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Detailed Contents List of Maps List of Features Preface PART I Early World History: From Origins to Agriculture and New Forms of Human Organization CHAPTER 1 From Human Prehistory to the Rise of Agriculture Getting Started Is Always Hard Human Development and Change HISTORY DEBATE People in the Americas The Neolithic Revolution The Nature of Agricultural Societies UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Nature of Culture Agriculture and Change Paths to the Present CHAPTER 2 Early Civilization Civilization Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared HISTORY DEBATE Women in Patriarchal Societies Transitions: The End of the River Valley Period UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Uses and Varieties The Heritage of the River Valley Civilizations New States and Peoples Around 1000 B.C.E. Paths to the Present CHAPTER 3 Nomadic Societies Early Nomadic Societies Nomadic Society and Culture UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Nomadic Art Nomads and Civilizations Nomads and Global Patterns HISTORY DEBATE The Contributions of Nomads Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part I: The Rise of Agriculture and Agricultural Civilizations PART II The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.—500 C.E. CHAPTER 4 Classical Civilization: China Patterns in Classical China Political Institutions HISTORY DEBATE War Religion and Culture WORLD PROFILES Confucius, or Kong Fuzi (c. 551—479 B.C.E.) Economy and Society WORLD PROFILES Ban Zhao (c. 48—117 C.E.) How Chinese Civilization Fit Together Paths to the Present CHAPTER 5 Classical Civilization: India The Framework for Indian History: Geography and a Formative Period Patterns in Classical India Political Institutions HISTORY DEBATE Interpreting Civilization, Round Two Religion and Culture UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Comparing Systems of Belief Economy and Society Indian Influence China and India Paths to the Present CHAPTER 6 Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Persia, Greece and Rome The Persian Empire Patterns of Greek and Roman History Greek and Roman Political Institutions WORLD PROFILES Julius Caesar (100—44 B.C.E.) Religion and Culture UNDERSTANDING CULTURES When Two Belief Systems Meet Economy and Society in the Mediterranean HISTORY DEBATE Mediterranean Civilization and “Western” Civilization Toward the Fall of Rome Paths to the Present CHAPTER 7 The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E. Beyond the Classical Civilizations Decline in China and India Decline and Fall in Rome HISTORY DEBATE What Caused Decline and Fall? The New Religious Map WORLD PROFILES Saint Paul (Paul of Tarsus) The World Around 500 C.E. Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part II: The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.—500 C.E. PART III The Postclassical Period, 500—1450 C.E. CHAPTER 8 The Rise of Islam: Civilization in the Middle East UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Impact of World Religions The Advent of Islam WORLD PROFILES Muhammad (570—632 C.E.) Patterns of Islamic History Islamic Political Institutions HISTORY DEBATE Political Implications of Islam Islam and Middle Eastern Culture WORLD PROFILES Omar Khayyam (c. 11th—12th centuries) Economy and Society in the Middle East The Decline of Middle Eastern Civilization Paths to the Present CHAPTER 9 India and Southeast Asia Under the Impact of Islam The Development of Indian Culture HISTORY DEBATE The Caste System The Muslim Challenge in India UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Comparison and Contact Southeast Asia Paths to the Present CHAPTER 10 Africa and Islam Sub-Saharan Africa and the World Network WORLD PROFILES Sundiata The Great Kingdoms HISTORY DEBATE Handles for African History Features of African Civilization Paths to the Present CHAPTER 11 East European Civilization: Byzantium and Russia The Byzantine Phase WORLD PROFILES The Emperor Justinian (527—565 C.E.) The Early Russian Phase: Kievan Rus’ East European Political Institutions HISTORY DEBATE A Russian Civilization? East European Religion and Culture East European Economy and Society East European Civilization in Eclipse Paths to the Present CHAPTER 12 Western Civilization: The Middle Ages Early Patterns in Western Civilization HISTORY DEBATE Western Civilization Medieval Political Institutions Medieval Religion and Culture Economy and Society UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Christianity and Syncretism Women and Family Life Tensions in the Later Middle Ages Paths to the Present CHAPTER 13 The Spread of East Asian Civilization Political and Cultural Developments in China WORLD PROFILES Taizong (626—649 C.E.) Economy and Society in China Civilization in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan History Debate: East Asian Civilization? Culture, Society, and Economy in Japan WORLD PROFILES Mugai Nyodai East Asian Self-Confidence Paths to the Present CHAPTER 14 Centers of Civilization in the Americas The Mayas and Aztecs HISTORY DEBATE What Happened to the Mayas? UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Question of Legacies The Issue of Isolation Paths to the Present CHAPTER 15 The Mongol Interlude and the End of the Postclassical Period Mongol Empires WORLD PROFILES Chabi Khan Bubonic Plague China and the West as New World Powers HISTORY DEBATE Causes of Global Change by 1450 The End of Transition: Postclassical to Early Modern Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part III: The Postclassical Period, 500—1450 C.E. PART IV A New World Economy, 1450—1750 CHAPTER 16 The West and the World: Discovery, Colonization, and Trade Patterns of Exploration and Trade HISTORY DEBATE Early Modern Stereotypes WORLD PROFILES Amerigo Vespucci (1451—1512) Toward a World Economy Africa WORLD PROFILES Olandah Equiano Colonization in Latin America: The Birth of a New Civilization Latin American Civilization WORLD PROFILES Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651—1695) Western Civilization in North America North and South America: Reasons for the Differences The World Economy Revisited Paths to the Present CHAPTER 17 Western Civilization Changes Shape in the Early Modern Centuries Patterns of Early Modern Western History WORLD PROFILES Maria Portinari Political Institutions and Ideas The Ferment in Western Culture UNDERSTANDING CULTURES A Revolution in Popular Culture Transformations in Economic and Social Life How Early Modern Trends in the West Interrelated Paths to the Present CHAPTER 18 The Rise of Eastern Europe Patterns of Early Modern Russian History WORLD PROFILES Catherine the Great (1762—1796) HISTORY DEBATE A Russian Civilization? Russian Political Institutions Russian Culture Economy and Society in Russia The World’s First Effort at Westernization Paths to the Present CHAPTER 19 The Ottoman and Mughal Empires The Expanding Force of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire in Decline HISTORY DEBATE Guns and Their Impact The Mughal Empire: Invasion, Consolidation, and Decline UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Reactions to Western Values Western Intrusion into the Mughal Empire The Rise and Decline of Asian Empires Paths to the Present CHAPTER 20 East Asia: Vital Trends in Politics and Trade China: The Resumption of the Dynasties Cultural and Social Trends: Some New Problems HISTORY DEBATE Chinese and Western Economies Japan and the Origins of Isolation WORLD PROFILES Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536—1548) Vitality and Tension in East Asia Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part IV: A New World Economy, 1450—1750 PART V The World’s First Industrial Period, 1750—1914 CHAPTER 21 The First Industrial Revolution: Western Society, 1780—1914 Patterns of Industrialization Causes of Industrialization HISTORY DEBATE Consumerism and Industrialization Effects of Industrialization The Period of Revolution, 1789—1848 The Postrevolutionary Era and Nationalism, 1848—1871 “The Social Question,” 1871—1914 Western Political Institutions in the Industrial Revolution WORLD PROFILES Mary Wollstonecraft (1759—1797) Western Culture in the Industrial Century Industrial Society HISTORY DEBATE Women in Industrial Society Gain and Strain in Industrialization Paths to the Present CHAPTER 22 World Economy and Western Imperialism: Africa and South Asia The Reasons for Imperialism: Motives and Means HISTORY DEBATE Causes of the Abolition of Slavery Imperialism in India and Southeast Asia Imperialism in Africa WORLD PROFILES John Mensah Sarbah (1865—1910) Comparing Colonies Paths to the Present CHAPTER 23 The Settler Societies: The West on Frontiers The United States HISTORY DEBATE Exceptionalism Hawaii The Newer Settler Societies WORLD PROFILES Hongi Hika Special Features of Settler Societies Paths to the Present CHAPTER 24 The Development of Latin American Civilization The Wars of Independence WORLD PROFILES Simón Bolívar (1783—1830) The Period of Consolidation Late-Century Trends: Dictatorship, Immigration, and Western Intervention WORLD PROFILES Benito Juárez (1806—1872) Political Institutions and Values HISTORY DEBATE Is Latin America Western? Culture and the Arts Economy and Society Tension and Creativity Paths to the Present CHAPTER 25 The Middle East and China in the Imperialist Century The Attempt to Modernize Egypt Decline of the Ottoman Empire The Rise of Nationalism WORLD PROFILES Lalla Zainab China Faces Imperialism HISTORY DEBATE China’s 19th-Century Sluggishness The Need for Further Change Paths to the Present CHAPTER 26 Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West Russian Conservatism: An Alternative to the West The Beginnings of Russian Industrialization The Foundations of Revolution in Russia UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Persistence and Change in Russia The Culture of Eastern Europe The Opening of Trade in Japan Japanese Industrialization in Response to the West HISTORY DEBATE Different Confucian Paths Cultural and Economic Effects of Japanese Industrialization The Strain of Modernization Paths to the Present CHAPTER 27 World War I and the End of an Era The Onset of World War I HISTORY DEBATE Causes of World War I A World History Watershed Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part V: The World’s First Industrial Period, 1750—1914 PART VI The Contemporary World CHAPTER 28 The West in the Contemporary Period Patterns of Western History: 1914—1945 Patterns of Western History: 1950 to the Present Western Political Institutions in the 20th Century HISTORY DEBATE Convergence Contemporary Western Culture Economy and Society WORLD PROFILES Simone de Beauvoir A Postindustrial Age? Paths to the Present CHAPTER 29 Eastern European Civilization The Russian Revolution HISTORY DEBATE Women and the Russian Revolution Patterns of Soviet History After 1923 Soviet Political Institutions Soviet Culture UNDERSTANDING CULTURES The Impact of Revolution Economy and Society The Explosion of the 1980s Dismantling the Soviet Empire Renewed Turmoil After 1991 Uncertain Futures in Eastern Europe Paths to the Present CHAPTER 30 East Asia in the 20th- 22nd Centuries A Clash of Cultures: Revolution and War WORLD PROFILES Sun Yat-sen (1867—1925) Return to Stability in Japan Upheaval and Ongoing Revolution in China East Asia Toward the End of the Century Japan, Incorporated HISTORY DEBATE Japan and Westernization The Pacific Rim China Under Communism East Asia and the World Paths to the Present CHAPTER 31 India and Southeast Asia The Rise of Nationalism The Nonviolent Strategies of Gandhi WORLD PROFILES Mohandas Gandhi (1889—1948) Nationalism in Southeast Asia Decolonization After the War Southeast Asia After Independence India and Pakistan HISTORY DEBATE Women’s Conditions in India India and China Paths to the Present CHAPTER 32 Middle Eastern Civilization in the 20th Century Replacing the Ottoman Empire Assertions of Arab Nationalism The New Role of the State The Rise of Fundamentalism HISTORY DEBATE Terrorism Middle Eastern Culture and Society UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Fundamentalism New Tensions in the Early 2000s A Troubled Region Paths to the Present CHAPTER 33 Latin America in the 20th Century Latin America in 20th-Century World History The Mexican Revolution, 1910—1920s Effects of the Depression, 1930s—1950s Revolution and Response, 1950s—1990s Latin American Culture Economy and Society HISTORY DEBATE Latin America and the Third World UNDERSTANDING CULTURES Adapting Consumer Values Toward a Greater World Role? Paths to the Present CHAPTER 34 Sub-Saharan Africa: From Colonies to New Nations Emerging Nationalism The Transformation to Independence The Challenges of New Nationhood African Political Culture African Culture HISTORY DEBATE The Question of Identity Economy and Society Defining the New Africa Paths to the Present CHAPTER 35 The Early 21st Century: World History and the Future After the Cold War The Spread of Democracy HISTORY DEBATE How Much Historical Change? A World of Regions: Disputes and Alliances Ethnic Conflict Globalization The New Technology Business Organization and Investment Migration Cultural Globalization Institutions of Globalization Protest and Economic Uncertainties Nationalism and Religious Currents Global Terrorism Global Warming and a Planet in Peril Disease Projecting from Trends Paths to the Present Tensions: CONTACTS AND IDENTITIES Part VI: The Contemporary World Credits Index Table of Contents
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