TY  - BOOK
AU  - Duiker, William J.
AU  - Spielvogel, Jackson J.
TI  - The Essential World History: Volume II: Since 1500 
SN  - 9781133934776
AV  - D 20 .D85 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
KW  - WORLD HISTORY
N1  - Includes index; Part III. the emergence of new world patterns -- Part IV. modern patterns of world history -- Part V. toward a global civilization? the world since 1945
N2  - For several million years after primates first appeared on the surface of the earth, human beings lived in a small communities, seeking to survive by hunting, fishing, and foraging in a frequently hostile environment. Then suddenly, in the space of a few thousand years, there was an abrupt change of direction as human beings in a few widely scattered areas of the globe began to master the art of cultivating food crops
ER  -