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Does "as a whole" refer to "(the history of European civilization) as a whole"?

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Reply Sat 11 May, 2013 10:16 am

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In the case of China, Western historians face a special problem. The history of Chinese civilization is more extensive and complex than that of any single Western nation, and only slightly less ramified than the history of European civilization as a whole.
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Reply Sat 11 May, 2013 10:53 am
@oristarA,
Yes, the history of all of Europe.
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Reply Sat 11 May, 2013 05:58 pm
@engineer,
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Yes, the history of all of Europe.


Thank you Engineer.
Ramify here means "grow and send out branches or branch-like structures"?
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Reply Sat 11 May, 2013 08:04 pm
@oristarA,
Yes, as opposed to a straightforward narrative.
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