Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
2003
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- 1. Competition Mar 6, 2011
- Niall Ferguson's investigates how Western civilization came to dominate the world.
- 2. The Siege Mar 13, 2011
- Niall Ferguson investigates why the Islamic world didn't participate in the Scientific Revolution.
- 3. Is the West History? Mar 20, 2011
- Niall analyzes how the West's work ethic contributed to the global dominance of its social model.
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In Civilization: Is the West history?, the British historian Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic.
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Mar 5, 2011 · Civilization: Is the West History? Season 1. The West once ruled more than half the world. But more and more humans now live, dress, eat and pray like Westerners do. Has it had its day? That’s the thought-provoking premise behind this remarkable six-part series.
Civilization: Is the West History?: With Niall Ferguson, Peter Janda, John Lindell, Annekatrin Hendel. Documentary: Niall Ferguson investigates how western civilization came to dominate the world.
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- 2011-03-06
- Documentary
- Niall Ferguson, Peter Janda, John Lindell
The West once ruled more than half the world. But more and more humans now live, dress, eat and pray like Westerners do. Has it had its day? That’s the thought-provoking premise behind this remarkable six-part series.
Jan 19, 2016 · In China a monolithic empire stifled colonial expansion and economic innovation. In Europe political division bred competition. The question for our own time is whether or not we have lost that...
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- Christian Nilsen
The civilizations of Classical Greece and Ancient Rome are considered seminal periods in Western history. Major cultural contributions also came from the Christianized Germanic peoples, such as the Franks, the Goths, and the Burgundians.
Jan 19, 2016 · Civilization - Is The West History: Episode 06 Work. Niall Ferguson asks why it was that Western civilization, from inauspicious roots in the 15th century, came to dominate the rest of...
