The Human Web A Bird's-Eye View of World History |
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| Author:
| McNeill, J. R.
McNeill, William H. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-92568-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.66 |
Book Description:
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Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How didIslam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabledthe West to project its goods and power around the world from thefifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and thesteam engine just once?
Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How didIslam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabledthe West to project its goods and power around the world from thefifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and thesteam engine just once?