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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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SECTION ONE Early Civilizations |
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Mesopotamian Values: Ideas About the Nature of Life and Death |
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9 | (5) |
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Babylonian Law: How an Early State Regulated Its Subjects |
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14 | (7) |
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Egypt: Religious Culture and the Afterlife |
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21 | (7) |
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Visual Source Egyptian Artifacts for the Dead |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (10) |
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Herodotus and the Persian Empire |
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38 | (5) |
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Zoroastrianism: The Major Persian Religion |
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43 | (4) |
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Hymns of Zarathustra, Verse 33 |
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SECTION TWO The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. |
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47 | (140) |
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Key Chinese Values: Confucianism |
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49 | (7) |
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Legalism: An Alternative System |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (5) |
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Women in Classical China: Ban Zhao |
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67 | (7) |
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Visual Source Portrait of Ban Zhao |
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72 | (2) |
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The Role of the State in the Economy: The Salt and Iron Debates |
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74 | (6) |
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Visual Source Chinese Tomb Rubbing |
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79 | (1) |
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``To Fight in a Righteous War'': Varna and Moral Duty in India |
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80 | (8) |
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Visual Source Indian Painting of Arjuna and Krishna |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (7) |
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Visual Source Buddhist Cave Painting in India |
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93 | (2) |
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The State and the Economy in India |
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95 | (6) |
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Emperor Ashoka and ``Right Conduct'': The Doctrine of Dhamma |
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101 | (6) |
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Gender Relations in India: Four Types of Evidence |
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107 | (8) |
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Visual Source Gender Imagery in India |
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113 | (2) |
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The Greek Political Tradition |
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115 | (4) |
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Athenian Democracy and Culture |
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119 | (5) |
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Mediterranean Social and Family Structure |
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124 | (4) |
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Leadership in the Roman Republic |
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128 | (5) |
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Plutarch on Cato; Plutarch on Crassus; Cicero's Advice |
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The Roman Military and the Empire |
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133 | (8) |
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Women and the Law in Rome: Legal Codes |
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141 | (4) |
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145 | (5) |
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Marcellinus and Rutilius Numantius |
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Global Contacts and World Religion |
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Global Contacts: The Rise of the Pastoral Nomads |
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150 | (7) |
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A Chinese Historian Describes the Nomads |
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Global Contacts: The Opening of the Silk Road |
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157 | (10) |
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Chinese and Roman Sources |
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Visual Source Buddhist Stupa in Sri Lanka Visited by Faxian |
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165 | (2) |
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Monks and Monarchs: Buddhism Spreads to China, Korea, and Japan |
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167 | (13) |
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Visual Source Buddhist Sculpture in China |
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178 | (2) |
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The Spread of Christianity: Justin, Anonymous Documents |
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180 | (7) |
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SECTION THREE The Post Classical Period, 500--1500 C.E.: Expansions and Contacts |
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187 | (172) |
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189 | (7) |
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196 | (5) |
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Religious and Political Organization in the Islamic Middle East |
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201 | (7) |
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Visual Source Religious Leadership in Islam: The Imam |
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206 | (2) |
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Peasant Life in Tang and Song China: Evidence from Poetry and Legal Documents |
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208 | (10) |
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Peasants in Chinese Culture |
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Visual Source Chinese Woodblock Print |
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216 | (2) |
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``The Noble and Magnificent City of Hangzhou'': Marco Polo in China |
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218 | (5) |
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The Travels of Marco Polo |
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Valor and Fair Treatment: The Rise of the Samurai |
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223 | (5) |
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Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Russia |
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The Early Stages of the Byzantine Empire |
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228 | (8) |
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Visual Source The Greatest Cathedral in Byzantium |
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234 | (2) |
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Russia Converts to Christianity |
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236 | (4) |
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Russian Primary Chronicle |
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Feudalism: Contemporary Descriptions and the Magna Carta |
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240 | (6) |
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Medieval Theology: Anselm of Canterbury Blends Faith and Reason |
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246 | (4) |
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Anselm of Canterbury, Monologion |
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Christine de Pizan: Women and Society in the Late Middle Ages |
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250 | (8) |
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Merchants and the Rise of Commerce |
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258 | (4) |
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Ordinances of the Guild Merchant of Southampton |
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East Africa and Arab Traders |
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262 | (3) |
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265 | (6) |
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African Kingdoms and Islam |
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271 | (7) |
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Visual Source A Major Artistic Tradition: The Sculptures of Benin |
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276 | (2) |
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Africa Through the Eyes of an European Merchant |
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278 | (4) |
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Mayan and Aztec Creation Stories |
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282 | (6) |
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The Mayan Story of Human Creation from Popol Vuh; Aztec Creation Story of the God Utzilopochtli |
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288 | (5) |
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Observations of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes |
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Visual Source Aztec Goddess |
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291 | (2) |
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The Andean Kingdom of Chuquito in 1567 |
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293 | (3) |
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Testimony of Martin Cari, Chief (Cacique Principal) of the Lower Division (Anansaya) of Chuquito |
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China ``Discovers'' Africa |
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296 | (3) |
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Duan Chengshi and Xin Tangshu |
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Merchants and Trade: Sources and Comparisons |
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299 | (7) |
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Ibn Khaldun, Reginald of Durham on Saint Godric |
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Global Contacts: Travelers to Holy Places |
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306 | (14) |
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Visual Source Muslim Pilgrims in Mecca |
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318 | (2) |
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Global Contacts: Sailing to Calicut |
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320 | (7) |
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Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama |
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The Crusades: Christian and Muslim Views |
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327 | (8) |
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Chingis Khan and the Rise of the Mongols |
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335 | (13) |
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The Secret History of the Mongols |
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Visual Source Persian Painting of Chingis Khan Leading the Charge |
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346 | (2) |
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The Mongol Empire Takes Shape |
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348 | (11) |
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Asian and European Sources |
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359 | (1) |
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Chronicles and Other Accounts |
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