When Evan and Miles were kids we listened to a lot of Susan Wise Bauer’s “The Story of the World” tapes during long road trips. That could be a reason why both became history buffs.
Here the “World economic history in one picture” from Gregory Clark’s “Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World.” It is still a puzzle why economic growth (income per capita) has suddenly started to increase to such an extent and why it continues to do do so.
The Dudes in Rhodes 2019:
Egypt 2020: