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

by Brummett, Palmira J.; Edgar, Robert R.; Hackett, Neil J.; Jewsbury, George F.; Molony, Barbara S.

• ISBN13: 9780321317759
• ISBN10: 0321317750
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

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