The Heritage of World Civilization to 1650

by Craig, Albert M.; Graham, William A.; Kagan, Donald; Ozment, Steven E.; Turner, Frank M.

• ISBN13: 9780130124531
• ISBN10: 0130124532
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For undergraduate level World Civilization or World History courses. This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history provides a global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. It combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilization, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions.

Table of Contents

PART I --- THE COMING OF CIVILIZATION	1	(67)
Birth of Civilization	2	(34)
Technology and Civilizations: The Rise of Monumental Architecture	32	(4)
The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion	36	(32)
Religions of the World: Judaism	66	(2)
PART II --- EMPIRES AND CULTURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD	68	(152)
Greek and Hellenistic Civilization	72	(40)
Iran, India, and Inner Asia to 200 C.E.	112	(22)
Religions of the World: Hinduism	132	(2)
Republican and Imperial Rome	134	(38)
Africa: Early History to 1000 C.E.	172	(26)
China's First Empire (221 B.C.E.--20 C.E.)	198	(22)
Technology and Civilizations: Technology and Warfare in the Ancient World	216	(4)
PART III --- CONSOLIDATION AND INTERACTION OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS	220	(200)
Imperial China (589--1368)	224	(26)
Japan: Early History to 1467	250	(28)
Religions of the World: Buddhism	276	(2)
Iran and India Before Islam	278	(16)
The Formation of Islamic Civilization (622-945)	294	(20)
The Early Middle Ages in the West to 1000: The Birth of Europe	314	(28)
Thew High Middle Ages (1000--1300)	342	(32)
Technology and Civilizations: The Invention of Printing in China and Europe	370	(4)
The Islamic Heartlands and India (1000--1500)	374	(22)
Ancient Civilizations of the Americas	396	(24)
PART IV --- THE WORLD IN TRANSITION	420
The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the West (1300--1527)	424	(24)
The Age of Reformation and Religious Wars	448	(46)
Technology and Civilizations: Navigating the Oceans: Antiquity to the Renaissance	488	(4)
Religions of the World: Christianity	492	(2)
Africa (ca. 1000--1800)	494	(24)
Conquest and Exploitation: The Development of the Transatlantic Economy	518
Index	I-1