User blog comment:Nkbeeching/Eurasian Supremacy based on Geographic Luck?/@comment-4612798-20120907103517

Yeah I enjoyed this one as well. It was worth it just to find out zebras are no good for domestication.

If you want more 'why Europe ruled and others didn't' style books I'd go for 'The History of Warfare' by John Keegan. What Keegan doesn't know about war isn't worth knowing.

And 'Europe' by Norman Davis, which a fantastic and huge overview of the continent from prehistoric times up to the 90s. And it isn't Western Europe biased like a lot of histories. Just his opening chapter comparing Europe's geography to other regions of the world virtually nails down why Europe was 'destined' to be a world leader.