The rise of the West : a history of the human community / William Hardy McNeill ; drawings by Béla Petheö

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1963]Description: 829 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 901.9 M478R
LOC classification:
  • CB59 .M3 1963
Contents:
The era of Middle Eastern dominance to 500 B.C. In the beginning ; The breakthrough to civilization in Mesopotamia ; The diffusion of civilization : first phase ; The rise of a cosmopolitan civilization in the Middle East, 1700-500 B.C. ; The formulation of peripheral civilizations in India, Greece, and China, 1700-500 B.C. -- Eurasian cultural balance, 500 B.C.-1500 A.D. The expansion of Hellenism, 500-146 B.C. ; Closure of the Eurasian Ecumene, 500 B.C.-200 A.D. ; Barbarian onslaught and civilized response, 200-600 A.D. ; The resurgence of the Middle East, 600-1000 A.D. ; Steppe conquerors and the European Far West, 1000-1500 A.D. -- The era of Western dominance, 1500 A.D. to the present. The Far West's challenge to the world, 1500-1700 A.D. ; The tottering world balance, 1700-1850 A.D. ; The rise of the West : cosmopolitanism on a global scale, 1850-1950 A.D
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 901.9 M478R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 063517

Includes bibliographical references and index

The era of Middle Eastern dominance to 500 B.C. In the beginning ; The breakthrough to civilization in Mesopotamia ; The diffusion of civilization : first phase ; The rise of a cosmopolitan civilization in the Middle East, 1700-500 B.C. ; The formulation of peripheral civilizations in India, Greece, and China, 1700-500 B.C. -- Eurasian cultural balance, 500 B.C.-1500 A.D. The expansion of Hellenism, 500-146 B.C. ; Closure of the Eurasian Ecumene, 500 B.C.-200 A.D. ; Barbarian onslaught and civilized response, 200-600 A.D. ; The resurgence of the Middle East, 600-1000 A.D. ; Steppe conquerors and the European Far West, 1000-1500 A.D. -- The era of Western dominance, 1500 A.D. to the present. The Far West's challenge to the world, 1500-1700 A.D. ; The tottering world balance, 1700-1850 A.D. ; The rise of the West : cosmopolitanism on a global scale, 1850-1950 A.D

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