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9780205617890

Documents in World History Vol. 1 : The Great Traditions: from Ancient Times to 1500

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205617890

  • ISBN10:

    0205617891

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-01-01
  • Publisher: Longman
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Summary

Considerably revised, the fifth edition ofDocuments in World Historyprovides a larger variety of primary sources from all areas of the world, thus creating a greater balance between social and cultural history. The latestDocuments in World Historyretains its global emphasis while improving its standard selections, political coverage, and general coverage of Africa and the Middle East, including Persia.

Table of Contents

Geographical Contents Topical
Preface to the New Edition
Preface Introduction
Early Civilizations
Introduction
Mesopotamian Values: Ideas About the Nature of Life and Death The Gilgamesh Epic
Babylonian Law: How an Early State Regulated its Subjects
The Code
Hymn to the Nile
The Hebrew Bible
From the Hebrew Bible
Herodotus and the Persian Empire The Histories
Zoroastrianism: The Major Persian ReligionHymns of Zarathustra
The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
Introduction
China
Key Chinese Values: Confucianism and its Legacy
The Small Analects
Daoism Dao de Jing
Legalism: An Alternate System Han Feizi
Women in Classical China: Ban Zhao Lessons for Women Visual Source
Portrait of Ban Zhao
How to Organize Economic Life
The Salt and Iron Debates
A Respectful Clash of Views Visual Source: Agriculture in Northern China
Greece and Rome
The Greek Political Tradition Plutarch on Sparta
Athenian Democracy and Culture Pericles
Mediterranean Social and Family Structure Aristotle
Polybius on Roman Political Institutions Polybius
Women and the Law in Rome: Legal Codes Women in Rome
The Fall of RomeMarcellinus Global Contacts
The Opening of the Silk Road Chinese and Roman Sources Visual Source
Making and Wearing Silk
Classical India

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