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

by Stearns, Peter N.

• ISBN13: 9780321076946
• ISBN10: 032107694X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

With its brief, global (rather than West-centered) approach, World History in Brief, Fourth Edition seeks to show how different civilizations developed in a global context, and then encountered the various forces of contemporary life. The brevity of this text allows instructors to take advantage of additional readings. Rather than overwhelm students, the chief goal of World History in Brief is to present the big picture, to facilitate comparison and assessment of change, and to highlight the major developments in the world's history. Finally, this text also presents the global interactions of major civilizations so that students can compare and assess changes.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	v
List of Maps	xv
Preface	xvii
About the Author	xxiii
Part I The Rise of Agriculture and Agricultural Civilizations	1	(32)
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations	5	(28)
Part II The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.	33	(96)
Classical Civilization: China	39	(21)
Classical Civilization: India	60	(21)
Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome	81	(23)
The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E.	104	(25)
Part III The Postclassical Period, 500-1450 C.E.	129	(128)
The Rise of Islam: Civilization in the Middle East	137	(25)
India and Southeast Asia Under the Impact of Islam	162	(11)
Africa and Islam	173	(11)
East European Civilization: Byzantium and Russia	184	(15)
Western Civilization: The Middle Ages	199	(20)
The Spread of East Asian Civilization	219	(17)
Centers of Civilization in the Americas	236	(11)
The Mongol Interlude and the End of the Postclassical Period	247	(10)
Part IV A New World Economy, 1450-1750	257	(114)
Western Civilization Changes Shape, in the Early Modern Centuries	267	(26)
The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade	293	(28)
The Rise of Eastern Europe	321	(17)
The Ottoman and Mughal Empires	338	(18)
The Isolation of East Asia	356	(15)
Part V The World's First Industrial Period, 1750-1914	371	(126)
The First Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780-1914	381	(28)
The Settler Societies: The West on Frontiers	409	(7)
World Economy and Western Imperialism: Africa and South Asia	416	(20)
The Middle East and China in the Imperialist Century	436	(16)
The Development of Latin American Civilization	452	(21)
Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West	473	(19)
World War I and the End of an Era	492	(5)
Part VI The Contemporary World	497	(186)
The West in the Twentieth Century	513	(28)
Eastern European Civilization	541	(23)
East Asia in the Twentieth Century	564	(22)
India and Southeast Asia	586	(19)
Middle Eastern Civilization in the Twentieth Century	605	(21)
Latin America in the Twentieth Century	626	(20)
Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonies to New Nations	646	(23)
Toward the Future: World History Yet to Come	669	(14)
Credits	683	(2)
Index	685