World History: To 1500

by Duiker, William J.; Spielvogel, Jackson J.

• ISBN13: 9780495569046
• ISBN10: 0495569046
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-29
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history is integrated into a chronological framework to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This edition of WORLD HISTORY continues to take a global approach to world history, with an emphasis on analytical comparisons between and among cultures throughout history. This approach helps students link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, thereby placing the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.

Table of Contents

The First Civilizations and the Rise of Empires (Prehistory To 500 C.E.)

The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and North Africa

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilization: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

New Patterns of Civilization (500-1500 C.E.)

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

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

The Making of Europe

Crisis and Recovery: The Byzantine Empire and Cross-Cultural Encounters

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