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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mentor Books ; ML 661Publication details: New York : Mentor Book, 1963.Description: 896 p. : ill. ; 18 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 901.9
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.
Awards:
  • National Book Award in History and Biography, 1964.
List(s) this item appears in: Kolekcja Feliksa Grossa
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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.

National Book Award in History and Biography, 1964.

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