Primary Source Reader for World History Volume I: To 1500

by Nystrom, Elsa

• ISBN13: 9780495006091
• ISBN10: 0495006092
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-29
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Save money with PRIMARY SOURCE READER FOR WORLD HISTORY! Brief and inexpensive, this primary source reader gives you a broad perspective of the history of the world. Readings are divided into parts covering eras and are organized according to themes such as religion, law and government, and everyday life. Each individual reading has a head note and study questions to guide your reading and understanding of the content.

Table of Contents

PART I PRE-HISTORY TO 500 CE FROM THE ANCIENT TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD
Religion and Philosophy --- 2000 BCE--500 CE	1	(18)
The Beginning of Life (Aborigine)---ND	2	(1)
A View of Creation From the Boshongo (Bantu)---ND	3	(2)
The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (Huron)---ND	5	(2)
The Book of Genesis---ca. 1000 BCE	7	(3)
The Story of Pan Gu (Chinese)---ND	10	(2)
Creation Story (Miao)---ND	12	(1)
Creation Hymn From the Rig Veda (Indo-European)---1500 BCE	13	(1)
The Creation of the World (India)---7th century BCE	14	(2)
Hesiod's Theogony (Greek)---1st century BCE	16	(3)
The Great Religions Develop	19	(44)
The Flood, From the Epic of Gilgamesh---ca. 2000 BCE	20	(3)
The Flood, From Genesis---1st century BCE	23	(4)
The Great Flood, From Ovid's Metamorphosis---1st century CE	27	(2)
Hymn to the Nile---ca. 2500 BCE	29	(2)
Hymn to the Sun---ca. 1340 BCE	31	(4)
The Book of the Dead (Egypt)---ca. 1600 BCE	35	(2)
Chandogya Upanishad---3rd century BCE	37	(1)
Benares Sermon of Buddha---6th century BCE	38	(2)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead---8th century CE	40	(4)
Sayings From the Book of Dao by Lao Tsu---5th century BCE	44	(2)
Sayings of Confucius---6th century BCE	46	(2)
Mencius---4th century BCE	48	(1)
A Legalist View of Life---3rd century BCE	49	(5)
The Ten Commandments---ca. 1000 BCE	54	(2)
Sermon on the Mount---ca. 27 CE	56	(3)
Edict of Milan---313 CE	59	(2)
The Joys of Asceticism by Saint Jerome---4th century CE	61	(2)
Law, Government, and War---2000 BCE--500 CE	63	(26)
Code of Hammurabi---1792--1750 BCE	64	(4)
The Twelve Tables---451--450 BCE	68	(4)
The Rock and Pillar Edicts of Asoka---ca. 300--232 BCE	72	(3)
The Laws of Manu---ca. 4th century CE	75	(2)
The Fall of Jericho---ca. 1000 BCE	77	(2)
The Ramayana---ca. 400 BCE	79	(4)
The Illiad---ca. 8th century BCE	83	(1)
The Art of War by Sun-tzu---ca. 5th century BCE	84	(5)
Science, Medicine, and Technology---2000 BCE--500 CE	89	(20)
Egyptian Book of Surgery---ca. 1700 BCE	90	(2)
Egyptian Magic and Medicine---ca. 1500 BCE	92	(2)
Yin and Yang in Medical Theory (China)---3rd century BCE	94	(2)
The Hippocratic Oath (Greece)---ca. 5th century BCE	96	(2)
Herodotus on Mummification, From The Histories---5th century BCE	98	(1)
Archimedes Use of a Burning Glass at the Siege of Syracuse, From the Universal History by Polybius---3rd century BCE	99	(1)
The Technology of War	100	(2)
The Book of Histories (Chiliades)	102	(1)
Epitome ton Istorion	103	(1)
Pliny's Natural History---1st century CE	103	(2)
Water Regulation in Ancient Mesopotamia, From The Code of Hammurabi---1750 BCE	105	(1)
Water Regulation in Rome by Vitruvius---1st century BCE	106	(3)
Daily Life in the Ancient World	109	(28)
The Chinese Agricultural Calendar---6th century BCE	110	(2)
On Agriculture by Cato---2nd century BCE	112	(2)
Lessons for Women by Pan Chao---1st--2nd century CE	114	(7)
Songs Composed by Buddhist Nuns---ca. 1st century BCE	121	(2)
Spartan Life---Lycurgus---8th century BCE	123	(3)
Periclean Athens---5th century BCE	126	(2)
Aristotle on Economics---4th century BCE	128	(2)
Tacitus on Germania---1st century CE	130	(4)
Savatri and the God of Death, From the Mahabharata---300--400 CE	134	(3)
Arts and Culture --- 2000 BCE--500 CE	137	(12)
Seneca on Gladiatorial Contests---1st century CE	138	(1)
An Aristocratic View of Roman Society, From Lives by Plutarch---1st century CE	139	(1)
On the City of Rome, From the Third Satire by Juvenal---2nd century CE	140	(3)
Ars Amatoria, or The Art of Love, by Ovid---1st century CE	143	(2)
Two Chinese Poems---ca. 1st century BCE	145	(1)
Two Hindu Tales---ca. 1st century CE	146	(3)
PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES IN THE EAST AND WEST 500 TO 1500 CE
Religion and Philosophy---500--1500 CE	149	(20)
The Benedictine Rule---535--540 CE	150	(1)
The Qur'an---7th century CE	151	(3)
The Hadith---ca. 8th--10th century	154	(4)
Deliverance from Error by al Ghazzali---1058--1111 CE	158	(3)
Christianity Meets Aristotle, From The Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas---1223--1274 CE	161	(5)
A Woman's Faith, From Letters by Catherine of Siena---14th century CE	166	(3)
Law, Government and War --- 500--1500 CE	169	(24)
Justinian's Code---529--565 CE	170	(3)
The Seventeen Article Constitution by Prince Shotoku---604 CE	173	(4)
Instructions to the Subjects of Charlemagne's Empire---ca. 800 CE	177	(1)
Ordinance of Government by Al Mawardi---11th century CE	178	(4)
Speech at the Council of Clermont Proclaiming the First Crusade Against the Muslims---1095 CE	182	(3)
Crusader's Motives by Ekkehard of Aurach (First Crusade)---11th century CE	185	(1)
Impressions of the Franks by Usama ibn Munquidh---12th century CE	186	(2)
The Magna Carta---1215 CE	188	(3)
Address of Sultan Mehmed before the Battle of Constantinople---1453 CE	191	(2)
Science, Medicine and Technology---500--1500 CE	193	(14)
The Impact of Muslim Science, From the Preface to Natural Questions by Adelard of Bath---ca. 1137 CE	194	(4)
Ethical Conduct by Moses Maimonides---ca. 1190 CE	198	(1)
The Black Death, or the Plague, From The Decameron by Giovanni Boccacio---14th century CE	199	(4)
A Wholesome Medicine Against all Infirmities---ca. 14th--15th century	203	(1)
Leonardo Da Vinci in Search of a Job---1482 CE	204	(3)
Daily Life in the Medieval World---500--1500 CE	207	(30)
Chinese Impression of India---7th century CE	208	(4)
Account of the Rus by Ibn Fadlan---913 CE	212	(2)
The Dialogue Between Master and Disciple: On Laborers---ca. 1000 CE	214	(2)
A Buddhist Commentary, ``On the Salvation of Women''---ND	216	(1)
From Precepts for a Social Life by Yuan Ts'ai---1178 CE	216	(4)
Marco Polo in China---ca. 1270 CE	220	(4)
The Decretum: Not in God's Image by Gratian---1140 CE	224	(1)
The Book of Nurture: A Guide for a Youth Serving a Nobleman---1260 CE	225	(2)
Sorbonne's Regulations for his College---13th century CE	227	(2)
The Goodman of Paris: Instructions on Being a Good Wife---late 14th century CE	229	(2)
Travels in Africa by Ibn Battuta---1304--1369 CE	231	(4)
Tale of a Chinese Weaver---1400 CE	235	(2)
Arts and Culture---500--1500 CE	237	(21)
Stories from The Panchatantra---6th century CE	238	(2)
``Watching the Wheat Reapers'' and Other Poems About Peasant Life From the Tang Dynasty---618--907 CE	240	(4)
From The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon---10th century CE	244	(2)
The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayym---11th century CE	246	(2)
``As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams''---11th century CE	248	(2)
From De Arte Honeste Amandi, by Andreas Capellanus---ca. 1174--1186 CE	250	(5)
Piers the Ploughman by William Langland---1370 CE	255	(3)
Excerpt From The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer---14th century CE	258