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World Civilizations: The Global Experience

by Peter N. Stearns, Michael B. Adas, Stuart B. Schwartz · 1992

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Discusses the development of the world's leading civilizations, emphasising the major stages of interaction between different peoples and societies. This edition of the text includes an expanded post-Cold War section as well as the issues of terrorism, the Gulf Wars and globalization.

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adult
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short · 41 pages

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