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Ways of the World is a world history textbook with a built-in reader that offers a truly global approach that explores broad patterns and nurtures students’ skill development.
The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-12. Volume 2 includes Chapters 12-23.
NOTE: Achieve for Ways of the World 5e includes additional activities and assessments for the book content. Along with the interactive e-books for the comprehensive edition with special features and primary and secondary sources and the companion source reader, Achieve provides quizzes for the source features in the book and the documents in the companion reader, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, study and writing skills tutorials, and a variety of autograded exercises that help students develop their historical thinking skills. Many of these resources are set up for quick use in the pre-built courses in Achieve, which can be customized easily, and Achieve also allows instructors to create quiz questions and upload their own documents. The table of contents here reflects only what appears in the Value Edition.
PrefaceVersions and SupplementsWorking with Primary SourcesPrologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART 1 First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e. THE BIG PICTURE Turning Points in Early World HistoryThe Emergence of HumankindThe Globalization of HumankindThe Revolution of Farming and HerdingThe Turning Point of CivilizationTime and World History
1. FIRST PEOPLES; FIRST FARMERS: MOST OF HISTORY IN A SINGLE CHAPTER, to 3500 B.C.E.Out of Africa: First MigrationsInto EurasiaInto AustraliaInto the AmericasInto the PacificPaleolithic LifewaysThe First Human SocietiesEconomy and the EnvironmentThe Realm of the SpiritSettling Down: The Great TransitionBreakthroughs to AgricultureCommon PatternsVariationsThe Globalization of AgricultureTriumph and ResistanceThe Culture of AgricultureSocial Variation in the Age of AgriculturePastoral SocietiesAgricultural Village SocietiesChiefdomsConclusions and Reflections: History before CivilizationRevisiting Chapter 1Revisiting Specifics Revisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
2. FIRST CIVILIZATIONS: CITIES, STATES, AND UNEQUAL SOCIETIES, 3500 B.C.E.–600 B.C.E.Something New: The Emergence of CivilizationsIntroducing the First CivilizationsThe Question of OriginsAn Urban RevolutionThe Erosion of EqualityHierarchies of ClassHierarchies of GenderPatriarchy in PracticeThe Rise of the StateCoercion and ConsentWriting and AccountingThe Grandeur of KingsComparing Mesopotamia and EgyptEnvironment and CultureCities and StatesInteraction and ExchangeConclusions and Reflections: Pondering “Civilization”Revisiting Chapter 2Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
PART 2 Continuity and Change in the Second-Wave Era, 600 b.c.e.–600 c.e.THE BIG PICTURE The Globalization of Civilization
3. STATE AND EMPIRE IN EURASIA / NORTH AFRICA, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.Empires and Civilizations in Collision: The Persians and the GreeksThe Persian EmpireThe GreeksCollision: The Greco-Persian WarsCollision: Alexander and the Hellenistic EraComparing Empires: Roman and ChineseRome: From City-State to EmpireChina: From Warring States to EmpireConsolidating the Roman and Chinese EmpiresThe Collapse of EmpiresIntermittent Empire: The Case of IndiaConclusions and Reflections: Enduring Legacies of Second-Wave EmpiresRevisiting Chapter 3Revisiting Specifics Revisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
4. CULTURE AND RELIGION IN EURASIA / NORTH AFRICA, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.China and the Search for OrderThe Legalist AnswerThe Confucian AnswerThe Daoist AnswerCultural Traditions of Classical IndiaSouth Asian Religion: From Ritual Sacrifice to Philosophical SpeculationThe Buddhist ChallengeHinduism as a Religion of Duty and DevotionToward Monotheism: The Search for God in the Middle EastZoroastrianismJudaismThe Cultural Tradition of Classical Greece: The Search for a Rational OrderThe Greek Way of KnowingThe Greek LegacyThe Birth of Christianity . . . with Buddhist ComparisonsThe Lives of the FoundersThe Spread of New ReligionsInstitutions, Controversies, and DivisionsConclusions and Reflections: Religion and HistoriansRevisiting Chapter 4Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
5. SOCIETY AND INEQUALITY IN EURASIA / NORTH AFRICA, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E.Society and the State in ChinaAn Elite of OfficialsThe Landlord ClassPeasantsMerchantsClass and Caste in IndiaCaste as VarnaCaste as JatiThe Functions of CasteSlavery: The Case of the Roman EmpireSlavery and CivilizationThe Making of Roman SlaveryComparing PatriarchiesA Changing Patriarchy: The Case of ChinaContrasting Patriarchies: Athens and SpartaConclusions and Reflections: Pondering InequalityRevisiting Chapter 5Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
6. COMMONALITIES AND VARIATIONS: AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, AND PACIFIC OCEANIA, 600 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.Continental ComparisonsCivilizations of AfricaMeroë: Continuing a Nile Valley CivilizationAxum: The Making of a Christian KingdomAlong the Niger River: Cities without StatesCivilizations of MesoamericaThe Maya: Writing and WarfareTeotihuacán: The Americas’ Greatest CityCivilizations of the AndesChavín: A Pan-Andean Religious MovementMoche: A Civilization of the CoastWari and Tiwanaku: Empires of the InteriorAlternatives to CivilizationBantu Africa: Cultural Encounters and Social VariationNorth America: Ancestral Pueblo and Mound BuildersPacific Oceania: Peoples of the SeaConclusions and Reflections: One History...or Many? Revisiting Chapter 6Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
PART 3 Civilizations and Encounters during the Third-Wave Era, 600–1450THE BIG PICTURE Patterns and Processes of the Third-Wave EraThird-Wave CivilizationsThe Ties That Bind: Transregional Interaction in the Third-Wave Era
7. COMMERCE AND CULTURE, 600–1450 Silk Roads: Exchange across EurasiaThe Growth of the Silk RoadsGoods in TransitCultures in TransitDiseases in TransitSea Roads: Exchange across the Indian OceanWeaving the Web of an Indian Ocean WorldSea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: Southeast AsiaSea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: East AfricaSand Roads: Exchange across the SaharaCommercial Beginnings in West AfricaGold, Salt, and Slaves: Trade and Empire in West AfricaAn American Network: Commerce and Connection in the Western HemisphereConclusions and Reflections: Globalization — Ancient and ModernRevisiting Chapter 4Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
8. CHINA AND THE WORLD: EAST ASIAN CONNECTIONS, 600–1300 Together Again: The Reemergence of a Unified ChinaA Golden Age of Chinese AchievementWomen in the Song DynastyChina and the Northern Nomads: A Chinese World Order in the MakingThe Tribute System in TheoryThe Tribute System in PracticeCultural Influence across an Ecological FrontierInteracting with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, and JapanKorea and ChinaVietnam and ChinaJapan and ChinaChina and the Eurasian World EconomySpillovers: China’s Impact on EurasiaOn the Receiving End: China as Economic BeneficiaryChina and BuddhismMaking Buddhism ChineseLosing State Support: The Crisis of Chinese BuddhismConclusions and Reflections: Pondering Change in ChinaRevisiting Chapter 8Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
9. THE WORLDS OF ISLAM: AFRO-EURASIAN CONNECTIONS, 600–1450 The Birth of a New ReligionThe Homeland of IslamThe Messenger and the MessageThe Transformation of ArabiaThe Making of an Arab Muslim EmpireWar, Conquest, and ToleranceConversionDivisions and ControversiesWomen and Men in Early IslamIslam and Cultural Encounter: A Four-Way ComparisonThe Case of IndiaThe Case of AnatoliaThe Case of West AfricaThe Case of SpainThe World of Islam as a New CivilizationNetworks of FaithNetworks of ExchangeConclusions and Reflections: The Islamic World and the Uses of HistoryRevisiting Chapter 9Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
10. THE WORLDS OF CHRISTENDOM: CONTRACTION, EXPANSION, AND DIVISION, 600–1450 Christian Contraction in Asia and AfricaAsian ChristianityAfrican ChristianityByzantine Christendom: Building on the Roman PastThe Byzantine StateThe Byzantine Church and Christian DivergenceByzantium and the WorldThe Conversion of RussiaWestern Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman CollapsePolitical Life in Western EuropeSociety and the ChurchAccelerating Change in the WestEurope Outward Bound: The Crusading TraditionThe West in Comparative PerspectiveCatching UpPluralism in PoliticsReason and FaithConclusions and Reflections: Remembering and ForgettingRevisiting Chapter 10Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
11. PASTORAL PEOPLES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE: THE MONGOL MOMENT, 1200–1450 The Long History of Pastoral PeoplesThe World of Pastoral SocietiesBefore the Mongols: Pastoralists in HistoryBreakout: The Mongol EmpireFrom Temujin to Chinggis Khan: The Rise of the Mongol EmpireExplaining the Mongol MomentEncountering the Mongols in China, Persia, and RussiaChina and the MongolsPersia and the MongolsRussia and the MongolsThe Mongol Empire as a Eurasian NetworkToward a World EconomyDiplomacy on a Eurasian ScaleCultural Exchange in the Mongol RealmThe Plague: An Afro-Eurasian PandemicConclusions and Reflections: Historians, Bias, and the MongolsRevisiting Chapter 11Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
12. THE WORLDS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURYSocieties and Cultures of the Fifteenth CenturyPaleolithic Persistence: Australia and North AmericaAgricultural Village Societies: The Igbo and the IroquoisPastoral Peoples: Central Asia and West AfricaCivilizations of the Fifteenth Century: Comparing China and EuropeMing Dynasty ChinaEuropean Comparisons: State Building and Cultural RenewalEuropean Comparisons: Maritime VoyagingCivilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Islamic WorldIn the Islamic Heartland: The Ottoman and Safavid EmpiresOn the Frontiers of Islam: The Songhay and Mughal EmpiresCivilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The AmericasThe Aztec EmpireThe Inca EmpireWebs of ConnectionAfter 1500: Looking Ahead to the Modern Era Conclusions and Reflections: Perspectives on Turning PointsRevisiting Chapter 12Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
PART 4 The Early Modern World, 1450–1750THE BIG PICTURE Toward Modernity . . . or Not?Sprouts of Modernity?Continuing Older Patterns?
13. POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS: EMPIRES AND ENCOUNTERS, 1450–1750European Empires in the AmericasThe European AdvantageThe Great Dying and the Little Ice AgeThe Columbian ExchangeComparing Colonial Societies in the AmericasIn the Lands of the Aztecs and the IncasColonies of SugarSettler Colonies in North AmericaThe Steppes and Siberia: The Making of a Russian EmpireExperiencing the Russian EmpireRussians and EmpireAsian EmpiresMaking China an EmpireMuslims and Hindus in the Mughal EmpireMuslims and Christians in the Ottoman EmpireConclusions and Reflections: The Importance of ContextRevisiting Chapter 13Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
14. ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS: COMMERCE AND CONSEQUENCE, 1450–1750Europeans and Asian CommerceA Portuguese Empire of CommerceSpain and the PhilippinesThe East India CompaniesAsians and Asian CommerceSilver and Global Commerce“The World Hunt”: Fur in Global CommerceCommerce in People: The Transatlantic Slave SystemThe Slave Trade in ContextThe Slave Trade in PracticeConsequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in AfricaConclusions and Reflections: Global Trade and Moral ComplexityRevisiting Chapter 14Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
15. CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS: RELIGION AND SCIENCE, 1450–1750The Globalization of ChristianityWestern Christendom Fragmented: The Protestant ReformationChristianity Outward BoundConversion and Adaptation in Spanish AmericaAn Asian Comparison: China and the JesuitsPersistence and Change in Afro-Asian Cultural TraditionsExpansion and Renewal in the Islamic WorldChina: New Directions in an Old TraditionIndia: Bridging the Hindu/Muslim DivideA New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern ScienceThe Question of OriginsScience as Cultural RevolutionScience and EnlightenmentEuropean Science beyond the WestLooking Ahead: Science in the Nineteenth Century and BeyondConclusions and Reflections: Many Ways of Cultural Borrowing Revisiting Chapter 15Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
PART 5 The European Moment in World History, 1750–1900THE BIG PICTURE European Centrality and the Problem of Eurocentrism
16. ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS, GLOBAL ECHOES, 1750–1900 Atlantic Revolutions in a Global ContextComparing Atlantic RevolutionsThe North American Revolution, 1775–1787The French Revolution, 1789–1815The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804Latin American Revolutions, 1808–1825Echoes of RevolutionThe Abolition of SlaveryNations and NationalismFeminist BeginningsConclusions and Reflections: Pondering the Outcomes of RevolutionsRevisiting Chapter 16Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
17. REVOLUTIONS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, 1750–1900 Industrialization: The Global ContextThe First Industrial SocietyThe British AristocracyThe Middle ClassesThe Laboring ClassesSocial ProtestEuropeans in MotionVariations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and RussiaThe United States: Industrialization without SocialismRussia: Industrialization and RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution and Latin America in the Nineteenth CenturyAfter Independence in Latin AmericaFacing the World EconomyBecoming like Europe?Conclusions and Reflections: Reflecting on the Industrial RevolutionRevisiting Chapter 17Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
18. COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND OCEANIA, 1750–1950 Industry and EmpireA Second Wave of European ConquestsUnder European RuleCooperation and RebellionColonial Empires with a DifferenceWays of Working: Comparing Colonial EconomiesEconomies of Coercion: Forced Labor and the Power of the StateEconomies of Cash-Crop Agriculture: The Pull of the MarketEconomies of Wage Labor: Migration for WorkWomen and the Colonial Economy: Examples from AfricaAssessing Colonial DevelopmentBelieving and Belonging: Identity and Cultural ChangeEducationReligion“Race” and “Tribe”Conclusions and Reflections: Who Makes History?Revisiting Chapter 18Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
19. EMPIRES IN COLLISION: EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND EAST ASIA, 1800–1900 Reversal of Fortune: China’s Century of CrisisThe Crisis WithinWestern PressuresThe Failure of Conservative ModernizationThe Ottoman Empire and the West in the Nineteenth Century“The Sick Man of Europe”Reform and Its OpponentsOutcomes: Comparing China and the Ottoman EmpireThe Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian PowerThe Tokugawa BackgroundAmerican Intrusion and the Meiji RestorationModernization Japanese-StyleJapan and the WorldConclusions and Reflections: Success and Failure in HistoryRevisiting Chapter 19Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
PART 6 The Long Twentieth Century, 1900–present THE BIG PICTURE The Long Twentieth Century: A New Period in World History?
20. WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1900–1950 The First World War: A European Crisis with a Global Impact, 1914–1918Origins: The Beginnings of the Great WarOutcomes: Legacies of the Great WarThe Russian Revolution and Soviet CommunismCapitalism Unraveling: The Great DepressionDemocracy Denied: The Authoritarian AlternativeEuropean FascismHitler and the NazisJapanese AuthoritarianismA Second World War, 1937–1945The Road to War in AsiaThe Road to War in EuropeConsequences: The Outcomes of a Second Global ConflictCommunist Consolidation and Expansion: The Chinese Revolution Conclusions and Reflections: Historical Intersections and Their ImplicationsRevisiting Chapter 20Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
21. A CHANGING GLOBAL LANDSCAPE, 1950–PRESENT Recovering from the WarCommunism Chinese-StyleBuilding a Modern SocietyEliminating EnemiesEast versus West: A Global Divide and a Cold WarMilitary Conflict and the Cold WarNuclear Standoff and Third-World RivalryThe Cold War and the SuperpowersToward Freedom: Struggles for IndependenceThe End of Empire in World HistoryToward Independence in Asia and AfricaAfter Freedom The End of the Communist EraBeyond Mao in ChinaThe Collapse of the Soviet UnionAfter CommunismConclusions and Reflections: Twentieth-Century CommunismRevisiting Chapter 21Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
22. GLOBAL PROCESSES: TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY, 1900–PRESENTScience and Technology: The Acceleration of InnovationA Second Scientific RevolutionFossil Fuel BreakthroughsTransportation BreakthroughsCommunication and Information BreakthroughsMilitary Weapons Breakthroughs The Global Economy: The Acceleration of EntanglementIndustrial Globalization: Development in the Global South Economic Globalization: Deepening ConnectionsGrowth, Instability, and InequalityPushback: Resistance to Economic Globalization Producing and Consuming: The Shapes of Modern SocietiesLife on the Land: The Decline of the PeasantryThe Changing Lives of Industrial WorkersThe Service Sector and the Informal EconomyGlobal Middle Classes and Life at the TopGetting Personal: Transformations of Private LifeModernity and Personal LifeThe State and Personal LifeFeminism and Personal LifeConclusions and Reflections: On Contemporary HistoryRevisiting Chapter 22Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
23. GLOBAL PROCESSES: DEMOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 1900–PRESENT More People: Quadrupling Human Numbers People in Motion: Patterns of MigrationTo the Cities: Global UrbanizationMoving Abroad: Long-Distance MigrationMicrobes in Motion: Disease and Recent HistoryCultural Identity in an Entangled WorldRace, Nation, and Ethnicity Popular Culture on the MoveReligion and Global ModernityThe Environment in the Anthropocene Era The Global Environment TransformedChanging the ClimateProtecting the Planet: The Rise of Environmentalism Conclusions and Reflections: World History and the Making of MeaningRevisiting Chapter 23Revisiting SpecificsRevisiting Core IdeasA Wider View
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