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Presents a truly global history
This global world history text emphasizes the major stages in societies’ different interactions and assesses the development of major societies. Encompassing social, cultural, political and economic history, the authors examine key civilizations in world history. World Civilizations balances the discussion of independent developments in the world's major civilizations with comparative analysis of the results of global contact.
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In this Section:
1) Brief Table of Contents
2) Full Table of Contents
1) Brief Table of Contents
Part I: Early Human Societies, 2.5 Million— 600 B.C.E.: Origins and Development
Chapter 1: The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization
Chapter 2: The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa
Chapter 3: Asia’s First Civilizations: India and China
Part II: The Classical Period, 600 B.C.E.—600 C.E.: Uniting Large Regions
Chapter 4: Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China
Chapter 5: Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Chapter 6: Religious Rivalries and India’s Golden Age
Chapter 7: Rome and Its Empire
Chapter 8: The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
Chapter 9: The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples
Chapter 10: The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200—700 C.E.
Part III: The Postclassical Period, 600—1450: New Faith and New Commerce
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
Chapter 12: Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia
Chapter 13: African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam
Chapter 14: Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe
Chapter 15: A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe
Chapter 16: The Americas on the Eve of Invasion
Chapter 17: Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties
Chapter 18: The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
Chapter 19: The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur
Chapter 20: The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power
Part IV: The Early Modern Period, 1450—1750: The World Shrinks
Chapter 21: The World Economy
Chapter 22: The Transformation of the West, 1450—1750
2) Full Table of Contents
Part I: Early Human Societies, 2.5 million - 600 B.C.E.: Origins and Development
Chapter 1: The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization
Human Life in the Era of Hunters and Gatherers
Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Transformations
The First Towns: Seedbeds of Civilization
Chapter 2: The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa
Early Civilization in Mesopotamia
Later Mesopotamian Civilization: A Series of Conquests
Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared
Civilization Centers in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
The Issue of Heritage
Civilizations and the World
Chapter 3: Asia’s First Civilizations: India and China
The Indus Valley and the Birth of South Asian Civilization
Indo-European Incursions and Early Vedic Society in India
A Bend in the River and the Beginnings of China
The Decline of the Shang and the Era of Zhou Dominance
Part II: The Classical Period, 600 B.C.C.– 600 C.E.: Uniting Large Regions
Chapter 4: Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China
Philosophical Remedies for the Prolonged Crisis of the Later Zhou
The Triumph of the Qin and Imperial Unity
The Han Dynasty and the Foundations of China’s Classical Age
Chapter 5: Classical Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
The Persian Empire: A New Perspective in the Middle East
The Political Character of Classical Greece
The Hellenistic Period
Greek And Hellenistic Culture
Patterns of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Society
Chapter 6: Religious Rivalries and India’s Golden Age
The Age of Brahman Dominance
An Era of Widespread Social Change
Religious Ferment and the Rise of Buddhism
The Rise and Decline of the Mauryas
Brahmanical Recovery and the Splendors of the Gupta Age
Intensifying Caste and Gender Inequities and Gupta Decline
Chapter 7: Rome and Its Empire
The Development of Rome’s Republic
Roman Culture
How Rome Ruled its Empire
The Evolution of Rome’s Economic and Social Structure
The Origins of Christianity
The Decline of Rome
Chapter 8: The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
Origins of American Societies
Spread of Civilization in Mesoamerica
The Peoples to the North
The Andean World
Chapter 9: The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples
The Spread of Civilization in Africa
Nomadic Societies and Indo-European Migrations
The Spread of Chinese Civilization to Japan
The Scattered Societies of Polynesia
Chapter 10: The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200–700 C.E.
Upheavals in Eastern and Southern Asia
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Development and Spread of World Religions
Part III: The Postclassical Period , 600–1450: New Faith and New Commerce
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
Desert and Town: The Harsh Environment of the Pre-Islamic Arabian World
The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam
The Arab Empire of the Umayyads
From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abbasid Era
Chapter 12: Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia
The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras
An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements
The Coming of Islam to South Asia
The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia
Chapter 13: African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam
African Societies: Diversity and Similarities
Kingdoms of the Grasslands
The Swahili Coast of East Africa
Peoples of the Forest and Plains
Chapter 14: Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe
Civilization in Eastern Europe
The Byzantine Empire
The Split between Eastern and Western Christianity
The Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe
The Emergence of Kievan Rus’
Chapter 15: A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe
Stages of Postclassical Development
Western Culture in the Postclassical Era
Changing Economic and Social Forms in the Postclassical Centuries
The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis
Chapter 16: The Americas on the Eve of Invasion
Postclassic Mesoamerica, 1000–1500 C.E.
Aztec Society in Transition
Twantinsuyu: World of the Incas
The Other Peoples of the Americas
Chapter 17: Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties
Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era
Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song
Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of A Golden Age
Chapter 18: The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
Japan: The Imperial Age
The Era of Warrior Dominance
Korea: Between China and Japan
Between China and Southeast Asia: The Making of Vietnam
Chapter 19: The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur
The Transcontinental Empire of Chinggis Khan
The Mongol Drive to the West
The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History
Chapter 20: The World in 1450: Changing Balance of World Power
Key Changes in the Middle East
The Structure of Transregional Trade
The Rise of the West
Outside the World Network
Part IV: The Early Modern Period , 1450–1750: The World Shrinks
Chapter 21: The World Economy
The West’s First Outreach: Maritime Power
The Columbian Exchange of Disease and Food
Toward a World Economy
Colonial Expansion
Chapter 22: The Transformation of the West, 1450–1750
The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce, 1450–1650
The Commercial Revolution
The Scientific Revolution: The Next Phase of Change
Political Change
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