McNeill, William Hardy,  1917-2016. <br/><br/>
The rise of the West :  a history of the human community / 
William Hardy McNeill ; drawings by Béla Petheö. 
 - New York :  Mentor Book,  1963. 
 - 896 p. :  ill. ;  18 cm. 
 - Mentor Books ;   ML 661 .
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> National Book Award in History and Biography, 1964. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label> 5.00. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>63013067 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB6318921  bnb B6318921 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000001068825 002331755  Uk 007657915  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization--History.<br/>Civilization, Western.<br/>Civilization.<br/>Civilization, Western.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CB59  / .M3 1963 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>901.9