Sources of World History, Volume I

by Kishlansky, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780495091516
• ISBN10: 0495091510
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-14
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

From constitutional documents, political theory, and philosophy to imaginative literature and social description, you'll find fascinating primary source material in SOURCES OF WORLD HISTORY VOLUME I. Each selection is included for its ability to raise a significant issue and includes works representative of major civilization complexes (Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Islamic world, and Western civilization).

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
How to Read a Document	xxiii
How to Read a Visual	xxxi
PART I The Origins of Civilization
Stories of Creation	1	(27)
Popol Vuh (n.d.)	2	(3)
The Ancestors of the People Called Indians (The Huarochiri Manuscript) (ca. 1598--1608 C.E.)	5	(6)
The Creation Epic (ca. 2000 B.C.E.)	11	(5)
The Book of Genesis (ca. 10th--6th--century B.C.E.)	16	(7)
The Kojiki (712 C.E.)	23	(5)
The Cradle of Civilization	28	(19)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 B.C.E.)	29	(4)
Code of Hammurabi (early 18th century B.C.E.)	33	(4)
The Book of the Dead (ca. 16th century B.C.E.)	37	(3)
Anonymous, Instructions in Letter Writing by an Egyptian Scribe (c. 1200 B.C.E.)	40	(3)
The Book of Exodus (ca. 10th--6th century B.C.E.)	43	(4)
Archaic and Classical Greece	47	(22)
Homer, The Iliad (9th--8th century B.C.E.)	48	(4)
Herodotus, Description of Africa (450 B.C.E.)	52	(4)
Plato, The Apology (399 B.C.E.)	56	(5)
Plato, The Republic (ca. 327 B.C.E.)	61	(4)
Aristotle, Politics (4th century B.C.E.)	65	(4)
The Religions of the East	69	(19)
The Upanishads (ca. 600--500 B.C.E.)	70	(3)
The Buddha, Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.)	73	(4)
Bhagavad-Gita (ca. 200 B.C.E.)	77	(4)
Confucius, Analects (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	81	(4)
Lao-tzu, Tao-Te Ching (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	85	(3)
China: War and Politics	88	(17)
Sun-tzu, The Art of War (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	89	(4)
Anonymous, The Book of Songs (ca. 1200--1100 B.C.E.)	93	(4)
Ssu-ma Ch'ien, The Records of the Grand Historian of China (110--85 B.C.E.)	97	(3)
Han Fei Tzu, Memorials (ca. 230 B.C.E.)	100	(5)
Ancient Rome	105	(15)
Cicero, On the Laws (ca. 52 B.C.E.)	106	(3)
Virgil, The Aencid (30--19 B.C.E.)	109	(4)
Suetonius, The Life of Augustus (ca. 122 C.E.)	113	(4)
The Sermon on the Mount (ca. 28 35 C.E.)	117	(3)
PART II Traditional Societies
Africa and the Muslim World	120	(43)
Justinian, Code (529--565 C.E.)	121	(3)
Procopius, Secret History (ca. 560 C.E.)	124	(4)
The Koran (7th century C.E.)	128	(4)
Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad (after 733)	132	(4)
Al-Biruni, The Life of the Brahmin (1030 C.E.)	136	(5)
Ibn Said, Book of the Maghrib (13th century C.E.)	141	(5)
Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah (1377 C.E.)	146	(8)
Ibn Battuta, Travels in Africa (1364 C.E.)	154	(4)
Joao Dos Santos, Ethiopia Oriental (1609 C.E.)	158	(5)
Asian Cultures	163	(28)
Pan Chao, Lessons for Women (ca. 99 C.E.)	164	(6)
The Lotus of the Wonderful Law (806 C.E.)	170	(2)
Fa-hsien, A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (399--414 C.E.)	172	(4)
The Examination System During the T'ang Dynasty (8th century C.E.)	176	(3)
Lady Murasaki, The Tale of Genji (ca. 1000 C.E.)	179	(3)
Ssu-ma Kuang, The Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (1071--1085 C.E.)	182	(3)
Prince Shotoku, The Seventeen Article Constitution (640 C.E.)	185	(2)
Yuan Ts'ai, Precepts for Social Life (1178 C.E.)	187	(4)
Europe after the Fall of Rome	191	(22)
Tacitus, The Germania (98 C.E.)	192	(3)
The Burgundian Code (ca. 474 C.E.)	195	(5)
Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne (ca. 829-836 C.E.)	200	(3)
Magna Carta (1215 C.E.)	203	(4)
The Battle of Maldon (991 C.E.)	207	(6)
The Development of Christianity	213	(24)
Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (413-426 C.E.)	214	(4)
Benedict of Nursia, The Rule (ca. 535-540 C.E.)	218	(4)
Francis of Assisi, Admonitions (ca. 1220 C.E.)	222	(5)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1266-1273 C.E.)	227	(5)
Witchcraft Documents (15th century C.E.)	232	(5)
PART III Dynasties and Empires
The Italian Renaissance	237	(15)
Leon Battista Alberti, On the Family (1435-1444 C.E.)	238	(5)
Giorgio Vasari, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1550 C.E.)	243	(4)
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1513 C.E.)	247	(5)
Cultures in Collision	252	(13)
Anna Comnena, The Alexiad (1097 C.E.)	253	(3)
Odo of Deuil, The Journey of Louis VII to the East (1147 C.E.)	256	(3)
Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs (after 1175 C.E.)	259	(3)
Jamal ad-Din ibn Wasil, The Dissipator of Anxieties (1250 C.E.)	262	(3)
China and Japan in the Middle Ages	265	(28)
The Hojo Code (1232 C.E.)	266	(6)
Kitabatake Chikafusa, A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns (1339-1343 C.E.)	272	(4)
Zeami Motokiyo, Kadensho (1440-1442 C.E.)	276	(5)
Shih Nai-an, All Men Are Brothers (14th century C.E.)	281	(3)
Anonymous, The Yangzhou Massacre (1645 C.E.)	284	(9)
European Encounters	293	(42)
Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, The History of the Great and Mightie Kingdom of China (1585 C.E.)	294	(3)
Matteo Ricci, Journals (1583-1610 C.E.)	297	(4)
Gomes Eannes de Zurara, Chronicle of Guinea (1453 C.E.)	301	(4)
Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1497-1499 C.E.)	305	(4)
Christopher Columbus, Letter from the First Voyage (1493 C.E.)	309	(4)
Bernal Diaz, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (1552-1568 C.E.)	313	(2)
An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (1528 C.E.)	315	(4)
Bernabe Cobo, History of the Inca Empire (1653 C.E.)	319	(6)
Bartolome de las Casas, Apologetic History of the Indies (1566 C.E.)	325	(4)
Pedro de Leon Portocarrero, Description of Lima, Peru (ca. 1600 C.E.)	329	(6)
The Golden Age of Islam	335	(22)
Omar Khayyam, The Ruba'iyat (11th century C.E.)	336	(2)
Kritovoulos, The History of Mehmed the Conqueror (1453 C.E.)	338	(5)
Letters Between Sultan Selim I and Shah Isma'il (1514 C.E.)	343	(4)
Leo Africanus, The History and Description of Africa (1550 C.E.)	347	(4)
`Abd ul-Haqq al Dihlawi al-Bukhari, The Perfection of Faith (11th century C.E.)	351	(3)
Francois Bernier, Travels in the Mughal Empire (1656-1668 C.E.)	354	(3)
The Reform of Christianity	357	(24)
Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1509 C.E.)	358	(3)
Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian (1520 C.E.) On Marriage (1566 C.E.)	361	(6)
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (1534 C.E.)	367	(5)
Francis Xavier, Letter from India (1543 C.E.)	372	(4)
Teresa of Avila, The Life of St. Teresa (1611 C.E.)	376	(5)
Literary Credits	381	(8)
Photo Credits	389