Discovering the Global Past, Volume I

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ISBN: 9781111341428

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Edition: 4th 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, William Bruce Wheeler, Franklin Doeringer, Kenneth R. Curtis

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List price: $89.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.20" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Merry Wiesner-Hanks (Chair, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1979. She has published WORKING WOMEN IN RENAISSANCE GERMANY (Rutgers, 1986) as well as numerous articles on women and the Reformation and urban social history. She is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008), DISCOVERING THE MEDIEVAL PAST (2003), DISCOVERING THE ANCIENT PAST (2005), DISCOVERING THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD (2005), and BECOMING VISIBLE: WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY (1998). She is also the General Editor of the PROBLEMS IN EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION series.

William Bruce Wheeler received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1967. He is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST (2012), and DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008). He has also written books on Tennessee history and the Tellico Dam.

Franklin M. Doeringer is currently professor of History and Asian Students at Lawrence University. His Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures is from Columbia University. He is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, and the American Historical Association. His most recent award is a 1999 Lawrence Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to his work on Discovering the Global Past, he has had numerous articles published in various publications, most recently, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy.

Kenneth R. Curtis received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1989 and has been Associate Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach until he began his recent post as Assistant Vice President of International and Global Engagement at CSUB. His specialty is African and third world comparative history. Ken is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST: A LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, Fourth edition (Cengage Learning, 2012). He has recently been selected to the 2009-10 President's Fellows Program of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). As co-author of the Cengage Learning text VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, he contributes chapters 16-32.




The Need For Water in Ancient Societies (3100 B.C.E.ï¿½100 C.E.)


Aerial Photograph of Pre-Roman City in Italy


Major Ancient Levees Identifiable in LANDSAT Imagery


Early Egyptian King Cutting an Irrigation Ditch, Drawn from Mace-head Carving, 3100 B.C.E


Shaduf


Saqiya


Square-Pallet Chain Pump


Noria


Sections from the Code of Hammurabi Referring to Irrigation, 1750 B.C.E


Sima Qianï¿½s Description of the Building of the Zhengguo Canal, ca. 100 B.C.E


Suetoniusï¿½s Description of the Water Projects Undertaken by Emperor Claudius (r. 41ï¿½54 C.E.)


Activities of Shao Xinchen, Han Dynasty, before 33 B.C.E


Frontinusï¿½s Discussion of Romeï¿½s Water System ca. 100 C.E


Memorial from Jia Rang, 1st century B.C.E



Writing and Power: Defining World-Views (1750 B.C.E.ï¿½250 C.E.)


Excerpts from Atra-hasis


Excerpts from Book 10 of the Rig Veda


From the First Book of Moses, called Genesis


From Yijing, Commentary on the Appended Judgments


From Popol Vuh, ï¿½The Book of the People.ï¿½ From ï¿½The Beginning of the World,ï¿½ in Kojiki



Representing the Human Form (600 B.C.E.ï¿½1500 C.E.)


Anavyssos Kouros, Attica near Athens, ca. 525 B.C.E


Peplos Kore, Athens, ca. 530 B.C.E


Theseus and the Amazons, from an Attic Red-figured Krater,1 ca. 440 B.C.E


Polykleitos, Doryphoros or ï¿½The Canon,ï¿½ ca. 440 B.C.E


(Roman copy)


Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 340 B.C.E


(Roman copy)


Yakshi, from a Pillar at the Great Stupa of Bharhut, ca. 100 B.C.E


Standing Buddha, from Gandhara, ca. 200 C.E


Buddha with Halo, from Sarnath, Gupta Period, 5th Dynasty


Tibetan Sculpture of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani


Head of Pacal the Great, from His Tomb at Palenque, 684 C.E


Door Lintel Showing King Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc in a Bloodletting Ritual, 709 C.E


Mural at Bonampak Showing King Chaan-muan Judging Defeated Enemies, 792 C.E


Vase Painting Showing God L, Several Goddesses, and Rabbit-Scribe, ca. 600ï¿½900 C.E


Terra-cotta Head of a King, Ife, ca. 1000ï¿½1200 C.E


Copper Obalufon Mask, Ife, 1000ï¿½1200 C.E


Brass Head of Queen Mother, Benin, ca. 1500


Brass Plaque Depicting the Oba Esigie, Benin, ca. 1500



Han and Rome: Asserting Imperial Authority (300 B.C.E.ï¿½400 C.E.)


From Sima Qian, The Annals of Qin, ca. second century B.C.E


Grave Mound of Qin Shi Huangdi at Mt. Li


Flanking Pit of Excavated Tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi


From Dong Zhongshu (Tung Chung-shu), Essays on Kingship


Han Wendi (Wen-ti), On the Eclipse of the Sun


From Caesar Augustus, The Achievements of the Divine Augustus


From Cassius Dio, Roman History


Roman Coin of the Reign of Emperor Nero (r. 54ï¿½68)


Trajanï¿½s Column, Rome


Detail from Trajanï¿½s Column


Roman Temple Inscription in Myra, Lycia (Asia Minor)


Edict and Speech of Nero to the Greeks



International Religious Communities (300 B.C.E.ï¿½800 C.E.)


Selections from Ashoka (Asï¿½oka), Rock and Pillar Edicts


Ashokan Pillar with a Single-Lion Capital at Vaishali, India


From the Asokavadana


Constantinian Edicts


Selections from Eusebius, Life of Constantine


Two Constantinian Coins


Selections from the Qurï¿½an


Selections from the Hadith


Selections from Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah


From Abu Yusuf (d. A.H


182/798 C.E.), Book of Land-tax


Muhammad Addresses Ali and Other Leaders Before the Battle of Badr, from Rashid al-Din, Jamiï¿½al-tawarikh



Vikings and Polynesians: Exploring New Worlds (300ï¿½1100)


From Adam of Bremen, History of the Archbishoprics of Hamburg-Bremen, 11th century


Illuminated French Manuscript on Life of St


Aubin, St. Aubin Abbey, ca. 1100


Memorial Stone, Gotland, Sweden, 8th to 9th century


Oseberg Viking Ship, Norway, 9th to 10th century


Runic Memorial Inscriptions, Germany, Norway, and Sweden


Buried Viking Hoard, Hon, Norway


From Greenlandersï¿½ Saga, 13th Century


Site Plan, Lï¿½Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada and House, Stï¿½ng, Iceland


from William Ellis, Polynesian Researches, 19th Century


Detail from William Hodges, Tahiti Revisited, 1776


Petroglyphs of Hawaiian Canoes


Reconstructed Double-Hulled Hawaiian Canoe Hokuleï¿½a and Route of Its Voyages


From David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, early 19th century


Excerpts from the Oral Traditions of Rennell and Bellona


Development Sequence of Polynesian Languages


Plant Species Introduced into Polynesia Before European Contact


Monolithic Statues



Two Faces of ï¿½Holy Warï¿½: Christians and Muslims (1095ï¿½1270S)


Muslims on Christians: Usamah ibn-Munqidh Describes the Franks


Ibn al-Athir, The Capture of Jerusalem, 1187


From Imad ad-Din, History of the Fall of Jerusalem


Europeans on Muslims: From Peter Tudebode, History of the Jerusalem Journey


From Fulcher of Chartres, A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, 1095-1127


From William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea


Geoffrey de Vinsauf, ï¿½How Saladin, extolling the law of Mahomet, is reproved by a jester.ï¿½ Ambrose, ï¿½How the Infidels Had Desecrated the Churches of Acre.ï¿½ de Joinville, ï¿½Something Concerning These Bedouins.ï¿½



Fiction and The Emotions in Japanese, Arabian, and Irish Culture (1000ï¿½1400 C.E.)


From the Tale of the Genji


From the Arabian Nights


From ï¿½The Wooing of Emer.ï¿½



The Mongol Conquest: Scourge or Stimulus? (1206ï¿½1360)


From The Secret History of the Mongols


Selections from ï¿½A Journey to the Westï¿½ by Yelï¿½ Chucai


Selections from Rashid al-Din Tabibï¿½s The Successors of Genghiz Khan


Selections from Juvainiï¿½s The History of the World Conqueror


Persian Miniature Illustrating a Mongol Attack on a City


Tale of the Destruction of Riazan


The Account of John de Plano Carpini


Selections from the Travel Account of William of Rubruck


From Francis Balducci Pegolotti, Book of Description of Countries



Regional Metropolises: Constantinople and Tenochtitlï¿½n (1160ï¿½1521)


From Benjamin of Tudela, Travels of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela, 1160ï¿½1173


From Robert of Clari, Conquest of Constantinople, 1203


Nicetas Choniates, ï¿½Destruction of Ancient Art in the Latin Sack of Constantinople.ï¿½ Illustrated Map of Constantinople, 13th century


Interior, Saint Sophia


George Acropolites, ï¿½The Byzantine Recovery of Constantinople: Thanksgiving and Celebration,ï¿½ 1261


Chrysobull Detailing Extraordinary Privileges for the Venetians, 1082


Letter of Hernan Cortï¿½s to Charles V, King of Spain


From Bernal Dï¿½az del Castillo, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico


Spanish Illustrated Map of Tenochtitlï¿½n, Printed in Nuremberg, 1524


The Excavated Site of the Great Temple Enclosure


The Great Temple Enclosure at Tenochtitlï¿½n, from the Florentine Codex



Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam (629ï¿½1324)


From the Diary of Ennin, 838-847


From Journey to the West, or The Monkey-King, 17th century


Modern Portrait of Xuanzang


From Naser-e Khosraw, Book of Travels


The Travels of Ibn Jubayr


From al-Maqriziï¿½s Account of Mansa Musa


From al-Umariï¿½s Account of Mansa Musa


From Ibn Khaldunï¿½s Account of Mansa Musa



The Well-Educated Man: Students and Scholars In China, Paris, and Timbuktu (1180ï¿½1600)


Zhu Xi, Articles of the White Deer Grotto Academy, 1180


Zhu Xi, Proposals for Schools and Official Recruitment, 1195


Cheng Duanli, A Schedule for Learning, 1315


Description of Ahmad al-Tinbukti, from Ahmad Baba, al-Dhayl, ca. 1600


Description of Muhammad Baghayogho, from Ahmad Baba, al-Dhayl, ca. 1600


Statutes for the University of Paris Issued by Robert Courï¿½on, 1215


Rules for Licensing a Student to Teach at the University of Paris


Robert de Sorbonï¿½s Regulations for His College, Before 1274



Facing the Black Death (1300ï¿½1400)


From Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History


From Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron


From Ibn Battuta, Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325ï¿½1354


From Ioannes Cautacuzenos (John VI of Byzantium), Historarum


From the Chronicle of Jean de Venette


Lieferinxe, St. Sebastian Interceding for the Plague-Stricken


A Prayer to St. Sebastian


Citations from the Hadith


An Arab Doctorï¿½s Medical Perspective on the Black Death


Cryptograms


From Ibn al-Wardi, ï¿½An Essay on the Report of the Pestilence.ï¿½ A Fifteenth-Century Treatise on the Pestilence


From Report of the Paris Medical Faculty, October 1348


A Wholesome Medicine Against All Infirmities


From Petrarch, ï¿½Letters on Familiar Matters.ï¿½



Cross-Cultural Encounters: Travel, Religion, Conquests, and Trade (1400ï¿½1700)


China: Zheng Heï¿½s Inscriptions in Stone, 1431


Zhang Hanï¿½s Essay on Merchants


The Biography of Zhu Jiefu


Chang Hsiehï¿½s Advice to Traders (1618)


Europe: Christopher Columbus Journal, 1530s


Las Casas, Teaching the True Religion (1530s)


Richard Hakluyt (the Younger), Discourse on Western Planting (1584)


Sir John Chardin, Travels in Persia


Thomas Mun, Englandï¿½s Treasure (1664)


Muslim Regions: Travels of Ibn Battuta, c. 1353


Evliyï¿½ Efendï¿½, Narrative of Travels


Africa: Nzinga Mbemba, King of Kongo, to the King of Portugal, 1526


Pate Chronicle


Statistics: Rates of Population Growth, 1000-1820 (ave. annual compound growth rates)


Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (in 1990 international dollars), 1000-1700


Population and Gross Domestic Product Growth, 1500-1700 (in %)


Urbanization Ratios in China and Western Europe, 1000-1700 (population in cities 10,000 and over as percentage of total population)


Slave Exports from Africa, By Destination (000s), 650-1800


World Gold Output by Region, 1493-1700 (in million fine oz.)


Gold and Silver Shipments from the Americas to Europe, 1500-1700 (metric tons)


Exports of Gold and Silver from Europe, 1600-1700 (metric tons of silver equivalent)


Tobacco Imported to England from Virginia and Maryland Colonies, 1620-1700 (000s pounds)


Number of Ships Sailing to Asia by Country, 1500-1700


Sugar Exports from Barbados to London, 1651-1700 (in tons)


Sugar Production in Brazil, 1600-1625 (in metric tons)


Wealth Distribution in Mughul Empire, c. 1600 (in percentages)