The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Volume I, Dolphin Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9780547149493
• ISBN10: 0547149492
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-13
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES was one of the first texts to present world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power. This truly global text for the world history survey course employs a fundamental theme--the interaction of human beings and the environment--to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology (in its broadest sense) and how technological development underlies all human activity. Highly acclaimed in their fields of study, the authors bring a wide array of expertise to the program. A combination of strong scholarship and detailed pedagogy gives the book its reputation for rigor and student accessibility. The Fourth Edition features extensive new coverage of world events, including globalization in the new millennium. Coverage of China has also been extensively reorganized and rewritten. The Dolphin Edition is available in the following split options: THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES Complete (Chapters 1-34), ISBN 0547149484; Volume I: To 1550 (Chapters 1-15), ISBN 0547149492; Volume II: Since 1500 (Chapters 16-34), ISBN 0547149522.

Table of Contents

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

Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 B.C.E.

The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500-1500 B.C.E.

New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 2200-250

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

The Formation Of New Cultural Communities, 1000 B.C.E.-400 C.E.

Greece and Iran, 1000-30 B.C.E.

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

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

Growth And Interaction Of Cultural Communities, 300 B.C.E. -1200 C.E.

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

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200-1200

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 300-1200

Inner and East Asia, 400-1200

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 200-1500

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

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