The Origins of the Modern World by Robert Marks

Robert Marks is making an argument against the Eurocentric myth that is called �The Rise of The West�. Using
evidence from the historical events Marks provides in Chapters 1-5 counter the narrative of �The Rise of the
West� and its assumptions by showing in your essay how there were accidents, contingencies and
conjunctures that happened and developed in separate parts of the world that ultimately lead to Europe�s
Industrial Revolution. In your essay also include an explanation for the role of The Biological Old Regime preindustrial revolution and why it is no longer useful to explain our human population expansion and increased global economic activity in our modern world.