The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Volume I

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

• ISBN13: 9781439084748
• ISBN10: 1439084742
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-06
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power. This truly global book 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 user accessibility. The Fifth Edition features new pedagogy and a beautiful new design.

Table of Contents

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

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

African Genesis

Technology and Culture in the Ice Age

The Agricultural Revolutions

Life in Neolithic Communities

Diversity and Dominance: Cave Art

Environment and Technology: The Iceman

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

Mesopotamia

Egypt

The Indus Valley Civilization

Diversity and Dominance: Violence and Order in the Babylonian New Year's Festival

Environment and Technology: Environmental Stress in the Indus Valley

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

Early China, 2000-221 B.C.E.

Nubia, 3100 B.C.E.-350 C.E.

Celtic Europe, 1000-50 B.C.E.

First Civilizations of the Americas: The Olmec and Chav?n, 1200-250 B.C.E.

Environment and Technology: Divination in Ancient Societies

Diversity and Dominance: Human Nature and Good Government in the Analects of Confucius and the Legalist Writings of Han Fei

The Mediterranean and Middle East2000-500 B.C.E.

The Cosmopolitan Middle East1700-1100 B.C.E.

The Aegean World, 2000-1100 B.C.E. The Assyrian Empire, 911-612 B.C.E.

Israel, 2000-500 B.C.E. Phoenicia and the Mediterranean, 1200-500 B.C.E.

Failure and Transformation, 750-550 B.C.E. Diversity and Dominance: Protests Against the Ruling Class in Israel and Babylonia

Environment and Technology: Ancient Textiles and Dyes

Issues In World History: Animal Domestication

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

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

Ancient Iran, 1000-500 B.C.E.

The Rise of the Greeks, 1000-500 B.C.E.

The Struggle of Persia and Greece, 546-323 B.C.E.

The Hellenistic Synthesis, 323-30 B.C.E.

Diversity and Dominance: Persian and Greek Perceptions of Kingship

Material Culture: Wine and Beer in the Ancient World

Environment and Technology: Ancient Astronomy

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

Rome's Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E.

The Origins of Imperial China, 221 B.C.E.-220 C.E. Diversity and Dominance: The Treatment of Slaves in Rome and China

Environment and Technology: Water Engineering in Rome and China

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

Foundations of Indian Civilization, 1500 B.C.E.-300 C.E.

Imperial Expansion and Collapse, 324 B.C.E.-650 C.E.

Southeast Asia, 50-1025 C.E. Environment and Technology: Indian Mathematics

Diversity and Dominance: Relations Between Women and Men in the Kama Sutra and the Arthashastra

Issues in World History: Oral Societies and the Consequences of Literacy

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 Silk Road

The Indian Ocean Maritime System

Routes Across the Sahara

Sub-Saharan Africa

The Spread of Ideas

Diversity and Dominance: Travel Accounts of Africa and India

Environment and Technology: Camel Saddles

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

The Sasanid Empire, 224-651

The Origins of Islam

The Rise and Fall of the Caliphate, 632-1258

Islamic Civilization

Diversity and Dominance: Secretaries, Turks, and Beggars

Environment and Technology: Chemistry

Material Culture: Head Coverings

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200

The Byzantine Empire, 600-1200

Early Medieval Europe, 600-1000

The Western Church

Kievan Russia, 900-1200

Western Europe Revives, 1000-1200

The Crusades, 1095-1204

Environment and Technology: Iron Production

Diversity and Dominance: The Struggle for Christian Morality

Inner and East Asia, 400-1200

The Sui and Tang Empires, 581-755

The Emergence of East Asia, to 1200

New Kingdoms in East Asia

Diversity and Dominance: Law and Society in China and Japan

Environment and Technology: Writing in East Asia, 400-1200

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 200-1500

Classic-Era Culture and Society in Mesoamerica, 200-900

The Postclassic Period in Mesoamerica, 900-1500

Northern Peoples

Andean Civilizations, 200-1500

Diversity and Dominance: Burials as Historical Texts

Environment and Technology: Inca Roads

Issues in World History: Religious Conversion

Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact 1200-1550

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500

The Rise of the Mongols, 1200-1260

The Mongols and Islam, 1260-1500

Regional Responses in Western Eurasia

Mongol Domination in China, 1271-1368

The Early Ming Empire, 1368-1500

Centralization and Militarism in East Asia, 1200-1500

Diversity and Dominance: Observations of Mongol Life

Environment and Technology: From Gunpowder to Guns

Tropical Africa and Asia,1200-1500

Tropical Lands and Peoples

New Islamic Empires

Indian Ocean Trade

Social and Cultural Change

Diversity and Dominance: Personal Styles of Rule in India and Mali

Environment and Technology: The Indian Ocean Dhow

The Latin West1200-1500

Rural Growth and Crisis

Urban Revival

Learning, Literature, and the Renaissance

Political and Military Transformations

Diversity and Dominance: Persecution and Protection of Jews, 1272-1349

Environment and Technology: The Clock

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