World Civilizations

by Adler, Philip J.; Pouwels, Randall L.

• ISBN13: 9780495913009
• ISBN10: 0495913006
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Short chapters, great stories, and tons of study tools! Adler and Pouwels's WORLD CIVILIZATIONS is a vibrant introduction to world history structured to meet the demands of your study schedule. It's clearly written, packed with charts and illustrations, and loaded with review features so you'll be up to date in class and ready for the test. And, because WORLD CIVILIZATIONS offers extensive coverage of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, you'll have timely historical insights into the issues that make today's news. Get WORLD CIVILIZATIONS and discover how having all the information you need to know for the test really does equal a better grade.

Table of Contents

from Human Origins to Agrarian Communities, C. 100,000 - 500 BCE

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

India's Beginnings

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

Classical Civilizations of the World, 500 BCE - 800 CE

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800 - 100 BCE

Rome: from City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BC - 800 CE

Classical India

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Post-Classical ERA, 800-1400 CE

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa Joins the Global System

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

Medieval Origins of Europe

Late Medieval Europe and the Renaissance

Expanding Webs of Interaction, 1400 - 1700 CE

A Larger World Opens

Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe

Western Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China from the Ming through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan in the Era of European Expansion

from Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

Revolutions and the Age of Empire, 1600 - 1914

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

The Early Industrial Revolution

Advanced Industrial Society

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

The Islamic World, 1600 - 1914

Africa during the Age of Empire

India and Southeast Asia under Colonial Rule

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America from Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science

Towards a Globalized World, 1914 - Present

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold War

Decolonization of the Nonwestern World

The New Asia

Africa's Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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