World History to 1500 (with InfoTrac)

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

• ISBN13: 9780534571719
• ISBN10: 0534571719
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Author Biography

William J. Duiker is liberal arts professor emeritus of East Asian studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Jackson J. Spielvogel is associate professor emeritus of history at The Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Chronologies	xiv
Maps	xv
Document Credits	xvi
Photo Credits	xx
Map Credits	xxii
Preface	xxiii
Acknowledgments	xxviii
A Note to Students about Languages and the Dating of Time	xxx
Themes for Understanding World History	xxxi
Part I The First Civilizations and the Rise of Empires (Prehistory to 500 C.E.)	1	(165)
The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and Egypt	2	(36)
Ancient India	38	(26)
China in Antiquity	64	(30)
The Civilization of the Greeks	94	(34)
The World of the Romans	128	(38)
Part II New Patterns of Civilization	166	(231)
The New World	168	(24)
The World of Islam	192	(24)
Early Civilizations in Africa	216	(24)
The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia	240	(26)
From the Tang to the Mongols: The Flowering of Traditional China	266	(28)
The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam	294	(24)
The Making of Europe and the World of the Byzantine Empire, 500-1300	318	(38)
Crisis and Rebirth: Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries	356	(41)
Glossary	397	(9)
Pronunciation Guide	406	(5)
Index	411