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The Origins of Western Civilization: A Survey of the Economic, Social And Political Forces That Have Revolutionized the Western World.
By Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes. Here is a fascinating little book written by Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, TBR’s namesake, in which the great Revisionist breaks down the expansive history of Western civilization into its most important elements.
Why did the Byzantine empire fall? What really caused the rise and fall of the great trading city-states of Italy?
Why did the Portuguese and Spanish empires crumble?
How was the old guild system destroyed?
What role did the Crusades play in the rise and fall of civilizations?
Were shipbuilding and navigational advances the catalyst that drove Western civilization or was it something much simpler?
Find out in this long-lost book—now back in print in a new edition.
Softcover, 128 pages
