WORLD HISTORY SEEN AS COLLISIONS AND DIALOGUES OF CIVILIZATIONS.

In an era of concern for clashes of civilizations, and of proposals for dialogues of civilizations, it is possible that the history of the world might usefully be viewed with a focus on the actual intercivilizational dialogues which occurred as civilizations collided, fused, or split apart. A small set of is proposed as suitable for an introductory syllabus on the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]