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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.
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
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
REVIEW AND EXPLORE
Chapter 1 Summative Quiz?LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Paleolithic Venus Figures ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Paleolithic Hand Markings ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Bison and Human in Lascaux Cave ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Stone Age Houses in Chile and China ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society The Iceman ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
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.?
Quiz for Document 1-1? LaunchPad
Document 1-2:? The Yuchi People Explain Their Origins, ca. 1929?
Quiz for Document 1-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 1-3:? A Greek Description of the Elemental Forces, Hesiod, From?Theogony, ca. 700 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 1-3 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 1-4:? Clues about Early Human History in a Neolithic Grave,?Double Burial from Mantua, Italy,?ca. 6000-5000 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 1-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 1-5:? Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Era,?Cave Painting of a Male and Female Deer, ca. 13,000 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 1-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 1 ?LaunchPad
2. Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800–500 B.C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Addressing the Gods ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
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
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Rulers and Divine Favorfor Babylonians and Hebrews ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
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.?
Quiz for Document 2-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 2-2:? Law and Order in Ancient Babylonia,?Hammurabi,?Hammurabi’s Code: Laws on Society and Family Life, ca. 1800 B.C.E.,??
Quiz for Document 2-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 2-3:? Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt,?Book of Exodus, ca. 950-450 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 2-3 ?LaunchPad
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.?
Quiz for Document 2-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 2-5:? Cyrus of Persia,?Righteous Rule, ca. 470 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 2-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 2 ?LaunchPad
3. The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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.
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Harappan Artifacts ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Divine Martial Prowess in India and Sumer ??LaunchPad ?
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha’s Enlightenment ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
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.?
Quiz for Document 3-1 ?LaunchPad
VIEWPOINTS: The Path to Enlightenment
Document 3-2:? The Buddha,?The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment, ca. 530-29 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 3-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 3-3:??From the Upanishads, On the Nature of the Soul, ca. 450 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 3-3 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 3-4:? Social Mores in Ancient India,?From?The Laws of Manu, ca. 100 B.C.E.-200 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 3-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 3-5:? Ashoka, From Thirteenth Rock Edict, 256 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 3-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 3 ?LaunchPad
4. China’s Classical Age, to 221 B.C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
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
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Lord Mengchang ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Ideas About the Divine Realm ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Teachings of Confucius ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Inscribed Bamboo Slips ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 4-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 4-2: Confucius on Kingship,?From?Book of Documents, ca. 900-100 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 4-2 ?LaunchPad
VIEWPOINTS: Philosophical Responses to Social and Political Disorder
Document 4-3:? Confucius,?From?Analects, ca. 500 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 4-3 ?LaunchPad
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.
Quiz for Document 4-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 4-5:? Han Fei,?The Five Vermin, ca. 250-25 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 4-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 4 ?LaunchPad
5. The Greek Experience, 3500–30 B.C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
REVIEW AND EXPLORE
Chapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Hesiod, Works and Days ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Acropolis of Athens ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Gender Roles in Classical Athens ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Alexander’s Conquests, 336–324 B.C.E. ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Hellenistic and Chinese Spells ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 5?
Introduction to the Documents
Document 5-1: Homer,?From?The Iliad, ca. 750 B.C.E.,?
Quiz for Document 5-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 5-2: Plato,?From?Apologia, ca. 399 B.C.E.,?
Quiz for Document 5-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 5-3: Plutarch,?From?Life of Cleomenes III, First Century C.E.?
Quiz for Document 5-3 ?LaunchPad
VIEWPOINTS: Depicting the Human Form
Document 5-4:? A Hellenic Depiction of Physical Perfection,?Zeus from Artemisium, ca. 460 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 5-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 5-5: A Hellenistic Depiction of Human Suffering,?The Dying Gaul, ca. 230-220 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 5-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 5 ?LaunchPad
6. The World of Rome, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–400 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Queen Cleopatra ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Ara Pacis ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Roman Expansion, 262 B.C.E.–180 C.E. ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Roman and Chinese Officials in Times of Disaster ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Army and Empire ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Edict of Toleration and the Edict of Milan ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 6?
Introduction to the Documents
Document 6-1:??The Twelve Tables, ca. 450 B.C.E.,?
Quiz for Document 6-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 6-2:? Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, ca. 44 C.E.,?
Quiz for Document 6-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 6-3:??Initiation into the Cult of Dionysus, ca. 60-50 B.C.E.?
Quiz for Document 6-3 ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 6-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 6-5:?Tertullian,?From?Apologia, ca. 197 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 6-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 6 ?LaunchPad
7. East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
REVIEW AND EXPLORE
Chapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Thinking Like A Historian Who Made the Chinese Silks Found Along the Silk Road? ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society The Ban Family ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
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
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence H?ry?ji Temple ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
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.?
Quiz for Document 7-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 7-2: Ban Zhao,?From?Lessons for Women ca. 80 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 7-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 7-3: Hachiman,?Shinto God of War, ca. 1100-1300 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 7-3 ?LaunchPad
VIEWPOINTS: Buddhism in China
Document 7-4:? Han Yu, From?Lives of the Eminent Monks, ca. 550 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 7-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 7-5:? Emperor Wuzong,?Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism, 845 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 7-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 7 ?LaunchPad
8. Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250–850
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Slavery in Roman and Germanic Society ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Orthodox Icon of Jesus ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Spread of Christianity, ca. 300–800 ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Capitulary de Villis ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 8-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 8-2:??The Law of the Salian Franks, ca. 500-600,?
Quiz for Document 8-2 ?LaunchPad Document 8-3:? Procopius,?From?The Secret History, ca. 550-562?
VIEWPOINTS: Justinian’s Deeds and His Critics
Document 8-3: Procopius, From the Secret History (ca. 550-562)
Quiz for Document 8-3 ?LaunchPad
Document 8-4:??Hagia Sophia, 537?
Quiz for Document 8-4 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 8-5:? Einhard,?From?The Life of Charlemagne, 829-836,?
Quiz for Document 8-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 8 ?LaunchPad
9. The Islamic World, 600–1400
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Expansion of Islam, 622–900 ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on the Etiquette of Marriage ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Risks and Rewards of Indian Ocean Seaborne Trade ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Amusing Animal Stories by Syrian and Greek Authors ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Sufi Collective Ritual ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 9-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 9-2:? Muhammad,?The Constitution of Medina, ca. 625?
Quiz for Document 9-2 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 9-3:? Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela,?From?Book of Travels, ca. 1159-1172?
Quiz for Document 9-3 ?LaunchPad
Document 9-4:?Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 987 and?Gate of Al Hakam II, 987?
Quiz for Document 9-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 9-5:? Ibn Khald?n,From?Prolegomenon to History, 1377?
Quiz for Document 9-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 9 ?LaunchPad
10. African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Chapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800–1500 ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Amda Siyon ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Early Descriptions of Africa from Egypt ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Great Zimbabwe ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 10?
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS:
Document 10-1:? Ezana, King of Aksum,?Stele of Ezana, ca. 325?
Quiz for Document 10-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 10-2:? Abu Ubaydallah Al-Bakri,?From?The Book of Routes and Realms, ca. 1067-1068?
Quiz for Document 10-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 10-3: Ab? H?mid Muhammad Al-Andalus? Al-Gharn?t?,From?Gift of the Spirit, ca. 1120-1170?
Quiz for Document 10-3 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 10-4: Leo Africanus,?From?The History and Description of Africa, 1526,?
Quiz for Document 10-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 10-5: A History of West Africa by West Africans,?From?Epic of Sundiata, ca. 1250?
Quiz for Document 10-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 10 ?LaunchPad
11. The Americas, 3200 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Inca Empire, 1532 ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Maya Calendar ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Feathers, Snakes, and Humans ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Tlacaelel ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 11?
Introduction to the Documents
Document 11-1:??Moundville, ca.1000-1450 C.E.?
Quiz for Document 11-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 11-2:? Pedro de Cieza de León,?From?Chronicles:?On the Inca, ca. 1535?
Quiz for Document 11-2 ?LaunchPad
Document 11-3:? ?Diego Durán,?From?Book of the Gods and Rites, ca. 1576-1579?
Quiz for Document 11-3 ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 11-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 11-5:? ?Father Francisco Ximénez,?From the?Popol Vuh, ca. 1701-1703?
Quiz for Document 11-5 ?LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 11 ?LaunchPad
12. Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300–1400
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Analyzing the Evidence The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Mongol Empire ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Mongol Army ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Explaining the Workings of Paper Money in China, Persia, and Europe ??LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Bhaskara the Teacher ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Bayan Relief at Angkor Thom ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 12-1 ?LaunchPad
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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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
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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Comparative Questions
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13. States and Cultures in East Asia, 800–1400
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Chapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
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
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian When and Why Did Foot Binding Begin? ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 13-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 13-2:? ?The Experience of War in Feudal Japan,?From?The Tale of the Heike, ca. 1250?
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
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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Comparative Questions
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14. Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800–1450
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Mapping the Past Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries ?LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Hildegard of Bingen ??LaunchPad ????
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusades ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Courtly Love Poetry ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Italian and English Views of the Plague ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Battle of Nicopolis ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 14-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 14-2:? ?Zakariya al-Qazwini,?From?Monuments of the Lands, 1275-1276?
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
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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Comparative Questions
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15. Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350–1600
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Humanist Learning ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian ?LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Titian, Laura de Dianti ?LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Chinese and European Views on Proper Behavior ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 15-1 ?LaunchPad
Document 15-2:? ?Pico Della Mirandola,?From?On the Dignity of Man, 1486?
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
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?
Quiz for Document 15-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 15 ?LaunchPad
16. The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450–1600
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY?LaunchPad
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
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve?LaunchPad
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Chapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
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
Quiz for Individuals in Society ?LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Aztec and Spanish Views on Christian Conversion in New Spain ?LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Mixed Races ?LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence ?LaunchPad
Documents from?Sources for World Societies, Chapter 16?
Introduction to the Documents
Document 16-1:?World Map, 1502?
Quiz for Document 16-1 ?LaunchPad
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?
Quiz for Document 16-4 ?LaunchPad
Document 16-5: The Spanish Conquest of Mexica,?From?The Florentine Codex, ca. 1577-1580?
Quiz for Document 16-5 ?LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 16 ?LaunchPad
Index
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