The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
One humanity, one history, one fat little book. Some familiarity with world history will not help you to avoid mistakes, but it may help you recognize them and thus move on to more original ones.
[Stewart Brand, The Next Whole Earth Catalog, p.34]
【コンテンツ】
1. IN THE BEGINNING
2. THE BREAKTHROUGH TO CIVILIZATION IN MESOPOTAMIA
3. THE DIFFUSION OF CIVILIZATION: FIRST PHASE
4. THE RISE OF A COSMOPOLITAN CIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1700-500 B.C.
5. THE FORMULATION OF PERIPHERAL CIVILIZATIONS IN INDIA, GREECE, AND CHINA, 1700-500 B.C.
6. THE EXPANSION OF HELLENISM, 500-146 B.C.
7. CLOSURE OF THE EURASIAN ECUMENE, 500 B.C.-200 A.D.
8. BARBARIAN ONSLAUGHT AND CIVILIZED RESPONSE, 200-600 A.D.
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出版年：1963年 (2nd Printing)
言語：英語
ページ数：896ページ
サイズ：11m×18cm×3.8cm
【コンディション】
表紙・背表紙・裏表紙に傷み、地にマーカー痕（写真8）があります。