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How the world made the West : a 4,000 year history
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How the world made the West : a 4,000 year history

by Josephine Quinn, Michael Athanson

This history challenges the narrative of a self-contained Western civilisation, arguing instead that its roots lie in millennia of global contact and exchange. It traces cultural influences from the ancient Near East, India, and the Steppe to redefine Western origins.

Accession 28336 ISBN 9780593729793 Publisher Random House
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