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Long praised by instructors and students for its accessible regional chapter structure, readability, and sustained attention to social history, the tenth edition of A History of World Societies includes even more built-in tools to engage today's students and save instructors time. This edition features thoroughly revised chapters by new author and Latin American specialist Jerry Dávila, an expanded primary source program in the text and online, and the best and latest scholarship throughout. The tenth edition presents LaunchPad, a new intuitive ebook and course space with LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and a wealth of activities and assessments that help students make progress toward learning outcomes. LaunchPad features primary source activities, map and visual activities, adaptive and summative quizzing, and a wealth of optional resources, including carefully developed Online Document Projects for each chapter with auto-graded exercises.
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Patricia B. Ebrey (Ph.D., Columbia University), Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle, specializes in China. She has published numerous journal articles and The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, as well as numerous monographs. In 2010 she won the Shimada Prize for outstanding work of East Asian Art History for Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong.
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 1 LaunchPadDocument 1-1: An Indian View of Creation from the Rig Veda , ca. 600 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 1-2: The Yuchi People Explain Their Origins, ca. 1929 LaunchPadDocument 1-3: A Greek Description of the Elemental Forces, Hesiod, From Theogony, ca. 700 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 1-4: Clues about Early Human History in a Neolithic Grave, Double Burial from Mantua, Italy, ca. 6000-5000 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 1-5: Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Era, Cave Painting of a Male and Female Deer, ca. 13,000 B.C.E. LaunchPadChapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
2 THE RISE OF THE STATE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND THE NILE VALLEY, 3200–500 B.C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadWriting, Cities, and StatesWritten Sources and the Human PastCities and the Idea of CivilizationThe Rise of States, Laws, and Social HierarchiesMesopotamia from Sumer to BabylonEnvironmental Challenges, Irrigation, and ReligionSumerian Politics and SocietyWriting, Mathematics, and PoetryEmpires in MesopotamiaLife Under HammurabiThe EgyptiansThe Nile and the God-KingEgyptian Society and WorkMigrations, Revivals, and CollapseThe Emergence of New StatesThe HebrewsThe Hebrew StateThe Jewish ReligionHebrew SocietyThe Assyrians and PersiansAssyria, the Military MonarchyThe Rise and Expansion of the Persian EmpireThe Religion of ZoroasterChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Listening to the Past Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 2.1 Addressing the Gods in Mesopotamia and Egypt Quiz for Viewpoints 2.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Egyptian Home Life Mapping the Past Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean Individuals in Society Hatshepsut and Nefertiti Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Global Trade Iron Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad Viewpoints 2.2 Rulers and Divine Favor: Cyrus the Great in the Cyrus Cylinder and Hebrew Scripture Quiz for Viewpoints 2.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 2 LaunchPadDocument 2-1: A Mesopotamian Quest for Immortality, From The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2700-2500 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 2-2: Law and Order in Ancient Babylonia, Hammurabi, Hammurabi’s Code: Laws on Society and Family Life, ca. 1800 B.C.E., LaunchPadDocument 2-3: Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt, Book of Exodus, ca. 950-450 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 2-4: Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, An Assyrian Emperor’s Resume, ca. 875 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 2-5: Cyrus of Persia, Righteous Rule, ca. 470 B.C.E. LaunchPadChapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
3 THE FOUNDATION OF INDIAN SOCIETY, TO 300 C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe 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 IndiaLife in Early IndiaBrahmanismIndia’s Great ReligionsJainismSiddhartha Gautama and BuddhismHinduismWestern Contact and the Mauryan Unification of North India, ca. 513–185 B.C.E.Encounters with the WestChandragupta and the Founding of the Mauryan EmpireThe Reign of Ashoka, ca. 269–232 B.C.E.Small States and Trading Networks, 185 B.C.E.–300 C.E.Chapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Viewpoints 3.1 Divine Martial Prowess from the Rig Veda and the Epic of Gilgamesh Quiz for Viewpoints 3.1 LaunchPad Listening to the Past Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Picturing the Past Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Mauryan Empire, ca. 250 B.C.E. Viewpoints 3.2 On Enemies, from the Code of Manu and the Arthashastra Quiz for Viewpoints 3.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 3 LaunchPadDocument 3-1: A Residential Street in Mohenjo-daro, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 3-2: The Buddha, The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment, ca. 530-29 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 3-3: From the Upanishads, On the Nature of the Soul, ca. 450 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 3-4: Social Mores in Ancient India, From The Laws of Manu, ca. 100 B.C.E.-200 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 3-5: Ashoka, From Thirteenth Rock Edict, 256 B.C.E. LaunchPadChapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
4 CHINA’S CLASSICAL AGE, TO 221 B.C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Emergence of Civilization in ChinaThe Impact of GeographyEarly Agricultural Societies of the Neolithic AgeThe Shang Dynasty, ca. 1500–1050 B.C.E.Shang SocietyBronze MetalworkingThe Development of WritingThe Early Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1050–400 B.C.E.Zhou PoliticsLife During the Zhou dynastyThe warring states period, 403–221 B.C.E.New Technologies for WarThe Victorious StatesConfucius and His FollowersConfuciusThe Spread of Confucian IdeasDaoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of ThoughtDaoismLegalismYin and YangChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Geography of Historical China Viewpoints 4.1 The Inglorious Side of War in the Book of Songs and the Patirruppattu Quiz for Viewpoints 4.1 LaunchPad Individuals in Society Lord Mengchang Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Listening to the Past The Teachings of Confucius Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 4.2 Mozi and Xunzi on Divine Response Quiz for Viewpoints 4.2 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Inscribed Bamboo Slips
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 4 LaunchPadDocument 4-1: Detail of Ritual Vase known as the Tigress, ca. 1200 B.C.E LaunchPadDocument 4-2: Confucius on Kingship, From Book of Documents ca. 900-100 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 4-3: Confucius, From Analects, ca. 500 B.C.E. – 50 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 4-4: Laozi, From Dao De Jing: Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 4-5: Han Fei, The Five Vermin, ca. 250-25 B.C.E. LaunchPadChapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
5 THE GREEK EXPERIENCE, 3500–30 B.C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadGreece in the Bronze Age, ca. 3000–800 B.C.E.The Minoans and MycenaeansThe “Dark Age”The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age, ca. 800–500 B.C.E.Organization of the PolisOverseas ExpansionThe Growth of SpartaThe Evolution of AthensTurmoil 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 PericlesFamilies and Sexual RelationsPublic and Personal ReligionThe Flowering of PhilosophyHellenistic Society, 323–30 B.C.E. From Polis to Monarchy, 404–200 B.C.E.Building a Hellenized SocietyThe Growth of Trade and CommerceHellenistic Religion, Philosophy, and ScienceReligion in the Hellenistic WorldPhilosophy and Its Guidance for LifeHellenistic Science and MedicineChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Viewpoints 5.1 Two Opinions About Athenian Democracy Quiz for Viewpoints 5.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past The Acropolis of Athens Viewpoints 5.2 Hellenistic and Chinese Spells Quiz for Viewpoints 5.2 LaunchPad Listening to the Past Aristotle on the Family and Slavery Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Mapping the Past: Alexander’s Conquests, 336–324 B.C.E. Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 5 LaunchPadDocument 5-1: Homer, From The Iliad, ca. 750 B.C.E., LaunchPadDocument 5-2: Plato, From Apologia, ca. 399 B.C.E., LaunchPadDocument 5-3: Plutarch, From Life of Cleomenes III, First Century C.E. LaunchPadDocument 5-4: A Hellenic Depiction of Physical Perfection, Zeus from Artemisium, ca. 460 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 5-5: A Hellenistic Depiction of Human Suffering, The Dying Gaul, ca. 230-220 B.C.E. LaunchPadChapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
6 THE WORLD OF ROME, CA. 1000 B.C.E.–400 C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Romans in ItalyThe EtruscansThe Founding of RomeThe Roman Conquest of ItalyThe Roman StateSocial Conflict in RomeRoman Expansion and Its RepercussionsOverseas Conquests and the Punic Wars, 264–133 B.C.E.New Influences and Old Values in Roman CultureThe Late Republic and the Rise of Augustus, 133–27 B.C.E.The Successes of AugustusRome and the ProvincesPolitical and Military Changes in the EmpireLife in Imperial RomeProsperity in the Roman ProvincesEastward Expansion and Contacts Between Rome and ChinaThe Coming of ChristianityFactors Behind the Rise of ChristianityThe Life and Teachings of JesusThe Spread of ChristianityThe Growing Acceptance and Evolution of ChristianityTurmoil and ReformPolitical MeasuresEconomic IssuesThe Acceptance of ChristianityChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Viewpoints 6.1 On Roman Wives Quiz for Viewpoints 6.1 LaunchPad Individuals in Society Queen Cleopatra Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Listening to the Past Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Picturing the Past Ara Pacis Mapping the Past Roman Expansion, 262 B.C.E.–180 C.E. Viewpoints 6.2 Roman and Chinese Officials in Times of Disaster Quiz for Viewpoints 6.2 LaunchPad Global Trade Pottery Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 6 LaunchPadDocument 6-1: The Twelve Tables, ca. 450 B.C.E., LaunchPadDocument 6-2: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, ca. 44 C.E., LaunchPadDocument 6-3: Initiation into the Cult of Dionysus, ca. 60-50 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 6-4: Pliny the Younger, Letters to and from the Emperor Trajan on Christians, 111-113 C.E LaunchPadDocument 6-5: Tertullian, From Apologia, ca. 197 C.E. LaunchPadChapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
7 EAST ASIA AND THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM, 221 B.C.E.–800 C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Age of Empire in China: The Qin and Han DynastiesThe Qin Unification, 221–206 B.C.E.The Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.Han Intellectual and Cultural LifeInner Asia and the Silk RoadLife in Han ChinaChina and RomeThe Fall of the Han and the Age of DivisionThe Spread of Buddhism Out of IndiaBuddhism’s Path Through Central AsiaThe Appeal and Impact of Buddhism in ChinaThe Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907)The Sui Dynasty, 581–618The Tang Dynasty, 618–907Tang CultureThe East Asian Cultural SphereVietnamKoreaJapanChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Individuals in Society The Ban Family Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Global Trade Silk Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Spread of Buddhism, ca. 500 B.C.E.–800 C.E. Listening to the Past Sixth-Century Biographies of Buddhist Nuns Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 7.1 Chinese and Japanese Principles of Good Government Quiz for Viewpoints 7.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Hōryūji Temple Viewpoints 7.2 Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium Quiz for Viewpoints 7.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 7 LaunchPadDocument 7-1: Sima Qian, From the Records of the Historian, ca. 109-86 B.C.E. LaunchPadDocument 7-2: Ban Zhao, From Lessons for Women ca. 80 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 7-3: Hachiman, Shinto God of War, ca. 1100-1300 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 7-4: Han Yu, From Lives of the Eminent Monks, ca. 550 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 7-5: Emperor Wuzong, Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism, 845 C.E. LaunchPadChapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
8 CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPE AND WESTERN ASIA, 250–850Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Byzantine EmpireSources of Byzantine StrengthThe Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with ByzantiumJustinian’s Code of LawByzantine Intellectual LifeLife in ConstantinopleThe Growth of the Christian ChurchThe Evolution of Church Leadership and OrthodoxyThe Western Church and the Eastern ChurchChristian MonasticismChristian Ideas and PracticesChristianity and Classical CultureSaint Augustine on Sin, Grace, and RedemptionThe Iconoclastic ControversyMigrating PeoplesSocial and Economic StructuresTribes, Warriors, and LawsMigrations and Political ChangeChristian Missionaries and ConversionMissionaries’ ActionsThe Process of ConversionFrankish Rulers and Their TerritoriesThe Merovingians and CarolingiansThe Warrior-Ruler CharlemagneChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Viewpoints 8.1 Freeing Slaves in Justinian’s Code and the Qur’an Quiz for Viewpoints 8.1 LaunchPad Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 8.2 Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians Quiz for Viewpoints 8.2 LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Spread of Christianity, ca. 300–800 Listening to the Past Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Picturing the Past Charlemagne and His Wife
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 8 LaunchPadDocument 8-1: Saint Benedict of Nursia, From The Rule of Saint Benedict, 529 LaunchPadDocument 8-2: The Law of the Salian Franks, ca. 500-600, LaunchPadDocument 8-3: Procopius, From The Secret History, ca. 550-562 LaunchPadDocument 8-4: Hagia Sophia, 537 LaunchPadDocument 8-5: Einhard, From The Life of Charlemagne, 829-836, LaunchPadChapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
9 THE ISLAMIC WORLD, 600–1400Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Origins of IslamArabian Social and Economic StructureMuhammad’s Rise as a Religious LeaderThe Tenets of IslamIslamic States and Their ExpansionIslam’s Spread Beyond ArabiaReasons for the Spread of IslamThe Caliphate and the Split Between Shi’a and Sunni AlliancesThe Abbasid CaliphateAdministration of the Islamic TerritoriesFragmentation and Military Challenges, 900–1400Breakaway Territories and Shi’a GainsThe Ascendancy of the TurksThe Mongol InvasionsMuslim Society: The Life of the PeopleThe Social HierarchySlaveryWomen in Classical Islamic SocietyMarriage, the Family, and SexualityTrade and CommerceCultural DevelopmentsThe Cultural Centers of Baghdad and CórdobaEducation and Intellectual LifeThe Mystical Tradition of SufismMuslim-Christian EncountersChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Expansion of Islam, 622–900 Viewpoints 9.1 Jews in Muslim Lands Quiz for Viewpoints 9.1 LaunchPad Listening to the Past Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on the Etiquette of Marriage Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 9.2 Amusing Animal Stories by Bar-Hebraeus and Aesop Quiz for Viewpoints 9.2 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Sufi Collective Ritual
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 9 LaunchPadDocument 9-1: Muhammad, Qur’an, ca. 650 LaunchPadDocument 9-2: Muhammad, The Constitution of Medina, ca. 625 LaunchPadDocument 9-3: Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela, From Book of Travels, ca. 1159-1172 LaunchPadDocument 9-4: Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 987 and Gate of Al Hakam II, 987 LaunchPadDocument 9-5: Ibn Khaldūn, From Prolegomenon to History, 1377 LaunchPadChapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
10 AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND KINGDOMS, 1000 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Land and Peoples of AfricaEarly African SocietiesAgriculture and Its ImpactBantu MigrationsLife in the Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–800 C.E.The Trans-Saharan TradeThe Berbers of North AfricaEffects of Trade on West African SocietyThe Spread of Islam in AfricaAfrican Kingdoms and Empires, ca. 800–1500The Kingdom of Ghana, ca. 900–1100The Kingdom of Mali, ca. 1200–1450Ethiopia: The Christian Kingdom of AksumThe East African City-StatesSouthern Africa and Great ZimbabweChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800–1500 Picturing the Past The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon Individuals in Society Amda Siyon Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 10.1 Early Descriptions of Africa Quiz for Viewpoints 10.1 LaunchPad Listening to the Past A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 10.2 Visiting Africa Quiz for Viewpoints 10.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 10 LaunchPadDocument 10-1: Ezana, King of Aksum, Stele of Ezana, ca. 325 LaunchPadDocument 10-2: Abu Ubaydallah Al-Bakri, From The Book of Routes and Realms, ca. 1067-1068 LaunchPadDocument 10-3: Abū Hāmid Muhammad Al-Andalusī Al-Gharnātī, From Gift of the Spirit, ca. 1120-1170 LaunchPadDocument 10-4: Leo Africanus, From The History and Description of Africa, 1526, LaunchPadDocument 10-5: A History of West Africa by West Africans, From Epic of Sundiata, ca. 1250 LaunchPadChapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
11 THE AMERICAS, 2500 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadSocieties of the Americas in a Global ContextTrade and TechnologySettlement and EnvironmentAncient SocietiesOlmec Agriculture, Technology, and ReligionHohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian SocietiesKinship and Ancestors in the AndesThe IncasThe Inca Model of Empire Inca Imperial ExpansionImperial Needs and ObligationsThe Maya and TeotihuacanMaya Agriculture and TradeMaya Science and ReligionTeotihuacan and the ToltecsThe AztecsThe Mexica: From Vassals to MastersLife in the Aztec EmpireThe Limits of the Aztec EmpireAmerican Empires and the EncounterThe Fall of the AztecsThe Fall of the IncasChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Inca Empire, 1532 Listening to the Past Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 11.1 Creation in the Popul Vuh and in Okanogan Tradition Quiz for Viewpoints 11.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Maya Calendar Individuals in Society Tlacaelel Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 11.2 Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute Quiz for Viewpoints 11.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 11 LaunchPadDocument 11-1: Moundville, ca.1000-1450 C.E. LaunchPadDocument 11-2: Pedro de Cieza de León, From Chronicles: On the Inca, ca. 1535 LaunchPadDocument 11-3: Diego Durán, From Book of the Gods and Rites, ca. 1576-1579 LaunchPadDocument 11-4: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, On the Maya Ball Game Tlachtli, ca. 1598 LaunchPadDocument 11-5: Father Francisco Ximénez, From the Popol Vuh, ca. 1701-1703 LaunchPadChapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
12 CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA, 300–1400Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadCentral Asian NomadsNomadic SocietyThe TurksThe MongolsChinggis Khan and the Mongol EmpireChinggis KhanChinggis’s SuccessorsThe Mongols as RulersEast-West Communication During the Mongol EraThe Movement of PeoplesThe Spread of Disease, Goods, and IdeasIndia, Islam, and the Development of Regional Cultures, 300–1400The Gupta Empire, ca. 320–480India’s Medieval Age and the First Encounter with IslamThe Delhi SultanateLife in Medieval IndiaSoutheast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Growth of Maritime TradeState Formation and Indian InfluencesThe Srivijayan Maritime Trade EmpireThe Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative PerspectiveThe Settlement of the Pacific IslandsChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Listening to the Past The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Mapping the Past The Mongol Empire Viewpoints 12.1 Chinese and European Accounts About the Mongol Army Quiz for Viewpoints 12.1 LaunchPad Viewpoints 12.2 Circulating Paper Money Quiz for Viewpoints 12.2 LaunchPad Individuals in Society Bhaskara the Teacher Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Global Trade Spices Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad Picturing the Past Bayan Relief, Angkor
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 12 LaunchPadDocument 12-1: Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, ca. 1272 LaunchPadDocument 12-2: Rashid-Al-Din, Chinggis Khan Fighting the Tartars, ca. 1300 LaunchPadDocument 12-3: Marco Polo, From Travels, ca. 1298 LaunchPadDocument 12-4: Vatsyayana, From the Kamasutra, ca. 150-1200 LaunchPadDocument 12-5: Maulana Burhān Ud-Dīn Marghīnānī, From Guidance, ca. 1197 LaunchPadChapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
13 STATES AND CULTURES IN EAST ASIA, 800–1400Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution, 800–1100China During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368The Song DynastyThe Scholar-Officials and Neo-ConfucianismWomen’s Lives in Song TimesChina Under Mongol RuleKorea Under the Koryŏ Dynasty, 935–1392Japan’s Heian Period, 794–1185Fujiwara RuleAristocratic CultureThe Samurai and the Kamakura Shogunate, 1185–1333Military RuleCultural TrendsChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Global Trade Tea Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad Mapping the Past East Asia in 1000 and 1200 Picturing the Past On a Mountain Path in Spring Viewpoints 13.1 Painters of Uncanny Skill in China and Rome Quiz for Viewpoints 13.1 LaunchPad Individuals in Society Shen Gua Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 13.2 Zhu Xi and Yuan Cai on Family Management Quiz for Viewpoints 13.2 LaunchPad Listening to the Past The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 13 LaunchPadDocument 13-1: Murasaki Shikibu, From The Tale of Genji, ca. 1021 LaunchPadDocument 13-2: The Experience of War in Feudal Japan, From The Tale of the Heike, ca. 1250 LaunchPadDocument 13-3: Figure of a Lohan, Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368 LaunchPadDocument 13-4: Chau Ju-Kua, On the Arab People of Quanzhou, ca. 1250 LaunchPadDocument 13-5: Widows Loyal Unto Death, ca. 1754 LaunchPadChapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad14 EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, 800–1450Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadPolitical DevelopmentsInvasions and Migrations“Feudalism” and ManorialismThe Restoration of OrderLaw and JusticeThe Christian ChurchPapal ReformsMonastic LifePopular ReligionThe Expansion of ChristianityThe CrusadesBackground and MotivesThe Course of the CrusadesConsequences of the CrusadesThe Life of the PeopleThe Life and Work of PeasantsThe Life and Work of NoblesTowns, Cities, and the Growth of Commercial InterestsThe Expansion of Trade and the Commercial RevolutionLearning and CultureUniversities and ScholasticismCathedrals and a New Architectural StyleVernacular Literature and Drama Crises of the Later Middle AgesThe Great Famine and the Black DeathThe Hundred Years’ WarChallenges to the ChurchPeasant and Urban RevoltsChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Individuals in Society Hildegard of Bingen Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 14.1 Christian and Muslim Views of the Fall of Antioch Quiz for Viewpoints 14.1 LaunchPad Listening to the Past Courtly Love Poetry Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 14.2 Italian and English Views of the Plague Quiz for Viewpoints 14.2 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Siege of the Castle of Mortagne near Bordeaux Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 14 LaunchPadDocument 14-1: Fulcher of Chartres, From A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, ca. 1100-1127 LaunchPadDocument 14-2: Zakariya al-Qazwini, From Monuments of the Lands, 1275-1276 LaunchPadDocument 14-3: Jacques de Vitry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover, ca. 1200 LaunchPadDocument 14-4: King John of England, From Magna Carta, 1215 LaunchPadDocument 14-5: Thomas Aquinas, From Summa Theologica, 1268 LaunchPadChapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad15 EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION, 1350–1600Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadRenaissance CultureWealth and Power in Renaissance ItalyThe Rise of HumanismChristian HumanismPrinting and Its Social ImpactArt and the ArtistSocial HierarchiesRace and SlaveryWealth and the NobilityGender RolesPolitics and the State in the Renaissance, ca. 1450–1521FranceEnglandSpainThe HabsburgsThe Protestant ReformationCriticism of the ChurchMartin LutherProtestant Thought and Its AppealThe Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ WarMarriage and Women’s RolesThe Reformation and German PoliticsEngland’s Shift Toward ProtestantismCalvinism and Its Moral StandardsThe Catholic ReformationPapal Reforms and the Council of TrentNew Religious OrdersReligious ViolenceFrench Religious WarsCivil Wars in the NetherlandsThe Great European Witch-HuntChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Individuals in Society Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad Viewpoints 15.1 Lauro Quirini and Cassandra Fedele: Women and Humanist Learning Quiz for Viewpoints 15.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Laura de Dianti, 1523 Listening to the Past Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Viewpoints 15.2 Wang Yangming and John Calvin Encourage Proper Behavior Quiz for Viewpoints 15.2 LaunchPad Mapping the Past Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 15 LaunchPadDocument 15-1: Petrarch, Letters, ca. 1354, 1360 LaunchPadDocument 15-2: Pico Della Mirandola, From On the Dignity of Man, 1486 LaunchPadDocument 15-3: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, 1610 LaunchPadDocument 15-4: Martin Luther, From Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520 LaunchPadDocument 15-5: John Calvin, From Instruction in Faith, 1537 LaunchPadChapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
16 THE ACCELERATION OF GLOBAL CONTACT, 1450–1600Guided Reading Activity LaunchPadThe Afroeurasian Trade World The Trade World of the Indian OceanPeoples and Cultures of the Indian OceanTrade with Africa and the Middle EastGenoese and Venetian MiddlemenThe European Voyages of DiscoveryCauses of European ExpansionTechnology and the Rise of ExplorationThe Portuguese in Africa and AsiaSpain’s Voyages to the AmericasSpain “Discovers” the PacificEarly Exploration by Northern European PowersConquest and Settlement Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca EmpiresPortuguese BrazilColonial AdministrationIndigenous Population Loss and Economic Exploitation Patterns of SettlementThe Era of Global ContactThe Columbian ExchangeSugar and Early Transatlantic SlaveryThe Birth of the Global EconomyChanging Attitudes and BeliefsReligious Conversion European Debates About Indigenous PeoplesNew Ideas About RaceChapter SummaryConnectionsReview and Explore[[√]] LearningCurve LaunchPad Mapping the Past Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Listening to the Past Columbus Describes His First VoyageQuiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad Individuals in Society Doña Marina/MalintzinIndividuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPadViewpoints 16.1 Christian Conversion in New Spain Quiz for Viewpoints 16.1 LaunchPad Picturing the Past Mixed Races Global Trade SilverQuiz for Global Trade LaunchPadViewpoints 16.2 Two Views of “Natural Man” Quiz for Viewpoints 16.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 16 LaunchPadDocument 16-1: World Map, 1502 LaunchPadDocument 16-2: Christopher Columbus, Letter from the Third Voyage, 1493 LaunchPadDocument 16-3: Theodore de Bry, Columbus at Hispaniola, ca. 1590 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: Bernal Diaz del Castillo, From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, 1568 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: The Spanish Conquest of Mexica, From The Florentine Codex, ca. 1577-1580 LaunchPadChapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
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