The Essential World History, Volume I (with InfoTrac)

by Duiker, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780534578893
• ISBN10: 0534578896
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This is a brief introduction to the civilizations of the world. The text covers such individual civilizations as China, India, and Europe, and provides points of comparison between and among these civilizations. It emphasizes breadth and accessibility, and contains a wealth of primary source documents, beautiful 4-color maps, and useful supplements.The text is available in a comprehensive volume as well as another separate volume: and Volume II (Chapters 14-32), since 1500.

Table of Contents

Part I: THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND THE RISE OF EMPIRES

1. The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and Europe

2. Ancient India

3. China in Antiquity

4. The Civilization of the Greeks

5. The World of the Romans

Part II: NEW PATTERNS OF CIVILIZATION

6. The New World

7. The World of Islam

8. Early Civilizations in Africa

9. The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia

10. From the Tang to the Mongols: The Flowering of Traditional China

11. The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

12. The Making of Europe, 500-1300

13. The Byzantine World and Crisis and Rebirth in Europe

Part III: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW WORLD PATTERNS (1500-1800)

14. New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

15. Religious Reform and State Building in Europe

16. The Muslim Empires

17. The East Asian World

18. Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: An Intellectual Revolution in the West

19. Europe on the Eve of a New World Order

Glossary

Index