How cultures rise, travel, and falter -- from cosmic roots to world-historic change Discover a bold, sweeping view of world history that traces civilizations from their origins to their expansive lifecycles. This edition assembles a panoramic study of how cultures shape landscapes, laws, cities, and beliefs across time.

In these pages, you'll encounter a comprehensive look at the big patterns of history: how early cultures interact, how cities become engines of thought, and how religion, language, and economy tie a people to its world. The work surveys the relationships between cultures, the evolution of states, and the driving forces behind economic and political change, all framed as a single, long arc of human history.


• Foundational ideas about how "origin and landscape" mold culture and identity


• Examinations of cities, peoples, languages, and the ways traditions endure or shift


• Analysis of political life, the state, and the evolution of economic systems


• Connections between religion, philosophy, and social structure across cultures

Ideal for readers seeking a rigorous, systemic account of world-history as lived by civilizations, this edition invites you to look at history through the lens of cultural patterns, urban development, and the long rhythms of time.

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