| Edition |
[1st ed.] |
| Description |
511 pages : plates (part color) portraits (part color) maps ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Bibliography: p. 496-501. |
| Contents |
The dawn of mind / J. S. Weiner -- The neolithic revolution and the foundations of cities; Mesopotamia, Egypt, The Indus Valley, China / John Davies Evans -- Mediterranean culture: Crete, Mycenae, Athens / George Forrest -- Iran / R. H. Pinder-Wilson -- India and China / G. F. Hudson -- Alexander, Carthage and Rome / A. R. Burn -- Palestine and the making of Christianity / P. R. L. Brown -- The Arabs and the expansion of Islam / P. M. Holt -- Byzantium / Gervase Mathew -- Rus and Muscovy / Michael Vyvyan -- The nomad empires of Asia / John Bradford -- The western middle ages / Lionel Butler -- The expansion of Europe / J. A. Williamson -- The native cultures of Africa / Godfrey Lienhardt -- The native cultures of the Americas / J. H. Parry -- Civilizations of India and the far East / G.F. Hudson -- The European nation state, rationalism and science / The Editor -- The Frenh Revolution, Napoleonic Europe and the nineteenth century / F. M. H. Markham -- The United States / M. A. Jones -- Canada / Jack Simmons -- Latin America / C. R. S. Harris -- Australasia / Jack Simmons -- Africa / Jack Simmons -- Asia / G. F. Hudson -- The industrial revolution / J. M. Prest -- The revolution in environment / J. M. Houston -- World War, Communism and Social Democracy / John Plamenatz -- |
| Subject |
Civilization -- History.
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Civilization. |
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History. |
| Added Author |
Bradford, John, 1918-1975.
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