The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Brief Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9780618471140
• ISBN10: 0618471146
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-09
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Although this brief edition is two-thirds the length of its full-length counterpart, it retains coverage of all major themes and provides a truly global perspective on world history, without over-emphasizing Europe or the U.S. The Earth and Its Peoples focuses on the interaction of human beings and the environment, using this central theme to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology and how technological development underlies all human activity. Ideal for one-semester survey courses or courses for which instructors want to supplement their textbook with many primary sources, this text has been carefully abbreviated to maintain the essential narrative of world history. Key pedagogical elements have also been retained. Specific areas of improved coverage include the steam engine in Chapter 20, as well as the inclusion of recent events and developments throughout the world. Structural updates include the reorganization of Chapters 2 and 3, and a new Chapter 11, "Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath," which combines the chapters on Western and Eastern Eurasia. New and Updated! Specific areas of improved coverage include the steam engine in Chapter 20, as well as the inclusion of recent events and developments throughout the world. New! Structural updates include the reorganization of Chapters 2 and 3, and a new Chapter 11, "Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath," which combines the chapters on Western and Eastern Eurasia. New! Now, in addition to the interaction of human beings and their environment, the text also examines "Diversity and Dominance." These boxed excerpts include primary sources that explore the structures of domination in every society, as well as the many ways in which human diversity has continued to express itself regardless of these forms of dominance. "Environment and Technology" boxes appear in one-half of the chapters. These boxed features reinforce the central theme of the text by highlighting and comparing technological developments over time. New! A new feature called "Issues in World History" has been added at the end of each part. Each of these seven essays explores cutting-edge areas of research in global history. Topics include animal domestication, processes of religious conversion, famine and disease, and climate change. Enhanced! Blackboard/WebCT course cartridges offer text-specific content to help instructors save time creating assignments and exams. New to this edition, customizable online homework features essay and multiple-choice questions based on chapter concepts. Other resources include a test bank and content for lectures/discussions, map exercises for practice and reinforcement of geography skills, and additional questions related to in-text features.

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 to 1500 B.C.E.

New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 2200–250 B.C.E.

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

The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000 B.C.E.–600 C.E.

Greece and Iran, 1000–30 B.C.E / India, 1500 B.C.E–550 C.E

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

Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.–1100 C.E

Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities, 600 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.

The Rise of Islam, 200–1200

Christian Europe Emerges, 300–1200

Central and Eastern Asia, 400–1200

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 200–1500 C.E

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

The Globe Encompassed, 1500–1800

Transformation of Europe, 1500–1750

Americas, the Atlantic and Africa, 1530–1770

So west Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500–1750

Eastern Eurasia, 1500–1800

Revolutions Reshape the World, 1750–1870

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750–1870

The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760–1851

Africa, India, and China, 1750–1870

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1870

Global Dominance and Diversity, 1850–1949

Th. New Power Balance, 1850–1900

Th. New Imperialism, 1869–1914

Th. Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900–1929

The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929–1949

Striving for Independence: Africa, India, and Latin America, 1900–1949

The Perils and Promises of a Global Community, 1945 to the Present

The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945–1975

Crisis, Realignment, and the Dawn of the Post-Cold War World, 1975–1991

Globalization at the Turn of the Millennium

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