Their works were concerned, for the most part, with describing the origins and development of civilization and also of each of its major institutions.
His most recent and potentially most important contributions to the popular scientific literature are the books "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies," which explores the development and distribution of civilization, and "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," which addresses the dynamics of maintaining a society over the long term.
McNeill's most notable work, The Rise of the West (1963), traces the rise, development, and interrelationships of civilizations through 5,000 years of recorded history.
The second part consists of five chapters and focuses on the rise, development, and fall of civilizations.
Ball, whose previous books include "Designing the Molecular World," is encyclopedic: he explains water's physical and chemical properties, examines its role in the development of civilization and explores its presence in space.
A short historical overview on the development of civilization and their residues starts the chapter.
Next to parenting, it is perhaps the second most important element in the development of civilization and the continuity of culture.
Andean Peru has been recognized as one of six global areas where there was independent, indigenous development of civilization, and as one of two, along with Mesoamerica, in the Western Hemisphere.
