Random House Compact Atlas of World History

by Parker, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780375705052
• ISBN10: 0375705058
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Random House Reference

Summary

Using dynamic full-color maps accompanied by lucid, expertly written text, theRandom House Compact Atlas of World History is a vital work of reference and a fascinating companion for all those who seek to understand the past. The brilliant maps and charts illustrate how world history unfolded through economic and political change, wars, exploration, and the spread of religions. From the emergence of humans two million years ago to the world today at the threshold of a new millennium, this fully up-to-date edition covers all the major developments in the human story across every continent: Part One: The Ancient World (Human Origins through the Collapse of Ancient Rome and China) Part Two: The World Fragmented (the Spread of New Religions and Empires through to the end of the Fifteenth Century) Part Three: The Rise of the West (Sixteenth Century to the Eve of the First World War) Part Four: The Modern World (The Twentieth Century --History in Our Times)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	9	(1)
PART ONE The Ancient World	10	(30)
HUMAN ORIGINS	10	(2)
1 Traces of human origins
THE ICE AGE	12	(2)
1 Hunters colonize the world
2 The colonization of the Americas
THE ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE	14	(2)
1 Centres of animal and plant domestication
2 The decline of hunting and gathering
THE FIRST FARMERS OF ASIA	16	(2)
1 The agricultural revolution in the Near East
2 Early Chinese agriculture
3 Early farming in South Asia
THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION	18	(2)
1 The rise of civilization
THE NEAR EAST 3000-605 BC	20	(2)
1 Early empires of Mesopotamia
2 Old Kingdom Egypt c.3000-2000 BC
3 The growth of the Assyrian empire
THE AMERICAS TO AD 800	22	(2)
1 American peoples and cultures, c.AD 500
2 The Classic period in Mesoamerica AD 300-800
PREHISTORIC AFRICA AND AUSTRALASIA	24	(2)
1 Africa: the Stone Age to the Iron Age
2 Early settlement in the South Seas
SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA TO AD 500	26	(2)
1 India's first empires, 297 BC-AD 150
2 Prehistoric sites in South-East Asia
3 Gupta India
EARLY EUROPE 6000-1000 BC	28	(2)
1 The spread of agricultural settlement
2 The Aegean 2500-1200 BC
THE GREEK WORLD 750-300 BC	30	(2)
1 Greek colonization, 750-550 BC
2 The Peloponnesian War
3 The campaigns of Alexander
WORLD RELIGIONS	32	(2)
1 The diffusion of world religions
ROME 264 BC TO AD 565	34	(2)
1 The Roman Empire, AD 14-284
2 The later Empire, AD 284-565
CHINA: THE FIRST EMPIRES	36	(2)
1 The expansion of the Han Empire
2 Han China in AD 2
THE COLLAPSE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD	38	(2)
1 The collapse of the ancient world
PART TWO The World Fragmented	40	(32)
THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY TO AD 1500	40	(2)
1 Christianity in Europe
2 The spread of Christianity
CHINA 581-1279	42	(2)
1 T'ang China
2 Sung China
THE BYZANTINE WORLD 610-1453	44	(2)
1 The Byzantine Empire, 628-1143
2 The Crusades and the decline of Byzantium
THE ISLAMIC WORLD 632-1517	46	(2)
1 The expansion of Islam
2 The Middle East and North Africa, 786-1260
FRANKS AND ANGLO-SAXONS 714-814	48	(2)
1 The Frankish Empire, 714-814
2 Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 800
EUROPE 814-1250	50	(2)
1 Viking, Magyar and Saracen invasions
2 The Hohenstaufen Empire 1152-1250
EARLY RUSSIA 862-1242	52	(2)
1 Varangian Russia, 862-1054
2 Kievan Russia, 1054-1242
AFRICAN STATES AND EMPIRES 900-1800	54	(2)
1 Africa, 900-1500
2 Africa, 1500-1800
THE MONGOL EMPIRE 1206-1696	56	(2)
1 The Mongol Empire
2 The conquests of Timur, 1370-1405
THE MUSLIM EMPIRES OF INDIA AND PERSIA 1206-1707	58	(2)
1 The Safavid and Mughal Empires
SOUTH-EAST ASIA TO 1511	60	(2)
1 South-East Asia, AD 500-1500
2 Cultural divisions of South-East Asia in 1500
EUROPE 1250-1500	62	(2)
1 Europe at the time of the Black Death
2 Eastern Europe 1278-1389
CHINA AND JAPAN 1279-1644	64	(2)
1 The Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
2 Civil War in Japan 1467-1590
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1300-1699	66	(2)
1 The rise of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1520
2 The Ottoman Empire 1520-1639
PRECOLUMBIAN AMERICA	68	(2)
1 Archaeological sites in North America, from AD 1000
2 The Aztec Empire in Mexico
3 The Inca Empire in Peru
THE WORLD c. 1492	70	(2)
1 Dominant economies and major civilizations 1492
2a Distribution of races, 1492
2b Diffusion of races after 1492
PART THREE The Rise of the West	72	(50)
THE GREAT DISCOVERIES 1480-1616	72	(2)
1 Voyages of discovery, 1480-1630
EUROPEAN OVERSEAS EXPANSION 1492-1713	74	(2)
1 Spanish and Portuguese trade and settlement by c. 1600
2 Commercial expansion to the East, 1600-1700
THE EXPANSION OF FRANCE 1440-1789	76	(2)
1 The reunification of France 1440-1589
2 France under Louis XIV
3 The War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713
THE EXPANSION OF RUSSIA 1462-1815	78	(2)
1 Muscovy and the Russian Empire, 1462-1815
2 Russian expansion in Siberia, 1581-1800
COLONIAL AMERICA 1519-1783	80	(2)
1 The development of colonial America
2 European settlement in North America
SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND JAPAN 1511-1830	82	(2)
1 Japan in isolation
2 Trade and politics
THE REFORMATION 1517-1660	84	(2)
1 Religious divisions in 1560
THE HABSBURG ASCENDANCY IN EUROPE 1519-1659	86	(2)
1 The Habsburg Empire in Europe
2 Dutch Revolt, 1572-1648
3 The Thirty Years' War in Germany 1618-48
CHINA UNDER THE CH'ING DYNASTY 1644-1911	88	(2)
1 Imperial expansion, 1644-1760
2 The dismemberment of the Chinese Empire, 1842-1911
INDIA 1707-1947	90	(2)
1 The growth of British power in India to 1805
2 India, 1805-57
3 The Indian Empire in 1931
THE AGE OF REVOLUTION 1755-1815	92	(2)
1 Revolts and revolutions in Europe and America
2 The Empire of Napoleon
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN EUROPE C. 1750-1914	94	(2)
1 The beginning of the Industrial Revolution: Great Britain c. 1750-1820
2 The Industrial Revolution in Europe, 1850-1914
13 THE EMERGING GLOBAL ECONOMY C. 1775	96	(2)
1 The Atlantic economy
2 Trade in Africa and Asia
THE UNITED STATES 1775-1865	98	(2)
1 The American War of Independence, 1775-1783
2 Territorial Expansion, 1803-1853
3 Union and Confederate states, 1861-1865
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND FROM 1788	100	(2)
1 The settlement and development of Australia
2 The settlement and development of New Zealand
THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1798-1923	102	(2)
1 The decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
AFRICA IN THE 19TH CENTURY	104	(2)
1 European penetration after 1880
2 Africa after partition, 1914
LATIN AMERICA, 1808-1929	106	(2)
1 Political development in Latin America
THE EXPANSION OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE 1815-1917	108	(2)
1 Russia in Asia, 1815-1900
2 The first Russian revolution, 1905
NATIONALISM IN EUROPE 1815-1914	110	(2)
1 The unification of Italy, 1859-70
2 The unification of Germany, 1815-71
IMPERIALISM 1830-1914	112	(2)
1 Colonial expansion, 1815-70
2 The colonial empires in 1914
NORTH AMERICA 1865-1929	114	(2)
1 Urban and industrial growth, 1860-1929
2 The development of Canada, 1867-1929
3 Population density in 1900
JAPAN 1868-1941	116	(2)
1 Industrialization and economic growth, c. 1880-1922
2 Japanese expansion, 1931-41
THE EUROPEAN POWERS 1878-1914	118	(2)
1 The Balkans, 1878-1913
2 European alliances
THE WORLD ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT WAR	120	(2)
1 The development of the world economy
2 Foreign investment in 1914
3 The share of world trade
PART FOUR The Modern World	122	(40)
THE CHINESE REPUBLIC 1911-1949	122	(2)
1 China under the Kuomintang, 1928-37
2 The Chinese Communist movement to 1945
THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918	124	(2)
1 The Great War in Europe, 1914-18
2 The Western Front, 1914-18
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917-1945	126	(2)
1 Russia in war and revolution
2 Collectivization and population movements, 1923-39
EUROPEAN POLITICAL PROBLEMS 1919-39	128	(2)
1 National conflicts and frontier disputes, 1919-34
2 German and Italian expansion, 1935-39
THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929-39	130	(2)
1 The World economy, 1929-39
2 The Depression in the United States
THE SECOND WORLD WAR: THE WEST 1939-45	132	(2)
1 The German advance, 1939-43
2 The defeat of Germany, 1943-45
THE SECOND WORLD WAR: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1941-45	134	(2)
1 The Japanese advance 1941-1942
2 The Allied counter-offensive against Japan 1941-45
THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945	136	(2)
1 Growth of metropolitan areas 1940-75
2 Civil rights and urban unrest, 1960-68
EUROPE 1945-73	138	(2)
1 Post-war population movements
2 Post-war Germany 1945-90
3 Military and economic blocs, 1947-73
THE SOVIET UNION 1945 TO 1991	140	(2)
1 The nationalities of the Soviet Union, 1989
2 Soviet armed forces deployment: military districts and bases
EAST ASIA SINCE 1945	142	(2)
1 The Korean War
2 The Chinese economy, 1979-92
3 Japanese industrial production and exports, 1945-90
RETREAT FROM EMPIRE AFTER 1947	144	(2)
1 The post-colonial world, 1947-90
THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 1917	146	(2)
1 The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88
2 Israel and Palestine, 1947-94
3 The Gulf War, 1990-91
LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1930	148	(2)
1 Social and political movements, 1930-94
2 Economic development
AFRICA SINCE 1945	150	(2)
1 Africa: post-independence wars and revolutions
SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA SINCE 1945	152	(2)
1 Post-independence wars and revolutions
2 Vietnam, 1966-68
3 Japan, Australia and Asia to 1989
THE COLD WAR 1947-89	154	(2)
1 The Soviet and American blocs, 1949-59
2 The Cuban crisis, 1962
3 The nuclear balance, 1955-80
EUROPE SINCE 1973	156	(2)
1 The expansion of the European Union, 1981-96
2 Changes in economic structure, 1960-93
3 European GDP growth, 1950-92
THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE SINCE 1989	158	(2)
1 The collapse of communism, 1985-91
2 The Yugoslav Civil War, 1991-95
THE WORLD IN THE 1990s	160	(2)
1 World population 1995
2 Infant mortality and life expectancy
3 The world in the 1990s
4 Ozone depletion
INDEX	162