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The Human Web

A Bird's-Eye View of World History

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Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once?

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The Human Web, John Robert McNeill

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2003
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Title
The Human Web
Subtitle
A Bird's-Eye View of World History
Language
English
Released
2003
Format
Paperback
Pages
368
ISBN10
0393925684
ISBN13
9780393925685
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Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once?