Talk:Human history

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Jews and Judaism

There is almost no mention of Jews and Judaism in the article. This is quite an omission given Jewish contribution to ancient civilizations, religious history, or modern society. Several things that are not mentioned include ancient Jewish civilization, Einstein, the Holocaust, or the modern state of Israel. I will try to fix this if I have time. OtterAM (talk) 01:38, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Cheesy image caption

Towards the end of the article, an image of a solar farm in Spain has a very cheesy and off-beat caption. I am not sure what to replace it with, or if it is actually ok as is, but as I was reading the article the caption just seemed very out-of-place. It reads as follows:

"Andasol Solar Power Station, in Spain, exploits energy constantly sent to Earth, free of charge, by the great fusion reactor in the sky, the Sun"

Perhaps the tone of the caption could be changed to something more serious and on-topic, for example:

"Andasol Solar Power Station, in Spain, is a source of renewable energy that turns the radiant energy of the Sun into usable electricity"

or

"The Ansasol Solar Power Station in Spain is one of many new sources of renewable energy, which also include geothermal, wind, and hydroelectric"

or maybe something more brief:

"This solar plant in Spain is one new source of green energy developed in the early 21st century"

I think any of the above would be an improvement over the original, but your feedback would be very much appreciated. If I don't get much or any feedback, I will go ahead and be bold and change the caption because I believe it needs to be changed.

Your fellow editor, Fritzmann2002 18:32, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I've replaced the caption with a version of your first variant.

Nihil novi (talk) 22:25, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 October 2018

"Anatomically modern humans arose in Africa about 200,000 years ago,[20] and reached behavioural modernity about 50,000 years ago.[21]"

200,000 should be 300,000 according to source 20. Balticshuffle (talk) 07:29, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done I have accepted your request because as per the source its 300,000 year ago. Joshq.JQ 14:22, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2018

204.29.115.222 (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Adam needs to be in here

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 16:41, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Lack of mention of Great Famine

I noticed that this article lacked any mention of the Great Chinese Famine, arguably the largest mass-death event in world history. I added a brief mention, but there may be other similar topics of significant importance missing. The structure of the article (presenting early history by geographic region, and then merging into a single narrative for more modern history) presents a risk that non-western more modern history may be being minimized or ignored. - Sdkb (talk) 01:58, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Central-Eastern Europe

This page, like some US textbooks, ignores areas between Russia and Germany. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth deserves to be mentioned. Xx236 (talk) 11:45, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Definitely. From the 15th century, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was the largest polity in Europe, the most welcoming to diverse ethnicities and religions, and made substantial contributions to world science and culture. The Commonwealth's history has tended to get short shrift in many general histories. Nihil novi (talk) 22:45, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

I've introduced a brief paragraph which suggests something of what was missing in that gap "between Russia and Germany."

Thanks.

Nihil novi (talk) 07:30, 14 November 2018 (UTC)