. so I went to his 'extensive source citations'. There were about 14. 2 by a die-hard communist, 10 by colonists and 2 generic works. None of these would have been any lay person's top history source books on India. At a minimum, he should have been pointed to more credible and authentic sources. Totally disappointing and a crying shame!

### ⭐⭐ Cheap content
*by S***U on 21 April 2018*

Cheap jokes making history a laughing stock for the future generation.

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