Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index "Building Western Civilization: From the Advent of Writing to the Age of Steam" was written by Alan I. Marcus in 1998. The book discusses western history from 3500 BC to 1715 AD. It has an emphasis on technological history and political history and is considered to be an introductory overview. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.