Glencoe World History, Student Edition

by McGraw Hill

• ISBN13: 9780078745256
• ISBN10: 007874525X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

What makes a great world history textbook? Thorough scholarship and an engaging story Glencoe World Historyis a full-survey world history program authored by a world-renowned historian, Jackson Spielvogel, and the National Geographic Society. Experiencing world history and understanding its relevance to the modern world is the goal of this program. The program addresses the importance of motivating students and engaging them in meaningful learninglearning that links the past with issues confronting young people today. Glencoe World Historyaddresses student learning on many levels and encourages the reader to become actively involved with the beautifully presented content.

Table of Contents

The first civilizations and empires, prehistory to a.d. 500

The First Humans, Prehistory–3500 B.C.

Western Asia And Egypt, 3500–500 B.C.

India And China, 3000 B.C.–A.D. 500

Ancient Greece, 1900–133 B.C

Rome And The Rise Of Christianity, 600 B.C.–A.D. 500

New patterns of civilizations, 400–1500

The World Of Islam, 600–1500 Special Feature World Religions

Early African Civilizations, 2000 B.C.–A.D. 1500

The Asian World, 400–1500

Emerging Europe And The Byzantine Empire, 400–1300

Europe In The Middle Ages, 1000–1500

The Americas,400–1500

The early modern world, 1400–1800

Renaissance And Reformation, 1350–1600

The Age Of Exploration, 1500–1800

Crisis And Absolutism In Europe, 1550–1715

The Muslim Empires, 1450–1800

The East Asian World, 1400–1800 Special Feature WorldLanguages

Revolution And Enlightenment, 1550–1800

The French Revolution And Napoleon 1789–1815

An era of european imperialism, 1800–1914

Industrialism And Nationalism, 1800–1870

Mass Society And Democracy, 1870–1914

The Height Of Imperialism, 1800–1914

East Asia Under Challenge, 1800–1914

The twentieth-century crisis, 1914–1945

War And Revolution, 1914–1919

The West Between The Wars, 1919–1939

Nationalism Around The World, 1919–1939

World War II, 1939–1945

Toward a global civilization, 1945 to the present

Cold War And Postwar Changes, 1945–1970

The Contemporary Western World, 1970–Present

Latin America, 1945–Present

Africa And The Middle East, 1945–Present

Asia And The Pacific, 1945–Present

Challenges And Hopes For The Future

Appendices Mini Almanac Primary Source Library

Glossary Spanish Glossary

Index

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