02035nam a22003137a 4500 OSt 20260617105514.0 260617b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789715691635 [paperback] University of Cebu-Banilad University of Cebu-Banilad McNeill, WIlliam H., author. A world history / William H. McNeill. Third edition. New York : Oxford University Press, c1979. xvii, 558 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 21.6 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes index. Contents: Part I Emergence and definition of the major old world civilizations to 500 B.C. — Part II Equilibrium among the civilizations 500 B.C.-A.D. 1500 — Part III The dominance of the west — Part IV The onset of global cosmopolitanism — Bibliographical essay, Part IV — Index. "Human societies, distinguished from one another by differing styles of life, are very numerous, and have existed from pre- and proto-human times throughout mankind's history. Civilizations are unusually massive societies, weaving the lives of millions of persons into a loose yet co-periods of time that are very long when measured by the span of an individual human life. Being both massive and long-lived, civilizations must perforce also be few. Indeed, from the time when human societies first attained civilized complexity and size, no more than four different major civilized traditions ever co-existed in the Old world; and in the New, where Amerindian development remained always weak and retarded, no more than three distinct civilizations ever emerged." —Preface Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : History Text in English World history. ddc BK Gian [new] 06/17/2026 15397 15397 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2026-06-17 909 M31 1979 3UCBL000001874 2026-06-17 2026-06-17 SR