Civilization Past and Present: To 1650

by Wallbank, T. Walter; Taylor, Alastair M.

• ISBN13: 9780321064196
• ISBN10: 0321064194
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co

Summary

The authors of the Eleventh Edition of "Civilization Past and Present" specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European history weave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today's students. "Civilization Past and Present," well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text's content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world history social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic.

Table of Contents

The European Middle Ages: 476-1348 c.e.

The Church in the Early Middle Ages

The Merovingians and Carolingians

Feudalism and Manorialism

The Revival of Trade and Towns

The Church in the High Middle Ages: 1000 - 1348

The Crusades

The Development of European States: 1000 - 1348

Document

Charlemagne: A Firsthand Look

Document

Muslim and Christian: Two Contemporary Perspectives

Culture, Power, and Trade in the Era of Asian Hegemony, 220-1350

India in the Classical and Medieval Eras

China: Cultural and Political Empires

Korea: From Three Kingdoms to One

The Emergence of Japan in East Asia

Document

Faxian: A Chinese Buddhist Monk in Gupta India

Document

Bo Juyi: A Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Document

From The Pillow Book by Sei ShMnagon

Discovery Through Maps

Gog and Magog in the Ebstorf Mappamundi

The Americas to 1492

Origins of Americans and Their Cultures

Emerging Civilizations in Mesoamerica

Classical Mayan Civilization

The Postclassical Era

The Amerindians of North America

Document

Father Bernabe Cobo, "Pachacuti, the Greatest Inca."

Global Issues : Location and Identity

The Islamic Gunpowder Empires, 1300-1650

New Polities in Eurasia

The Ottoman Empire

The Safavid Empire in Persia

The Mughul Empire in South Asia

Networks of Trade and Communication

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Evliya çelebi, "An Ottoman Official's

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