Sources in World History, Volume I

by Kishlansky, Mark A.

• ISBN13: 9780534586898
• ISBN10: 0534586899
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-26
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Edited by Mark Kishlansky, this reader is designed to supplement world civilization textbooks and lectures with a rich array of primary source materials. These materials include constitutional documents, political theory, philosophy, imaginative literature, and social description. Opting for longer selections that allow students to gain a deeper sense of authors and their texts, the editor has chosen each selection because of its ability to raise a significant issue around which classroom discussions or lectures can evolve. This reader contains works that are representative of major civilization complexes (Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Islamic world, and Western civilization). It is an ideal complement to Adler, WORLD CIVILIZATIONS, Third Edition; Upshur et al., WORLD HISTORY, Fourth Edition; Duiker/Spielvogel, THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY; and Duiker/Spielvogel, WORLD HISTORY, Third Edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
How to Read a Document	xii
How to Read Visuals	xix
Part I The Origins of Civilization	1	(120)
Stories of Creation	2	(1)
Popul Vuh (n.d.)	3	(3)
The Ancestors of the People Called Indians (The Huarochiri Manuscript) (ca. 1598--1608)	6	(6)
The Creation Epic (ca. 2000 B.C.E.)	12	(5)
The Book of Genesis (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.)	17	(7)
The Kojiki (712 C.E.)	24	(5)
The Cradle of Civilization	28	(1)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 B.C.E.)	29	(4)
Code of Hammurabi (early 18th century B.C.E.)	33	(3)
The Book of the Dead (ca. 16th century B.C.E.)	36	(4)
Anonymous, Instructions in Letter Writing by an Egyptian Scribe (ca. 1200 B.C.E.)	40	(3)
The Book of Exodus (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.)	43	(5)
Archaic and Classical Greece	47	(1)
Homer, The Iliad (9th-8th century B.C.E.)	48	(4)
Sophocles, Antigone (441 B.C.E.)	52	(4)
Plato, The Apology (399 B.C.E.)	56	(5)
Plato, The Republic (ca. 327 B.C.E.)	61	(5)
Aristotle, Politics (4th century B.C.E.)	66	(5)
The Religions of the East	70	(1)
The Upanishads (ca. 600-500 B.C.E.)	71	(3)
The Buddha, Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.)	74	(4)
Bhagavad-Gita (ca. 200 B.C.E.)	78	(5)
Confucius, Analects (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	83	(3)
Lao-Tzu, Te-Tao Ching (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	86	(4)
China: War and Politics	89	(1)
Sun-Tzu, The Art of War (ca. 500 B.C.E.)	90	(4)
Anonymous, The Book of Songs (ca. 1200--1100 B.C.E.)	94	(4)
Ssu-ma Ch'ien, The Records of the Grand Historian of China (110--85 B.C.E.)	98	(4)
Han Fei Tzu, Memorials (ca. 230 B.C.E.)	102	(5)
Ancient Rome	106	(1)
Cicero, On the Laws (ca. 52 B.C.E.)	107	(3)
Virgil, The Aeneid (30--19 B.C.E.)	110	(4)
Suetonius, The Life of Augustus (ca. 122 C.E.)	114	(4)
The Sermon on the Mount (ca. 28--35 C.E.)	118	(3)
Part II Traditional Societies	121	(110)
Africa and the Muslim World	122	(1)
Justinian, Code (529--565 C.E.)	123	(3)
Procopius, Secret History (ca. 560 C.E.)	126	(4)
The Koran (7th century C.E.)	130	(4)
Ibn Said, Book of the Maghrib (13th century C.E.)	134	(6)
Ibn Khaldun, The Mugaddimah (1377 C.E.)	140	(8)
Ibn Battuta, Travels in Africa (1364 C.E.)	148	(4)
Joao dos Santos, Ethiopia Oriental (1609 C.E.)	152	(5)
Asian Cultures	156	(1)
Pan Chao, Lessons for Women (ca. 99 C.E.)	157	(5)
The Lotus of the Wonderful Law (806 C.E.)	162	(3)
Fa-hsien, A Record of Budhistic Kingdoms (394--414 C.E.)	165	(4)
The Examination System During the T'ang Dynasty (8th century C.E.)	169	(3)
Lady Murasaki, The Tale of Genji (ca. 1000 C.E.)	172	(4)
Ssu-ma Kuang, The Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (1071--1085 C.E.)	176	(2)
Prince Shotoku, The Seventeen Article Constitution (604 C.E.)	178	(3)
Yuan Ts'ai, Precepts for Social Life (1178 C.E.)	181	(5)
Europe After the Fall of Rome	185	(1)
Tacitus, The Germania (98 C.E.)	186	(3)
The Burgundian Code (ca. 474 C.E.)	189	(5)
Einhard, The Life of Charlemagne (ca. 829--836 C.E.)	194	(3)
Magna Carta (1215 C.E.)	197	(4)
The Battle of Maldon (991 C.E.)	201	(7)
The Development of Christianity	207	(1)
Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (413--426 C.E.)	208	(4)
Benedict of Nursia, The Rule (ca. 535--540 C.E.)	212	(3)
Francis of Assisi, Admonitions (ca. 1220 C.E.)	215	(5)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1265--1273 C.E.)	220	(5)
Witchcraft Documents (15th century C.E.)	225	(6)
Part III Dynasties and Empires	231	(150)
The Italian Renaissance	232	(1)
Leon Battista Alberti, On the Family (1435--1444 C.E.)	233	(5)
Giorgio Vasari, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1550 C.E.)	238	(5)
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1513 C.E.)	243	(5)
Cultures in Collision	247	(1)
Anna Comnena, The Alexiad (1097 C.E.)	248	(3)
Odo of Deuil, The Journey of Louis VII to the East (1147 C.E.)	251	(3)
Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs (after 1175 C.E.)	254	(3)
Jamal ad-Din ibn Wasil, The Disipator of Anxieties (1250 C.E.)	257	(4)
China and Japan in the Middle Ages	260	(1)
The Hojo Code (1232 C.E.)	261	(6)
Kitabatake Chikafusa, A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns (1339--1343 C.E.)	267	(4)
Zeami Motokiyo, Kadensho (1440--1442 C.E.)	271	(5)
Shih Nai-an, All Men Are Brothers (14th century C.E.)	276	(4)
Anonymous, The Yangzhou Massacre (1645 C.E.)	280	(10)
European Encounters	289	(1)
Juan Gonzalex de Mendoza, The History of the Great and Mightie Kingdom of China (1585 C.E.)	290	(3)
Matteo Ricci, Journals (1583--1610 C.E.)	293	(4)
Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1497--1499 C.E.)	297	(5)
Christopher Columbus, Letter from the First Voyage (1493 C.E.)	302	(4)
Bernal Diaz, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (1552--1568 C.E.)	306	(3)
An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (1528 C.E.)	309	(3)
Bernabe Cobo, History of the Inca Empire (1653 C.E.)	312	(7)
Bartolome de las Casas, Apologetic History of the Indies (1566 C.E.)	319	(4)
Pedro de Leon Portocarrero, Description of Lima, Peru (ca. 1600 C.E.)	323	(7)
The Golden Age of Islam	329	(1)
Omar Khayyam, The Ruba'iyat (11th century C.E.)	330	(2)
Kritovoulos, The History of Mehmed the Conqueror (1453 C.E.)	332	(5)
Letters Between Sultan Selim I and Shah Ism,a'il (1514 C.E.)	337	(4)
Leo Africanus, The History and Description of Africa (1550 C.E.)	341	(4)
`Abd ul-Hagg al Dihlawi al-Bukhari, The Perfection of Faith (11th century C.E.)	345	(4)
Francois Bernier, Travels in the Mughal Empire (1656--1668 C.E.)	349	(4)
The Reform of Christianity	352	(1)
Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1509 C.E.)	353	(3)
Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian (1520 C.E.) and On Marriage (1566 C.E.)	356	(6)
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (1534 C.E.)	362	(5)
Teresa of Avila, The Life of Saint Teresa (1611 C.E.)	367	(6)
European Politics and War	372	(1)
Cardinal Richelieu, The Political Testament (1638 C.E.)	373	(3)
Hans von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus (1669 C.E.)	376	(5)
Literary Credits	381	(6)
Photo Acknowledgments	387