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    Summary & Study Guide - Civilization: The West and the Rest: Summary & Study Guide, #36

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    Why does Western civilization dominate the rest of the world?

    The must-read summary of "Civilization: The West and the Rest," by Niall Ferguson.

    The central question is: Why did the West dominate the Rest and not vice versa?  The book describes six concepts that the West has developed that allow them to leap ahead of the Rest, unleashing the Industrial Revolution and increasing human productivity. 

    Six hundred years ago, Ming China and Ottoman Turkey dominated the world civilizations, while Western Europe was a miserable backwater, devastated by incessant war and disease. But today, Western civilization has risen to global dominance. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals in the past 500 or so years?

    In Civilization, Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the 15th century, the West developed six powerful concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, property rights, medicine, consumerism, and work ethic. These six killer apps allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest, unleashing the Industrial Revolution and increasing human productivity.

    Yet now, the days of Western predominance are numbered because the Rest are adopting these same concepts, while the West has lost faith in its own civilization.

    Read this book and learn how these six killer apps helped the West dominate the world.

    This guide includes:
     * Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.
     * Online Video—covers the concepts in more depth.

    Value-added from this guide:
     * Save time
     * Understand key concepts
     * Expand your knowledge

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLMT Press
    Release dateApr 18, 2019
    ISBN9781386949817
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    Summary & Study Guide - Civilization: The West and the Rest: Summary & Study Guide, #36
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    Lee Tang

    Lee Tang is a retired executive of a major global insurance company. Prior to his retirement, he has worked as an actuary, a risk officer and a chief financial officer for several major insurance organizations in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. To learn more about Lee and his work, visit his website and blog at https://lmtpress.wordpress.com. You can reach him by email at leetang888@gmail.com.

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