A History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 1 To 1600

by Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.; Buckley Ebrey, Patricia; Beck, Roger B.; Davila, Jerry; Crowston, Clare Haru; McKay, John P.

• ISBN13: 9781319059293
• ISBN10: 1319059295
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-09-22
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

View society and culture through regional and global lenses in order to expand your understanding of world history as History of World Societies, Value Edition, Volume 1 makes the past come alive.

Table of Contents

The Combined Volume includes all chapters.?
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16.?
Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-33.

NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, quizzes for sources and features, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader?Sources for World Societies, and quizzes for each of the documents in the companion reader – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

Preface

Versions and Supplements

Maps, Figures, and Tables

Special Features

1. The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 B.C.E.

GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad

Evolution and Migration

Understanding the Early Human Past

Hominid Evolution

Homo Sapiens, "Thinking Humans" ?

Migration and Differentiation

Later Paleolithic Society, ca. 200,000–9000 B.C.E.

Foraging for Food

Family and Kinship Relationships

Cultural Creations and Spirituality

The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 B.C.E.

The Development of Horticulture

Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism

Agriculture

Neolithic Society

Social Hierarchies and Slavery

Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance

Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections

Chapter Summary

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Mapping the Past Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Paleolithic Venus Figures ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Paleolithic Hand Markings ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Bison and Human in Lascaux Cave ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Stone Age Houses in Chile and China ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society The Iceman ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 1?

Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: Origin Stories
Document 1-1: An Indian View of Creation from the?Rig Veda, ca. 600 B.C.E.?

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Document 1-2:? The Yuchi People Explain Their Origins, ca. 1929?
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Document 1-3:? A Greek Description of the Elemental Forces, Hesiod, From?Theogony, ca. 700 B.C.E.?
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Document 1-4:? Clues about Early Human History in a Neolithic Grave,?Double Burial from Mantua, Italy,?ca. 6000-5000 B.C.E.?

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Document 1-5:? Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Era,?Cave Painting of a Male and Female Deer, ca. 13,000 B.C.E.?

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Comparative Questions

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2. Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800–500 B.C.E.

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Writing, Cities, and States

Written Sources and the Human Past

Cities and the Idea of Civilization

The Rise of States, Laws, and Social Hierarchies

Mesopotamia from Sumer to Babylon

Environmental Challenges, Irrigation, and Religion

Sumerian Politics and Society

Writing, Mathematics, and Poetry

Empires in Mesopotamia

Life Under Hammurabi

The Egyptians

The Nile and the God-King

Egyptian Society and Work

Migrations, Revivals, and Collapse

Iron and the Emergence of New States

The Hebrews

The Hebrew State

The Jewish Religion

Hebrew Society

The Assyrians and Persians

Assyria, the Military Monarchy

The Rise and Expansion of the Persian Empire

The Religion of Zoroaster

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Analyzing the Evidence Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Addressing the Gods ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Egyptian Families ?LaunchPad

Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad

Mapping the Past Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean ?LaunchPad

Individuals in Society Hatshepsut and Nefertiti ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Rulers and Divine Favorfor Babylonians and Hebrews ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 2?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 2-1:? A Mesopotamian Quest for Immortality, From?The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2700-2500 B.C.E.?
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Document 2-2:? Law and Order in Ancient Babylonia,?Hammurabi,?Hammurabi’s Code: Laws on Society and Family Life, ca. 1800 B.C.E.,??
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Document 2-3:? Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt,?Book of Exodus, ca. 950-450 B.C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: Imperial Propaganda in the Ancient near East

Document 2-4:? Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, An Assyrian Emperor’s Resume, ca. 875 B.C.E.?
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Document 2-5:? Cyrus of Persia,?Righteous Rule, ca. 470 B.C.E.?
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3. The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E.

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The Land and Its First Settlers, ca. 3000–1500 B.C.E.

The Aryans During the Vedic Age, ca. 1500–500 B.C.E.

Aryan Dominance in North India

Life in Early India

Brahmanism

India’s Great Religions

Jainism

Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism

Hinduism

Western Contact and the Mauryan Unification of North India, ca. 513–185 B.C.E.

Encounters with the West

Chandragupta and the Founding of the Mauryan Empire

The Reign of Ashoka, ca. 269–232 B.C.E.

Small States and Trading Networks, 185 B.C.E.–300 C.E.

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Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad

Thinking Like a Historian Harappan Artifacts ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Divine Martial Prowess in India and Sumer ??LaunchPad ?

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Analyzing the Evidence Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha’s Enlightenment ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past The Mauryan Empire, ca. 250 B.C.E. ?LaunchPad

Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 3?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 3-1:? A Residential Street in Mohenjo-daro, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: The Path to Enlightenment

Document 3-2:? The Buddha,?The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment, ca. 530-29 B.C.E.?
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Document 3-3:??From the Upanishads, On the Nature of the Soul, ca. 450 B.C.E.?
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Document 3-4:? Social Mores in Ancient India,?From?The Laws of Manu, ca. 100 B.C.E.-200 C.E.?
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Document 3-5:? Ashoka, From Thirteenth Rock Edict, 256 B.C.E.?
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4. China’s Classical Age, to 221 B.C.E.

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The Emergence of Civilization in China

The Impact of Geography

Early Agricultural Societies of the Neolithic Age

The Shang Dynasty, ca. 1500–1050 B.C.E.

Shang Society

Bronze Metalworking

The Development of Writing

The Early Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1050–400 B.C.E.

Zhou Politics

Life During the Zhou Dynasty

The Warring States Period, 403–221 B.C.E.

New Technologies for War

The Victorious States

Confucius and His Followers

Confucius

The Spread of Confucian Ideas

Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought

Daoism

Legalism

Yin and Yang

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Mapping the Past The Geography of Historical China ?LaunchPad

Global Viewpoints The Inglorious Side of War in the Book of Songs and the Patirruppattu ??LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Lord Mengchang ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Ideas About the Divine Realm ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Teachings of Confucius ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Inscribed Bamboo Slips ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 4?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 4-1:??Detail of Ritual Vase known as the Tigress, ca. 1200 B.C.E?
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Document 4-2: Confucius on Kingship,?From?Book of Documents, ca. 900-100 B.C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: Philosophical Responses to Social and Political Disorder

Document 4-3:? Confucius,?From?Analects, ca. 500 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.?
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Document 4-4:? Laozi,?From?Dao De Jing:?Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E.?
Document 4-4: Laozi, From Dao De Jing: Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E.

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Document 4-5:? Han Fei,?The Five Vermin, ca. 250-25 B.C.E.?
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5. The Greek Experience, 3500–30 B.C.E.

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Greece in the Bronze Age, ca. 3000–800 B.C.E.

The Minoans and Mycenaeans

The "Dark Age"

The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age, ca. 800–500 B.C.E.

Organization of the Polis

Overseas Expansion

The Growth of Sparta

The Evolution of Athens

Turmoil and Culture in the Classical Period, 500–338 B.C.E.

The Deadly Conflicts, 499–404 B.C.E.

Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles

Families and Sexual Relations

Public and Personal Religion

The Flowering of Philosophy

Hellenistic Society, 323–30 B.C.E.

From Polis to Monarchy, 404–200 B.C.E.

Building a Hellenized Society The Growth of Trade and Commerce

Hellenistic Religion, Philosophy, and Science

Religion in the Hellenistic World

Philosophy and Its Guidance for Life

Hellenistic Science and Medicine

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Analyzing the Evidence Hesiod, Works and Days ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Acropolis of Athens ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Gender Roles in Classical Athens ??LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past Alexander’s Conquests, 336–324 B.C.E. ?LaunchPad

Global Viewpoints Hellenistic and Chinese Spells ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 5?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 5-1: Homer,?From?The Iliad, ca. 750 B.C.E.,?
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Document 5-2: Plato,?From?Apologia, ca. 399 B.C.E.,?
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Document 5-3: Plutarch,?From?Life of Cleomenes III, First Century C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: Depicting the Human Form
Document 5-4:? A Hellenic Depiction of Physical Perfection,?Zeus from Artemisium, ca. 460 B.C.E.?
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Document 5-5: A Hellenistic Depiction of Human Suffering,?The Dying Gaul, ca. 230-220 B.C.E.?
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6. The World of Rome, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–400 C.E.

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The Romans in Italy

The Etruscans

The Founding of Rome

The Roman Conquest of Italy

The Roman State

Social Conflict in Rome

Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions

Overseas Conquests and the Punic Wars, 264–133 B.C.E.

New Influences and Old Values in Roman Culture

The Late Republic and the Rise of Augustus, 133–27 B.C.E.

The Successes of Augustus

Rome and the Provinces

Political and Military Changes in the Empire

Life in Imperial Rome

Prosperity in the Roman Provinces

Eastward Expansion and Contacts Between Rome and China

The Coming of Christianity

Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity

The Life and Teachings of Jesus

The Spread of Christianity

The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity

Turmoil and Reform

Political Measures

Economic Issues

The Acceptance of Christianity

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Individuals in Society Queen Cleopatra ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Ara Pacis ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past Roman Expansion, 262 B.C.E.–180 C.E. ?LaunchPad

Global Viewpoints Roman and Chinese Officials in Times of Disaster ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Army and Empire ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Edict of Toleration and the Edict of Milan ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 6?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 6-1:??The Twelve Tables, ca. 450 B.C.E.,?
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Document 6-2:? Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, ca. 44 C.E.,?
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Document 6-3:??Initiation into the Cult of Dionysus, ca. 60-50 B.C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: Christianity and the Roman State
Document 6-4:? Pliny the Younger,?Letters to and from the Emperor Trajan on Christians, 111-113 C.E?
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Document 6-5:?Tertullian,?From?Apologia, ca. 197 C.E.?
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7. East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 B.C.E.–800 C.E.

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The Age of Empire in China: The Qin and Han Dynasties

The Qin Unification, 221–206 B.C.E.

The Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.

Han Intellectual and Cultural Life

Inner Asia and the Silk Road

Life in Han China

China and Rome

The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division

The Spread of Buddhism Out of India

Buddhism’s Path Through Central Asia

The Appeal and Impact of Buddhism in China

The Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907)

The Sui Dynasty, 581–618

The Tang Dynasty, 618–907

Tang Culture

The East Asian Cultural Sphere

Vietnam

Korea

Japan

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Thinking Like A Historian Who Made the Chinese Silks Found Along the Silk Road? ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society The Ban Family ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past The Spread of Buddhism, ca. 500 B.C.E.–800 C.E. ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Sixth-Century Biographies of Buddhist Nuns ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence H?ry?ji Temple ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 7?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 7-1:? Sima Qian,?From the Records of the Historian, ca. 109-86 B.C.E.?
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Document 7-2: Ban Zhao,?From?Lessons for Women ca. 80 C.E.?
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Document 7-3: Hachiman,?Shinto God of War, ca. 1100-1300 C.E.?
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VIEWPOINTS: Buddhism in China
Document 7-4:? Han Yu, From?Lives of the Eminent Monks, ca. 550 C.E.?
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Document 7-5:? Emperor Wuzong,?Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism, 845 C.E.?
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8. Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250–850

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The Byzantine Empire

Sources of Byzantine Strength

The Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with Byzantium

Justinian’s Code of Law

Byzantine Intellectual Life

Life in Constantinople

The Growth of the Christian Church

The Evolution of Church Leadership and Orthodoxy

The Western Church and the Eastern Church

Christian Monasticism

Christian Ideas and Practices

Christianity and Classical Culture

Saint Augustine on Sin, Grace, and Redemption

The Iconoclastic Controversy

Migrating Peoples

Social and Economic Structures

Tribes, Warriors, and Laws

Migrations and Political Change

Christian Missionaries and Conversion

Missionaries’ Actions

The Process of Conversion

Frankish Rulers and Their Territories

The Merovingians and Carolingians

The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne

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Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Slavery in Roman and Germanic Society ??LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Orthodox Icon of Jesus ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past The Spread of Christianity, ca. 300–800 ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence The Capitulary de Villis ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 8?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 8-1: Saint Benedict of Nursia,?From?The Rule of Saint Benedict, 529?
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Document 8-2:??The Law of the Salian Franks, ca. 500-600,?
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VIEWPOINTS: Justinian’s Deeds and His Critics
Document 8-3: Procopius, From the Secret History (ca. 550-562)

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Document 8-4:??Hagia Sophia, 537?
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Document 8-5:? Einhard,?From?The Life of Charlemagne, 829-836,?
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9. The Islamic World, 600–1400

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The Origins of Islam

Arabian Social and Economic Structure

Muhammad’s Rise as a Religious Leader

The Tenets of Islam

Islamic States and Their Expansion

Islam’s Spread Beyond Arabia

Reasons for the Spread of Islam

The Caliphate and the Split Between Shi’a and Sunni Alliances

The Abbasid Caliphate

Administration of the Islamic Territories

Fragmentation and Military Challenges, 900–1400

Breakaway Territories and Shi’a Gains

The Ascendancy of the Turks

The Mongol Invasions

Muslim Society: The Life of the People

The Social Hierarchy

Slavery

Women in Classical Islamic Society

Marriage, the Family, and Sexuality

Trade and Commerce

Cultural Developments

The Cultural Centers of Baghdad and Córdoba

Education and Intellectual Life

The Mystical Tradition of Sufism

Muslim-Christian Encounters

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Mapping the Past The Expansion of Islam, 622–900 ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on the Etiquette of Marriage ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian The Risks and Rewards of Indian Ocean Seaborne Trade ??LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Amusing Animal Stories by Syrian and Greek Authors ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Sufi Collective Ritual ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 9?
Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: Islam and the People of the Book
Document 9-1:? Muhammad,?Qur’an, ca. 650?
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Document 9-2:? Muhammad,?The Constitution of Medina, ca. 625?
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Document 9-3:? Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela,?From?Book of Travels, ca. 1159-1172?
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Document 9-4:?Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 987 and?Gate of Al Hakam II, 987?
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Document 9-5:? Ibn Khald?n,From?Prolegomenon to History, 1377?
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10. African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.

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The Land and Peoples of Africa

Early African Societies

Agriculture and Its Impact

Bantu Migrations

Life in the Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–800 C.E.

The Trans-Saharan Trade

The Berbers of North Africa

Effects of Trade on West African Society

The Spread of Islam in Africa

African Kingdoms and Empires, ca. 800–1500

The Kingdom of Ghana, ca. 900–1100

The Kingdom of Mali, ca. 1200–1450

Ethiopia: The Christian Kingdom of Aksum

The East African City-States

Southern Africa and Great Zimbabwe

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Mapping the Past African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800–1500 ?LaunchPad

Individuals in Society Amda Siyon ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Early Descriptions of Africa from Egypt ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Great Zimbabwe ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 10?
Introduction to the Documents

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Document 10-1:? Ezana, King of Aksum,?Stele of Ezana, ca. 325?
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Document 10-2:? Abu Ubaydallah Al-Bakri,?From?The Book of Routes and Realms, ca. 1067-1068?
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Document 10-3: Ab? H?mid Muhammad Al-Andalus? Al-Gharn?t?,From?Gift of the Spirit, ca. 1120-1170?
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Document 10-4: Leo Africanus,?From?The History and Description of Africa, 1526,?
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Document 10-5: A History of West Africa by West Africans,?From?Epic of Sundiata, ca. 1250?
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11. The Americas, 3200 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.

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Societies of the Americas in a Global Context

Trade and Technology

Settlement and Environment

Ancient Societies

Olmec Agriculture, Technology, and Religion

Hohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian Societies

Kinship and Ancestors in the Andes

The Incas

The Inca Model of Empire

Inca Imperial Expansion

Imperial Needs and Obligations

The Maya and Teotihuacan

Maya Agriculture and Trade

Maya Science and Religion

Teotihuacan and the Toltecs

The Aztec Empire

The Mexica: From Vassals to Masters

Life in the Aztec Empire

The Limits of the Aztec Empire

American Empires and the Encounter

The Last Day of the Aztecs

The Fall of the Incas

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Mapping the Past The Inca Empire, 1532 ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Maya Calendar ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Feathers, Snakes, and Humans ??LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Tlacaelel ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 11?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 11-1:??Moundville, ca.1000-1450 C.E.?
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Document 11-2:? Pedro de Cieza de León,?From?Chronicles:?On the Inca, ca. 1535?
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Document 11-3:? ?Diego Durán,?From?Book of the Gods and Rites, ca. 1576-1579?
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VIEWPOINTS: The Importance of the Ball Game in Maya Society
Document 11-4:? ?Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas,?On the Maya Ball Game Tlachtli, ca. 1598?
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Document 11-5:? ?Father Francisco Ximénez,?From the?Popol Vuh, ca. 1701-1703?
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12. Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300–1400

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Central Asian Nomads

Nomadic Society

The Turks

The Mongols

Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire

Chinggis Khan

Chinggis’s Successors

The Mongols as Rulers

East-West Communication During the Mongol Era

The Movement of Peoples

The Spread of Disease, Goods, and Ideas

India, Islam, and the Development of Regional Cultures, 300–1400

The Gupta Empire, ca. 320–480

India’s Medieval Age and the First Encounter with Islam

The Delhi Sultanate

Life in Medieval India

Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Growth of Maritime Trade

State Formation and Indian Influences

The Srivijayan Maritime Trade Empire

The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective

The Settlement of the Pacific Islands

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Analyzing the Evidence The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols ??LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past The Mongol Empire ?LaunchPad

Thinking Like a Historian The Mongol Army ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Explaining the Workings of Paper Money in China, Persia, and Europe ??LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Bhaskara the Teacher ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Bayan Relief at Angkor Thom ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 12?
Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: The Mongols and Their Conquests
Document 12-1:? ?Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, ca. 1272?
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Document 12-2:? ?Rashid-Al-Din,?Chinggis Khan Fighting the Tartars, ca. 1300?
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Document 12-3:? ?Marco Polo, From Travels, ca. 1298?
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Document 12-4: Vatsyayana,?From the?Kamasutra, ca. 150-1200?
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Document 12-5: Maulana Burh?n Ud-D?n Margh?n?n?,From?Guidance, ca. 1197?
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13. States and Cultures in East Asia, 800–1400

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The Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution, 800–1100

China During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368

The Song Dynasty

The Scholar-Officials and Neo-Confucianism

Women’s Lives in Song Times

China Under Mongol Rule

Korea Under the Kory? Dynasty, 935–1392

Japan’s Heian Period, 794–1185

Fujiwara Rule

Aristocratic Culture

The Samurai and the Kamakura Shogunate, 1185–1333

Military Rule

Cultural Trends

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Global Viewpoints Painters of Uncanny Skill in China and Rome ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past East Asia in 1000 and 1200 ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Ma Yuan’s Painting On a Moutain Path in Spring ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society Shen Gua ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian When and Why Did Foot Binding Begin? ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies,?Chapter 13?
Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: Elite Values in Feudal Japan
Document 13-1:? Murasaki Shikibu,?From?The Tale of Genji, ca. 1021?
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Document 13-2:? ?The Experience of War in Feudal Japan,?From?The Tale of the Heike, ca. 1250?
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Document 13-3:? ?Figure of a Lohan, Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368?
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Document 13-4:? ?Chau Ju-Kua,?On the Arab People of Quanzhou, ca. 1250?
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Document 13-5:??Widows Loyal Unto Death, ca. 1754?
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14. Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800–1450

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Political Developments

Invasions and Migrations

"Feudalism" and Manorialism

The Restoration of Order

Law and Justice

The Christian Church

Papal Reforms

Monastic Life

Popular Religion

The Expansion of Western and Eastern Christianity

The Crusades

Background and Motives

The Course of the Crusades

Consequences of the Crusades

The Life of the People

The Life and Work of Peasants

The Life and Work of Nobles

Towns, Cities, and the Growth of Commercial Interests

The Expansion of Trade and the Commercial Revolution

Learning and Culture

Universities and Scholasticism

Cathedrals and a New Architectural Style

Vernacular Literature and Drama

Crises of the Later Middle Ages

The Great Famine and the Black Death

The Hundred Years’ War

Challenges to the Christian Church

Peasant and Urban Revolts

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Mapping the Past Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusades ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Courtly Love Poetry ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Italian and English Views of the Plague ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence The Battle of Nicopolis ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 14?
Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: The Crusades
Document 14-1:? ?Fulcher of Chartres,?From?A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, ca. 1100-1127?
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Document 14-2:? ?Zakariya al-Qazwini,?From?Monuments of the Lands, 1275-1276?
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Document 14-3:? ?Jacques de Vitry,?The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover, ca. 1200?
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Document 14-4:? ?King John of England,?From?Magna Carta, 1215?
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Document 14-5:? ?Thomas Aquinas,?From?Summa Theologica, 1268?
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15. Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350–1600

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Renaissance Culture

Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy

The Rise of Humanism

Christian Humanism

Printing and Its Social Impact

Art and the Artist

Social Hierarchies

Race and Slavery

Wealth and the Nobility

Gender Roles

Politics and the State in the Renaissance

France

England

Spain

The Habsburgs

The Protestant Reformation

Criticism of the Church

Martin Luther

Protestant Thought and Its Appeal

The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War

Marriage and Women’s Roles

The Reformation and German Politics

England’s Shift Toward Protestantism

Calvinism and Its Moral Standards

The Catholic Reformation

Papal Reforms and the Council of Trent

New Religious Orders

Religious Violence

French Religious Wars

Civil Wars in the Netherlands

The Great European Witch-Hunt

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Individuals in Society Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Humanist Learning ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Titian, Laura de Dianti ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Chinese and European Views on Proper Behavior ?LaunchPad

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Mapping the Past Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555 ?LaunchPad

Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 15?
Introduction to the Documents

VIEWPOINTS: The Intellectual Foundations of the Renaissance
Document 15-1:? ?Petrarch,?Letters, ca. 1354, 1360?
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Document 15-2:? ?Pico Della Mirandola,?From?On the Dignity of Man, 1486?
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Document 15-3:? ?Artemisia Gentileschi,?Susanna and the Elders, 1610?
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Document 15-4:? Martin Luther,?From?Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520?
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Document 15-5:? ?John Calvin,?From?Instruction in Faith, 1537?
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16. The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450–1600

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The Afroeurasian Trade World

The Trade World of the Indian Ocean

Peoples and Cultures of the Indian Ocean

Trade with Africa and the Middle East

Genoese and Venetian Middlemen

The European Voyages of Discovery

Causes of European Expansion

Technology and the Rise of Exploration

The Portuguese in Africa and Asia

Spain’s Voyages to the Americas

Spain "Discovers" the Pacific

Early Exploration by Northern European Powers

Conquest and Settlement

Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires

Portuguese Brazil

Colonial Administration

Indigenous Population Loss and Economic Exploitation

Patterns of Settlement

The Era of Global Contact

The Columbian Exchange

Sugar and Early Transatlantic Slavery

Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects

The Birth of the Global Economy

Changing Attitudes and Beliefs

Religious Conversion

European Debates About Indigenous Peoples

New Ideas About Race

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Mapping the Past Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries ?LaunchPad

Analyzing the Evidence Columbus Describes His First Voyage ?LaunchPad

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Thinking Like a Historian Who Was Doña Marina? ?LaunchPad

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Individuals in Society ?Catarina de San Juan ?LaunchPad

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Global Viewpoints Aztec and Spanish Views on Christian Conversion in New Spain ?LaunchPad

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Analyzing the Evidence Mixed Races ?LaunchPad

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Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 16?
Introduction to the Documents

Document 16-1:?World Map, 1502?
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VIEWPOINTS: The Motives of Columbus and His Patrons
Document 16-2:? Christopher Columbus,?Letter from the Third Voyage, 1493?
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Document 16-3:? ?Theodore de Bry,?Columbus at Hispaniola, ca. 1590?
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions

Document 16-4:? Bernal Diaz del Castillo,?From?The True History of the Conquest of New Spain,?
1568?
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Document 16-5: The Spanish Conquest of Mexica,?From?The Florentine Codex, ca. 1577-1580?
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