I don't agree with this article, but I really appreciate the work of one historian mentioned at the end in the Reference section.
Fernand Braudel decided to take a look at history from a different point of view, especially in relation to time. Instead of talking about specific dates of big events and big names, he decided to look at the conditions of everyday life of common people (food, shelter, human interactions, work etc) who lived around the time that these big events happened, and draw conclusions taking these factors into consideration.
For example one of his takes on why capitalism was created in Europe and not Asia or the Americas, is related to dietary habits, cultivation and transportation methods of wheat, rice and corn respectively.
I'm not too sure of the english title of the book I'm talking about, cause I read it in french and the title was very different to the ones I find in english (La dynamique du capitalism).