World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Volume I - Beginnings to 1750 (Chapters 1-22),9780321182807

World Civilizations: The Global Experience, Volume I - Beginnings to 1750 (Chapters 1-22)

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ISBN13: 9780321182807
ISBN10: 0321182804
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Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
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Summary

Examines all the world's civilizations, including those in the Western tradition but also those civilizations sometimes neglected in world history texts. Maintaining a focus on social history explores gender, class, economic, and intellectual issues, while examining patterns of inequality and human agency throughout world history. Instructors of World Civilization surveys that prefer a global account of history.

Table of Contents

List of Maps xi
Preface xiii
Supplements xx
About the Authors xxiii
Prologue xxv
PART I The Origins of Civilizations 2(68)
Chapter 1 The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization
6(20)
Human Life in the Era of Hunters and Gatherers
7(5)
DOCUMENT: Tales of the Hunt: Paleolithic Cave Paintings as History
12(2)
Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution
14(4)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Representations of Women in Early Art
18(2)
IN DEPTH: The Idea of Civilization in World Historical Perspective
20(1)
The First Towns: Seedbeds of Civilization
21(3)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Neolithic Revolution as the Basis for World History
24(1)
Further Readings
25(1)
On the Web
25(1)
Chapter 2 The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa
26(22)
Setting the Scene: The Middle East by 4000 B.C.E.
27(1)
Civilization in Mesopotamia
28(5)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Mesopotamia in Maps
33(2)
DOCUMENT: Hammurabi's Law Code
35(1)
Ancient Egypt
36(3)
Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared
39(1)
IN DEPTH: Women in Patriarchal Societies
40(2)
Civilization Centers in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
42(4)
The Issue of Heritage
46(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Early Civilizations and the World
46(1)
Further Readings
46(1)
On the Web
47(1)
Chapter 3 Asia's First Civilizations: India and China
48(22)
The Indus Valley and the Birth of South Asian Civilization
49(5)
Aryan Incursions and Early Aryan Society in India
54(2)
DOCUMENT: Aryan Poetry in Praise of a War-Horse
56(2)
A Bend in the River and the Beginnings of China
58(3)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Mapping the Rise of Civilizations
61(2)
The Decline of the Shang and the Era of Zhou Dominance
63(3)
IN DEPTH: The Legacy of Asia's First Civilizations
66(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Contrasting Legacies: Harappan and Early Chinese Civilizations
68(1)
Further Readings
68(1)
On the Web
69(1)
PART II The Classical Period in World History 70(174)
Chapter 4 Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China
76(24)
Philosophical Remedies for the Prolonged Crisis of the Later Zhou
77(5)
DOCUMENT: Teachings of the Rival Chinese Schools
82(1)
The Triumph of the Qin and Imperial Unity
82(4)
IN DEPTH: Sunzi and the Shift from Ritual Combat to "Real" War
86(1)
The Han Dynasty and the Foundations of China's Classical Age
87(8)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Capital Designs and Patterns of Political Power
95(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Classical China and the World
97(1)
Further Readings
98(1)
On the Web
98(2)
Chapter 5 Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World
100(24)
The Persian Empire: Parallel Power in the Middle East
102(1)
The Political Character of Classical Greece
103(7)
The Hellenistic Period
110(2)
Creativity in Greek and Hellenistic Culture
112(3)
DOCUMENT: The Power of Greek Drama
115(2)
Patterns of Greek and Hellenistic Society
117(2)
IN DEPTH: Defining Social History
119(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Commerce and Society
121(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Greece and the World
122(1)
Further Readings
123(1)
On the Web
123(1)
Chapter 6 Religious Rivalries and India's Golden Age
124(24)
The Age of Brahman Dominance
126(5)
IN DEPTH: Inequality as the Social Norm
131(2)
Religious Ferment and the Rise of Buddhism
133(5)
Brahmanical Recovery and the Splendors of the Gupta Age
138(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: The Pattern of Trade in the Ancient Eurasian World
139(5)
DOCUMENT: A Guardian's Farewell Speech to a Young Woman About to Be Married
144(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: India and the Wider World
146(1)
Further Readings
146(1)
On the Web
147(1)
Chapter 7 Rome and Its Empire
148(20)
The Development of Rome's Republic
150(4)
Roman Culture
154(1)
DOCUMENT: Rome and a Values Crisis
155(2)
The Institutions of Empire
157(2)
The Evolution of Rome's Economic and Social Structure
159(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Religions in Rome
160(2)
IN DEPTH: The Classical Civilizations in Comparative Perspective
162(1)
The Origins of Christianity
163(2)
The Decline of Rome
165(1)
GLOBAL CONNECIIONS: Rome and the World
166(1)
Further Readings
166(1)
On the Web
167(1)
Chapter 8 The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas
168(26)
Origins of American Societies
170(5)
Spread of Civilization in Mesoamerica
175(4)
DOCUMENT: Deciphering the Maya Glyphs
179(3)
The Peoples to the North
182(2)
IN DEPTH: Different Times for Different Peoples
184(2)
The Andean World
186(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Ancient Agriculture
188(3)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: American Civilizations and the World
191(1)
Further Readings
192(1)
On the Web
192(2)
Chapter 9 The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples
194(32)
The Spread of Civilization in Africa
197(3)
DOCUMENT: Myths of Origin
200(7)
IN DEPTH: Language as a Historical Source
207(1)
Nomadic Societies and Indo-European Migrations
208(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Varieties of Human Adaptation and the Potential for Civilization
210(4)
The Spread of Chinese Civilization to Japan
214(5)
The Scattered Societies of Polynesia
219(5)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Emerging Cultures
224(1)
Further Readings
224(1)
On the Web
225(1)
Chapter10 The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200-700 C.E.
226(18)
Upheavals in Eastern and Southern Asia
228(2)
DOCUMENT: The Popularization of Buddhism
230(2)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
232(5)
IN DEPTH: The Problem of Decline and Fall
237(1)
The Development and Spread of World Religions
237(5)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Religious Geography
242(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Late Classical Period and the World
243(1)
Further Readings
243(1)
On the Web
243(1)
PART III The Postclassical Era 244(238)
Chapter 11 The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
252(26)
Desert and Town: The Arabian World and the Birth of Islam
254(5)
The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam
259(3)
The Arab Empire of the Umayyads
262(6)
IN DEPTH: Civilization and Gender Relationships
268(2)
From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abbasid Era
270(3)
DOCUMENT: The Thousand and One Nights as a Mirror of Elite Society in the Abbasid Era
273(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Early Islam and the World
274(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: The Mosque as a Symbol of Islamic Civilization
275(2)
Further Readings
277(1)
On the Web
277(1)
Chapter 12 Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia
278(24)
The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras
279(5)
DOCUMENT: Ibn Khaldun on the Rise and Decline of Empires
284(1)
An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements
285(4)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: The Patterns of Islam's Global Expansion
289(1)
The Coming of Islam to South Asia
290(7)
The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia
297(1)
IN DEPTH: Conversion and Accommodation in the Spread of World Religions
298(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Islam:
A Bridge Between Worlds
300(1)
Further Readings
300(1)
On the Web
301(1)
Chapter 13 African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam
302(22)
African Societies: Diversity and Similarities
30(278)
Kingdoms of the Grasslands
308(2)
DOCUMENT: The Great Oral Tradition and the Epic of Sundiata
310(4)
The Swahili Coast of East Africa
314(2)
IN DEPTH: Two Transitions in the History of World Population
316(1)
Peoples of the Forest and Plains
317(4)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Internal Development and Global Contacts
321(1)
Further Readings
322(1)
On the Web
323(1)
Chapter 14 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe
324(20)
The Byzantine Empire
327(3)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Women and Power in Byzantium
330(5)
The Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe
335(4)
DOCUMENT: Russia Turns to Christianity
339(2)
IN DEPTH: Eastern and Western Europe: The Problem of Boundaries
341(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Eastern Europe and the World
342(1)
Further Readings
342(1)
On the Web
342(2)
Chapter 15 A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe
344(26)
Stages of Postclassical Development
346(9)
IN DEPTH: Western Civilization
355(1)
Western Culture in the Postclassical Era
356(3)
Changing Economic and Social Forms
in the Postclassical Centuries
359(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Peasant Labor
360(3)
DOCUMENT: Changing Roles for Women
363(1)
The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis
364(4)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Medieval Europe and the World
368(1)
Further Readings
368(1)
On the Web
368(2)
Chapter 16 The Americas on the Eve of Invasion
370(24)
Postclassic Mesoamerica, 1000-1500 G.E.
372(6)
Aztec Society in Transition
378(2)
DOCUMENT: Aztec Women and Men
380(2)
IN DEPTH: The "Troubling" Civilizations of the Americas
382(1)
Twantinsuyu: World of the Incas
383(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Archeological Evidence of Political Practice
385(4)
The Other Indians
389(3)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Americas and the World
392(1)
Further Readings
392(1)
On the Web
393(1)
Chapter 17 Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization. The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties
394(24)
Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Eras
396(4)
DOCUMENT: Ties That Bind: Paths to Power
400(3)
Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song
403(4)
Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of a Golden Age
407(6)
IN DEPTH: Artistic Expression and Social Values
413(3)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: China's World Role
416(1)
Further Readings
416(1)
On the Web
417(1)
Chapter 18 The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
418(26)
Japan: The Imperial Age
419(6)
The Era of Warrior Dominance
425(2)
IN DEPTH: Comparing Feudalisms
427(4)
Korea: Between China and Japan
431(3)
Between China and Southeast Asia: The Making of Vietnam
434(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: What Their Portraits Tell Us: Gatekeeper Elites and the Persistence of Civilizations
436(4)
DOCUMENT: Literature as a Mirror of the Exchanges Between Civilized Centers
440(1)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: In the Orbit of China: The East Asian Corner of the Global System
441(1)
Further Readings
442(1)
On the Web
442(2)
Chapter 19 The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur
444(22)
The Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan 4 DOCUMENT: A European Assessment of the Virtue and Vices of the Mongols
449(3)
The Mongol Drive to the West
452(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: The Mongol Empire as a Bridge Between Civilizations
453(9)
The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History 457
IN DEPTH: The Eclipse of the Nomadic War Machine
462(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The Mongol Linkages
464(1)
Further Readings
465(1)
On the Web
465(1)
Chapter 20 The West and the Changing World Balance
466(16)
The Decline of the Old Order
467(3)
The Rise of the West
470(1)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Population Trends
471(3)
DOCUMENT: Italian Renaissance Culture
474(1)
Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase
475(1)
Outside the World Network
476(2)
IN DEPTH: The Problem of Ethnocentrism
478(2)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: 1450 and the World
480(1)
Further Readings
480(1)
On the Web
480(2)
PART IV The World Shrinks,1450-1750 482
Chapter 21 The World Economy
490(22)
The West's First Outreach: Maritime Power
492(5)
IN DEPTH: Causation and the West's Expansion
497(1)
Toward a World Economy
498(2)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: West Indian Slaveholding
500(2)
Colonial Expansion
502(3)
DOCUMENT: Western Conquerors: Tactics and Motives
505(5)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: The World Economy-And the World
510(1)
Further Readings
510(1)
On the Web
511(1)
Chapter 22. The Transformation of the West, 1450-1750
512
The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce
514(6)
Science and Politics: The Next Phase of Change
520(3)
VISUALIZING THE PAST: Versailles
523(2)
IN DEPTH: Elites and Masses
525(1)
The West by 1750
526(2)
DOCUMENT: Controversies About Women
528(3)
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Europe and the World
531(1)
Further Readings
532(1)
On the Web
532
Glossary G-1
Credits C-2
Index I-2

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