World History in Brief Vol. 1 : Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, (Chapters 1-15),9780321005199

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World History in Brief Vol. 1 : Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, (Chapters 1-15)

by Stearns, Peter N.

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9780321005199

ISBN10:

0321005198

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Pub. Date:

8/1/1998

Publisher(s):

Pearson College Div

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With a brief, global approach, this book seeks to show how different civilizations developed in a global context, and then encountered the various forces of contemporary life. This book presents the big picture of world history, highlighting the major developments in the world's history and presenting the global interactions of major civilizations. For anyone interested in world history.

Detailed Contents

vii

(4)

Preface

xiii

PART I THE RISE OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL CIVILIZATIONS

(30)

1 From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations

(26)

PART II THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, 100 B.C.E.-500 C.E.

(98)

2 Classical Civilization: China

(22)

3 Classical Civilization: India

(24)

4 Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome

(24)

The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.

105

(24)

PART III THE POSTCLASSICAL PERIOD, 500-1450 C.E.

129

(122)

6 The Rise of Islam: Civilization in the Middle East

137

(24)

7 India and Southeast Asia Under the Impact of Islam

161

(10)

8 Africa and Islam

171

(12)

9 The Spread of East Asian Civilization

183

(18)

10 East European Civilization: Byzantium and Russia

201

(14)

11 Western Civilization: The Middle Ages

215

(18)

12 Centers of Civilization in the Americas

233

(10)

13 The Mongol Interlude and the End of the Postclassical Period

243

(8)

PART IV A NEW WORLD ECONOMY, 1450-1750

251

(114)

14 Western Civilization Changes Shape, 1450-1750

261

(24)

15 The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade

285

(28)

16 The Rise of Eastern Europe

313

(18)

17 The Ottoman and Mughal Empires

331

(18)

18 The Isolation of East Asia

349

(16)

PART V THE WORLD'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL PERIOD, 1750-1914

365

(120)

19 The First Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780-1914

375

(26)

20 New Societies: The West on Frontiers

401

(8)

21 Western Imperialism in Africa and South Asia

409

(20)

22 The Middle East and China in the Imperialist Century

429

(14)

23 The Development of Latin American Civilization

443

(20)

24 Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West

463

(18)

25 World War I and the End of an Era

481

(4)

PART VI THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

485

(182)

26 The West in the 20th Century

501

(26)

27 Eastern European Civilization

527

(22)

28 East Asia in the 20th Century

549

(22)

29 India and Southeast Asia

571

(20)

30 Middle Eastern Civilization in the 20th Century

591

(22)

31 Latin America in the 20th Century

613

(18)

32 Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonies to New Nations

631

(22)

33 Toward the Future: World History Yet to Come

653

(14)

Index

667

(20)

Credits

687

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