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Civilization is the West history?

The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported is still followed by a thrid of mankind. Above all, the way people live - or aspire to live - is unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more human beings eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing... But are we living through the beginning of the end of the West's ascendancy?

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  • "Is the West history?"
  • "Niall Ferguson presents Civilization"
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  • "Civilization : is the West history?"

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  • "Geschiedenis van de westerse cultuur."
  • "The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live - or aspire to live - is unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more human beings eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing... But are we living through the beginning of the end of the West's ascendancy?"--Container."
  • "Broadcast in 2011, this television series reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the Rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."
  • "Niall Ferguson asks why it was that Western civilization, from inauspicious roots in the 15th century, came to dominate the rest of the world; and if the West is about to be overtaken by the rest. Ferguson reveals the six applications of the West's success - competition, science, the property owning democracy, modern medicine, the consumer society and the Protestant work ethic - the real explanation of how, for five centuries, a clear minority of mankind managed to secure the lion's share of the earth's resources."
  • "Niall Ferguson explores how Western civilization secured a lot of the world's resources, and looks at whether the West is about to be overtaken by the res. Ferguson reveals what he calls the 'killer aps' of the West's success which include: competition, science, the property owning democracy, modern medicine, the consumer soiciety and the Protestant work ethic."
  • "The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported is still followed by a thrid of mankind. Above all, the way people live - or aspire to live - is unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more human beings eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing... But are we living through the beginning of the end of the West's ascendancy?"@en
  • "This television series reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the Rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."
  • "This television series reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the Rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."@en
  • "Broadcast in 2011, this 6-part television series reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."
  • "Broadcast in 2011, this 6-part television series reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."@en
  • "Reviews the expansion of European civilization into Asia, the Americas and Africa. The question asked is now that the Rest has learnt all six killer applications of the West, will Western civilization itself fade into history? The last scene of the series shows Ferguson, with nighttime Shanghai in the background, providing some answers to that question."

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  • "Educational television programs"
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  • "Historical television programs"
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  • "Civilisation : is the West history?"
  • "Civilisation"
  • "Civilization is the West history?"@en
  • "Civilization is the West history?"
  • "Civilization : is the west history?"@en

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