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FIVE EPOCHS OF CIVILIZATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I

Chapter 1 Civilizations and Historical Epochs (13,055 words)

Chapter 2 How institutional differentiation creates new civilizations (14,758 words)

Chapter 3 Religion in the five epochs of civilization (15,331 words)

 

Part II

Chapter 4 A short history of Civilization I (14,388 words)

Chapter 5 A short history of Civilization II (15,265 words)

Chapter 6 A short history of Civilization III (14,635 words)

Chapter 7 A short history of Civilization IV (14,361 words)

 

Part III

Chapter 8 Impact of cultural technologies upon public experience (13,783 words)

Chapter 9 A short history of cultural technologies (13,829 words)

Chapter 10 Turning points of world history (12,771 words)

Chapter 11 Intimations of a fifth civilization (13,765 words)

155,941 words in total

Note: Some of the chapter titles in the book are different. The 500-page paperback book, published in 2000, contains, besides the text, numerous tables and illustrations, a bibliography and index, which are not included here.

 

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