Traditions & Encounters, Volume A: From the Beginning to 1000

by Bentley, Jerry; Ziegler, Herbert

• ISBN13: 9780077367961
• ISBN10: 0077367960
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-08
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Over a million students at thousands of schools have learned about world history with the best selling book for the course, Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past. Using the twin themes of traditions and encounters, the text emphasizes both the distinctive patterns of historical development within individual societies and the profound results of interactions between different societies. Exploring the historical record of cross-cultural interactions and exchanges, Traditions and Encounters places the world of contemporary globalization in historical context. The book helps students understand the worlds major societies and shows how the interactions of these societies affect history throughout the world. The authors tell a coherent and digestible story of the past that is not weighed down by excessive detail, so instructors are able to incorporate additional readings.

Table of Contents

The Early Complex Societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E.

Before History

Early Societies in Southwest Asia and the Indo-European Migrations

Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

Early Societies in South Asia

Early Society in East Asia

Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania

The Empires of Persia

The Unification of China

State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India

Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase

The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.

Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase

Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads

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