World Civilization

Write an essay on “The Rise of the West” by analyzing and synthesizing the readings and the contents of the video of week one. You must address the following questions in your essay.

(1) What is a “Eurocentric” version of the origins of the modern world? (2) What is a “non-Eurocentric” version of the origins of the modern world? (3) How are they similar, and how do they differ? (4) Why does the author of this book choose a non-Eurocentric narrative?

http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/support/reading_18_1.pdf
http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=2161

textbook used: The Origins of the Modern World
third edition
Robert B. Marks