What makes this history book different? Western Civilization, the Beginnings of a Single Planet is the first book to let readers decide how deep into a historical subject, event, war, politic or culture they'd like to delve. Through the use of more than 1,500 imbedded Wikipedia links, readers can now choose how broad or narrow a history to pursue. With the power and breadth of Wikipedia, readers have access to the most recently updated maps, data, information and art through the ages. This makes this book the only historical narrative that is edited, updated and corrected by Wikipedians...