TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNeill,William Hardy
AU  - Petheo,Bela
TI  - The rise of the West: a history of the human community 
T2  - Mentor Books ; 
AV  - CB59 .M3 1963
U1  - 901.9 
PY  - 1963///
CY  - New York
PB  - Mentor Book
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - fast
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes 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
ER  -