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| List of Maps | |
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| List of Features | |
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| List of MyHistoryLab Documents | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Early World History: From Origins to Agriculture and New Forms of Human Organization | |
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| From Human Prehistory to the Rise of Agriculture | |
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| Getting Started is Always Hard | |
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| Human Development and Change | |
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| Solving Problems Dealing with Death | |
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| The Neolithic Revolution | |
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| History Debate People in the Americas | |
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| The Nature of Agricultural Societies | |
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| Agriculture and Change | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Early Civilizations, 3500-1000 B.C.E. | |
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| Civilization | |
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| Solving Problems The Use of Culture | |
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| Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared | |
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| Indian and Chinese River Valley Civilizations | |
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| History Debate Women in Patriarchal Societies | |
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| Transitions: The End of The River Valley Period | |
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| The Heritage of the River Valley Civilizations | |
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| New States and Peoples Around 1000 B.C.E. | |
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| Judaism | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Nomadic Societies | |
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| Early Nomadic Societies | |
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| Nomadic Society and Culture | |
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| Nomads and Civilizations | |
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| History Debate The Contributions of Nomads | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Retrospective The Rise of Agriculture and Agricultural Civilizations | |
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| The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E. | |
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| Classical Civilization: China | |
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| Patterns in Classical China | |
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| Political Institutions | |
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| History Debate War | |
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| Religion and Culture | |
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| Economy and Society | |
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| World Profiles Ban Zhao (c. 48-117 C.E.) | |
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| A Distinctive Mixture | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Classical Civilization: India | |
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| The Framework for Indian History | |
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| Patterns in Classical India | |
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| Political Institutions | |
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| History Debate Interpreting Civilization, Round Two | |
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| Religion and Culture | |
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| Economy and Society | |
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| Solving Problems Dealing with Inequality | |
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| Indian Influence | |
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| China and India | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean and Middle East: Persia, Greece, and Rome | |
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| The Persian Tradition | |
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| Patterns of Classical Mediterranean History | |
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| Greek and Roman Political Institutions | |
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| Solving Problems Cultural Encounters | |
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| World Profiles Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.E.) | |
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| Religion and Culture | |
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| Economy and Society in The Mediterranean | |
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| History Debate Mediterranean Civilization and "Western" Civilization | |
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| Toward The Fall of Rome | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| The Classical Period: Directions, Diversities, and Declines by 500 C.E. | |
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| Decline in China and India | |
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| Decline and Fall in Rome | |
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| The New Religious Map | |
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| History Debate Comparing Declines | |
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| World Profiles Saint Paul (Paul of Tarsus) | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Retrospective The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E. To 500 C.E. | |
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| The Postclassical Period, 500-1450 C.E. | |
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| The Rise of Islam: Civilization in the Middle East | |
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| The Advent of Islam | |
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| World Profiles Muhammad (570-632 C.E.) | |
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| Patterns of Islamic History | |
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| Islamic Political Institutions | |
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| History Debate Political Implications of Islam | |
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| Islam and Middle Eastern Culture | |
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| World Profiles Omar Khayyam (c. 11th-12th Century) | |
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| Solving Problems Religion and Trade | |
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| Economy and Society in The Middle East | |
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| The Decline of Middle Eastern Civilization | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| India and Southeast Asia Under the Impact of Islam | |
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| The Development of Indian Culture | |
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| The Muslim Challenge in India | |
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| Southeast Asia | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Africa and Islam | |
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| Sub-Saharan Africa and the World Network | |
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| The Great Kingdoms | |
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| Solving Problems Technology and Trade | |
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| World Profiles Sundiata | |
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| History Debate Handles for African History | |
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| Features of African Civilization | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| East European Civilization: Byzantium and Russia | |
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| The Byzantine Phase | |
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| World Profiles The Emperor Justinian (527-565 C.E.) | |
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| The Early Russian Phase: Kievan Rus' | |
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| History Debate A Russian Civilization? | |
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| East European Political Institutions | |
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| East European Religion and Culture | |
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| East European Economy and Society | |
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| East European Civilization in Eclipse | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| MyHistoryLab Media Assignments | |
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| Western Civilization: The Middle Ages | |
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| Early Patterns in Western Civilization | |
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| Medieval Political Institutions | |
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| Medieval Religion and Culture | |
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| History Debate Homosexuality and Religion | |
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| Economy and Society | |
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| Women and Family Life | |
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| Solving Problems Population Growth | |
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| Tensions in The Later Middle Ages | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| China's Impact and the Spread of East Asian Civilization | |
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| Political and Cultural Developments in China | |
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| Economy and Society in China | |
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| Civilization in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan | |
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| History Debate Defining Postclassical Civilizations | |
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| Culture, Society, and Economy in Japan | |
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| World Profiles Mugai Nyodai | |
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| East Asian Self-Confidence | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Centers of Civilization in the Americas | |
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| The Mayans and Aztecs | |
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| The Aztec Empire | |
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| History Debate The Problem of Contacts | |
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| The Inca Empire | |
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| Andean and Central American Societies | |
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| Pacific Oceania | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The Mongol Interlude and the End of the Postclassical Period | |
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| Mongol Empires | |
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| World Profiles Chabi Khan | |
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| China and The West As New World Powers | |
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| History Debate Causes of Global Change by 1450 | |
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| The End of Transition: Postclassical to Early Modern | |
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| Paths to the Present | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Retrospective The Postclassical Period, 500-1450 C.E. | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |