- East and West, Modern Civilization, Western Civilization, Comparative civilization
Archaeologist and historian Ian Morris explains that Western dominance is largely the result of the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, however, the world over the next hundred years will subsequently change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process.
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- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Ian Morris
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 750
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374290023
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