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The rise of the West: a history of the human community : with a retrospective essay
1991, University of Chicago Press
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The rise of the West: a history of the human community
1963, New American Library, New English Library
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The rise of the West: a history of the human community.
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First Sentence
"In the beginning human history is a great darkness."
Table of Contents
Part I.
The Era of Middle Eastern Dominance to 500 B.C.
Page 3
I.
In the Beginning
Page 3
II.
The Breakthrough to Civilization in Mesopotamia
Page 29
III.
The Diffusion of Civilization: First Phase
Page 64
A.
Introduction
Page 64
B.
The Civilizations of the Nile and Indus Valleys to 1700 B.C.
Page 69
1.
Ancient Egypt
Page 69
2.
The Indus Civilization
Page 84
C.
The Transplantation of Civilization to Rain-watered Lands
Page 89
1.
Introductory
Page 89
2.
Asia Minor
Page 93
3.
Crete
Page 94
D.
The Impact of Civilization on the Outer Fringes of the Agricultural World
Page 98
1.
Megalithic Protocivilzation
Page 98
2.
High Barbarism of the Eurasian Steppe
Page 102
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