# Western Civilization A Concise History I

- By: Christopher Brooks
- Publisher: Portland Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/World_History/Western_Civilization_1e_-_A_Concise_History_I_(Brooks))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/History/World_History/Western_Civilization_1e_-_A_Concise_History_I_(Brooks)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-16980/pdf

This volume covers the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE and explores Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.