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The great divide : history and human nature in the old world and the new

by Peter Watson

An analysis of the parallel development of societies in the Old and New Worlds from 15,000 B.C. to 1500 A.D. This multidisciplinary study explores how geographical isolation influenced the evolution of distinct human civilisations following the end of the Ice Age.

Accession 12922 ISBN 9780297845584 Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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