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Heritage of World Civilizations - To 1700

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ISBN-10: 0131926195

ISBN-13: 9780131926196

Edition: 7th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Albert M. Craig, William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, Frank M. Turner, Steven E. Ozment

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List price: $113.80
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 9.00" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

Albert M. Craig is Harvard-Yenching Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including Choshu in the Meiji Restoration, The Heritage of Japanese Civilization, and East Asia: Tradition and Transformation.Albert M. Craig is Harvard-Yenching Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including Choshu in the Meiji Restoration, The Heritage of Japanese Civilization, and East Asia: Tradition and Transformation.

Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. He is the author of Flesh and Spirit and The Bürgermeister�e(tm)s Daughter.

(Volume I contains Chapters 1-18; Volume II contains Chapters 16-35; Combined Volume contains Chapters 1-35)
The Coming of Civilization
Birth of Civilization
Early Humans and Their Culture
The Paleolithic Age
The Neolithic Age
The Bronze Age and the Birth of Civilization
Early Civilizations to About 1000 b.c.e
Mesopotamian Civilization
Egyptian Civilization
Ancient Near Eastern Empires
The Hittites
The Mitannians
The Assyrians
The Second Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Babylonians
Early Indian Civilization
The Indus Civilization
The Vedic Aryan Civilization Overview
Early Chinese Civilization
Neolithic Origins in the Yellow River Valley
Early Bronze Age: The Shang
Later Bronze Age: The Western Zhou
Iron Age: The Eastern Zhou
The Rise of Civilization in the Americas
Summary
Review Questions
Key Terms
The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion
Comparing the Four Great Revolutions
Philosophy in China
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Religion in India
ldquo;Hindurdquo; and ldquo;Indianrdquo;
Historical Background
The Upanishadic Worldview
Mahavira and the Jain Tradition
The Buddharsquo;s ldquo;Middle Pathrdquo;
The Religion of the Israelites
From Hebrew Nomads to the Israelite Nation
The Monotheistic Revolution Greek Philosophy
Reason and the Scientific Spirit
Political and Moral Philosophy
Summary