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World civilizations their history and their culture Vol 2

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THE TIME has long since passed when modern man could think of the world as consisting of Europe and the United States. Western culture is, of course, primarily a product of European origins. But it has never been that exclusively. Its original foundations were in Southwestern Asia and North Africa. These were soon supplemented by influences seeping in from India and eventually from China. From India and the Far East the West derived its knowledge of the zero, the compass, gunpowder, silk, cotton, and probably a large number of religious and philosophical concepts. But especially in recent times the East has increased in importance. It can no longer be thought of as a remote and slumbering world of no concern to anyone in the West except missionaries and manufacturers with surplus goods. The exhaustion of Europe by two World Wars, the revolt of the colored races against Caucasian domination, and the struggle for the world between the Communist powers and the United States, have made every part of the earth of vital importance to every other. If peace is indivisible, so are prosperity, justice, and freedom, so, in fact, is civilization itself.

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909 Bur w

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Canada : George J. McLeod Limited.,

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xxvii, 781 pages

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English

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909

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HISTORY
Culture

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