Tom Verde

Tom Verde is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Religion Unplugged, and on National Public Radio. His latest book is Queens of Islam: The Muslim World’s Historic Women Rulers (Interlink Publishing).

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Why the West?

Bernd Roeck traces the roots of the Renaissance as far back as the sixth millennium BCE. His long view of history explores the “why” of Western culture’s success.