Macrohistory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A form of large-scale history dealing with large groups of cultures over very long time periods. countable, uncountable

    "These days, it’s chiefly nonhistorians like Jared Diamond and Tim Flannery who seek to trace the long arc of the species and write macrohistory in a scientific key."

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"These days, it’s chiefly nonhistorians like Jared Diamond and Tim Flannery who seek to trace the long arc of the species and write macrohistory in a scientific key."

Etymology

From macro- + history.

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