The Rise of the West
Subtitle: A History of the Human Community
By: Drawings by Béla Petheö.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 829
Subjects: Civilization -- History; Civilization, Western
First sentence: In the beginning human history is a great darkness.
Table of contents: label: Part I
title: The Era of Middle Eastern Dominance to 500 B.C.
pagenum: 3; label: I.
title: In the Beginning
pagenum: 3; label: II.
title: The Breakthrough to Civilization in Mesopotamia
pagenum: 29; label: III.
title: The Diffusion of Civilization: First Phase
pagenum: 64; label: A.
title: Introduction
pagenum: 64; label: B.
title: The Civilizations of the Nile and Indus Valleys to 1700 B.C.
pagenum: 69; label: 1.
title: Ancient Egypt
pagenum: 69; label: 2.
title: The Indus Civilization
pagenum: 84; label: C.
title: The Transplantation of Civilization to Rain-watered Lands
pagenum: 89; label: 1.
title: Introductory
pagenum: 89; label: 2.
title: Asia Minor
pagenum: 93; label: 3.
title: Crete
pagenum: 94; label: D.
title: The Impact of Civilization on the Outer Fringes of the Agricultural World
pagenum: 98; label: 1.
title: Megalithic Protocivilzation
pagenum: 98; label: 2.
title: High Barbarism of the Eurasian Steppe
pagenum: 102