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(Historian) William H. McNeill was an influential American historian and author celebrated for his theory that human history is driven by the interactions between civilizations. He gained acclaim for this idea in his 1963 book "The Rise of the West." McNeill was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught for forty years until his retirement in 1987, leaving a profound legacy in the realms of history and academia.
