Civilization Past & Present, Volume A (from Antiquity to 1500),9780321317759

Civilization Past & Present, Volume A (from Antiquity to 1500)

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Edition: 11th
ISBN13: 9780321317759
ISBN10: 0321317750
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary

The authors of the Eleventh Edition ofCivilization Past and Presentspecialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European historyweave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today's students.Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text's content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world historysocial, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic.

Table of Contents

Documents xvi
Maps
xvi
Global Issues xvii
Discovery Through Maps xvii
Chapter Opening Image Descriptions xviii
To the Instructor xix
To the Student xxx
Stone Age Societies and the Earliest Civilizations of the Near East
2(36)
The Origins of Humankind
4(1)
Preliterate Cultures
5(2)
Preliterate Society and Religion
7(3)
Mesopotamia: The First Civilization
10(4)
The Babylonian Empire, c. 2000--1600 B.C.E.
14(2)
Egypt: Gift of the Nile
16(10)
Mesopotamian Successors to Babylon, c. 1600--550 B.C.E.
26(7)
The Persian Empire, 550--331 B.C.E.
33(5)
Ancient China---Origins to Empire: Prehistory to 220 C.E.
38(26)
The Origins of China, 6500--221 B.C.E.
40(12)
The Qin and Han Empires, 221 B.C.E.--220 C.E.
52(12)
Ancient India: From Origins to 300 C.E.
64(32)
Early India
66(6)
Dramatic Developments in Religion and Culture, 600--320 B.C.E.
72(7)
The Mauryan Empire and Other Kingdoms, 320 B.C.E.--300 C.E.
79(14)
Emergent Hinduism and Buddhism, 200 B.C.E.--300 C.E.
93
The Meeting of East and West: Networks of Exchange
89(7)
Global Issues: Migration
94(2)
Greece: Minoan, Mycenaean, Hellenic, and Hellenistic Civilizations, 2000--30 B.C.E.
96(34)
Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations, c. 2000--1200 B.C.E.
98(4)
The Rise of Hellenic Civilization, c. 1150--500 B.C.E.
102(6)
The Golden Age of Greece, 500--336 B.C.E.
108(5)
The Greek Cultural Achievement
113(7)
The Hellenistic Age, 336--30 B.C.E.
120(4)
Hellenistic Society and Culture
124(6)
Roman Civilization: The Roman World, c. 900 B.C.E. to 476 C.E.
130(34)
Early Italy and the Origins of Rome, c. 900--509 B.C.E.
132(2)
The Republic and the Roman Conquest of Italy: 509--133 B.C.E.
134(5)
The Late Republic: 133--30 B.C.E.
139(5)
The Roman Empire and the Pax Romana: 30 B.C.E.--476 C.E.
144(6)
The Rise of Christianity
150(8)
The Roman Legacy
158(6)
Byzantium and the Orthodox World: Byzantium, Eastern Europe, and Russia, 325--1500
164(30)
Byzantium: The Latin Phase: 325--610
166(7)
The Age of Consolidation: 610--1071
173(8)
Western and Turkish Invasions: 1071--1453
181(3)
Southeastern Europe to 1500
184(4)
Russia to 1500
188(6)
Islam: From Its Origins to 1300
194(30)
Arabia Before the Prophet
196(2)
Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
198(3)
Islamic Faith and Law
201(5)
The Expansion of Community and State
206(4)
The Abbasid Era, Zenith of Classical Islamic Civilization
210(4)
Islamic Culture
214(10)
Global Issues Religion and Government
222(2)
African Beginnings: African Civilizations to 1500 C.E.
224(32)
The African Environment
226(1)
African Cultural Patterns
226(3)
Peopling of Africa
229(2)
The Bantu Dispersion
231(1)
Ethiopia and Northeastern Africa
232(4)
Empires of the Western Sudan
236(10)
West African Forest Kingdoms
246(1)
Swahili City-States in East Africa
247(5)
Kingdoms of Central and Southern Africa
252(4)
The European Middle Ages, 476--1348 C.E.
256(30)
The Church in the Early Middle Ages
258(2)
The Merovingians and Carolingians
260(6)
Feudalism and Manorialism
266(5)
The Revival of Trade and Towns
271(1)
The Church in the High Middle Ages: 1000--1348
272(3)
The Crusades
275(3)
The Development of European States: 1000--1348
278(8)
Culture, Power, and Trade in the Era of Asian Hegemony, 220--1350
286(36)
India in the Classical and Medieval Eras
288(6)
China: Cultural and Political Empires
294(16)
Korea: From Three Kingdoms to One
310(2)
The Emergence of Japan in East Asia
312(10)
The Americas to 1492
322
Origins of Americans and Their Cultures
324(1)
Emerging Civilizations in Mesoamerica
325(2)
Classical Mayan Civilization
327(2)
The Postclassical Era
329(7)
The Amerindians of North America
336
Global Issues Location and Identity
344
Credits 1(1)
Notes 1(1)
Index 1

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