Industry Reviews Standard text for undergraduate students features increased coverage of African history, recognition of China's primacy in the era before Western Europe assumed world leadership, and attention to the role of the Middle East and China in developing a Eurasian trade network from 100 B.C. to the present. McNeill (history, U. of Chicago) is one of the foremost historians in the US. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Reference & Research Book News