Human Drama

by Johnson, Jean; Johnson, Donald James

• ISBN13: 9781558762206
• ISBN10: 1558762205
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Setting the Stage	1	(6)
ACT ONE Complex Societies Develop in the Americas	7	(34)
SETTING THE STAGE	7	(5)
SCENE ONE The Olmecs: The Foundation of Mesoamerican Civilization	12	(6)
SCENE TWO Cosmopolitan Teotihuacan	18	(9)
SCENE THREE Achievements of the Maya	27	(10)
CRITICS' CORNER	37	(4)
ACT TWO The Development and Spread of Universal Religions (200 B.C.E. to 800 C.E.)	41	(60)
SETTING THE STAGE	41	(7)
SCENE ONE The World of Mahayana Buddhism	48	(16)
SCENE TWO Christianity Becomes Christendom	64	(16)
SCENE THREE Muhammad and the Spread of Islam	80	(18)
CRITICS' CORNER	98	(3)
ACT THREE The Flowering of Empires (300 to1200)	101	(62)
SETTING THE STAGE	101	(4)
SCENE ONE The Glory of the Guptas	105	(15)
SCENE TWO The Splendor of the Byzantine Empire	120	(12)
SCENE THREE The Golden Age of the Tang and Song	132	(27)
CRITICS' CORNER	159	(4)
ACT FOUR New States Emerge in Afro-Eurasia (500 to 1450)	163	(108)
SETTING THE STAGE	163	(7)
SCENE ONE Extension of Indian, Byzantine, and Chinese Influences	170	(25)
SCENE TWO City-States and Empires in Africa	195	(23)
SCENE THREE From the Abbasid Caliphate to Dar al-Islam	218	(15)
SCENE FOUR Europe Under Christendom	233	(33)
CRITICS' CORNER	266	(5)
ACT FIVE Hemispheric Interaction (1100 to 1450)	271	(54)
SETTING THE STAGE	271	(5)
SCENE ONE The Mongols	276	(16)
SCENE TWO Travelers, Germs, and Ideas on the Move	292	(15)
SCENE THREE Seas of Change in the Indian Ocean	307	(15)
CRITICS' CORNER	322	(3)
Sources of Illustrations	325	(4)
Sources of Quotes	329	(6)
Index	335