How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Notes to the Reader -- Introduction -- 1 A Single Sail -- 2 The Palace of Minos -- 3 The Amber Routes -- 4 The Erupting Sea -- 5 Band of Brothers -- 6 Alphabet City -- 7 Regime Change -- 8 I Am Not Your Servant -- 9 Through the Pillars -- 10 The Invention of Greece -- 11 The Assyrian Mediterranean -- 12 He Who Saw the Deep -- 13 The Bitter River -- 14 The King of Kings -- 15 The Persian Version -- 16 Continental Thinking -- 17 Of Elephants and Kings -- 18 Clouds in the West -- 19 Fighting for Freedom -- 20 Rome, Open City -- 21 Trade Winds -- 22 Salt Roads -- 23 The Rise of the Barbarians -- 24 Kings of the World -- 25 The Father of Europe -- 26 The Translation Movement -- 27 The Sign of the Cross -- 28 Kalila wa-Dimna -- 29 The Land of Darkness -- 30 A New World -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A Single Sail -- 2 The Palace of Minos -- 3 The Amber Routes -- 4 The Erupting Sea -- 5 Band of Brothers -- 6 Alphabet City -- 7 Regime Change -- 8 I Am Not Your Servant -- 9 Through the Pillars -- 10 The Invention of Greece -- 11 The Assyrian Mediterranean -- 12 He Who Saw the Deep -- 13 The Bitter River -- 14 The King of Kings -- 15 The Persian Version -- 16 Continental Thinking -- 17 Of Elephants and Kings -- 18 Clouds in the West -- 19 Fighting for Freedom -- 20 Rome, Open City -- 21 Trade Winds -- 22 Salt Roads -- 23 The Rise of the Barbarians -- 24 Kings of the World -- 25 The Father of Europe -- 26 The Translation Movement -- 27 The Sign of the Cross -- 28 Kalila wa-Dimna -- 29 The Land of Darkness -- 30 A New World -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Acknowledgements.