The Earth and Its Peoples, Brief Edition, Volume I

by Bulliet, Richard; Crossley, Pamela; Headrick, Daniel; Hirsch, Steven; Johnson, Lyman

• ISBN13: 9780495913115
• ISBN10: 0495913111
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780618992386, 9781285445526
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

Readable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY VOLUME I provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global text for the world history survey course employs fundamental themes of "environment and technology" and "diversity and dominance" to explore patterns of human interaction with their surroundings and with each other. The authors' approach reveals how humanity continues to shape and be shaped by our environments and how dominant structures and traditions are balanced and challenged by alternate beliefs.

Table of Contents

The Emergence of Human Communities, to 500 B.C.E.

from the Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations, 8000-1500 B.C.E.

New Civilizations in the Eastern Hemisphere, 4500 B.C.E. - 350 C.E.

The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 B.C.E.

The Formation of New Cultural Communities, from 1200 B.C.E.

Greece and Iran, 1500 B.C.E-500 C.E.

India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.-1025 C.E.

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E.

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 1200 B.C.E.-1500 C.E.

Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-600 C.E.

Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities, 600-1200

The Rise of Islam, 600-1200

Christian Europe Emerges, 600-1200

Inner and East Asia, 400-1200

Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact, 1200-1550

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500

Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500

The Latin West, 1200-1500

The Maritime Revolution, to 1550

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