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| Introducing World History | |
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| Geography Overview | |
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| Foundations: Ancient Societies, TO 600 B.C.E. | |
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| The Origins of Human Societies, to ca. 2000 B.C.E. | |
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| Prehistory: The Cosmos, Earth, and the Roots of Humanity | |
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| The Odyssey of Early Human Societies | |
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| The Agricultural Transformation, 10,000-4000 B.C.E. | |
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| The Emergence of Cities and States | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: The !Kung Hunters and Gatherers | |
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| Witness to the Past: Food and Farming in Ancient Cultural Traditions | |
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| Ancient Societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000-600 B.C.E. | |
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| Early Mesopotamian Urbanized Societies, to 2000 B.C.E. | |
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| The Earliest Indian and Central Asian Societies, 6000-1500 B.C.E. | |
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| The Aryans and a New Indian Society, 1500-600 B.C.E. | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Hammurabi the Lawgiver | |
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| Witness to the Past: Hindu Values in the Bhagavad Gita | |
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| Ancient Societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000-600 B.C.E. | |
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| The Rise of Egyptian Society | |
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| Egyptian Society, Economy, and Culture | |
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| Ancient Sub-Saharan African Societies | |
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| Early Societies and Networks of the Eastern Mediterranean | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Hekanakhte, an Egyptian Priest | |
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| Witness to the Past: The World-view of an African Society | |
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| Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000-600 B.C.E. | |
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| The Formation of Chinese Society, 6000-1750 B.C.E. | |
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| The Reshaping of Ancient Chinese Society, 1750-600 B.C.E. | |
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| Ancient Southeast and Northeast Asians | |
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| Ancient Americans | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: The Poverty Point Mound Builders | |
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| Witness to the Past: The Poetry of Peasant Life in Zhou China | |
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| Societies, Networks, Transitions: Ancient Foundations of World History, 4000-600 B.C.E. | |
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| Historical Controversy: Patriarchy and Matriarchy in the Ancient World | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Blossoming: The Classical Societies and their Legacies, ca. 600 B.C.E.-ca. 600 C.E. | |
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| Classical Societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| The Transformation of Indian Society, Religion, and Politics | |
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| South and Central Asia After the Mauryas | |
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| The Gupta Age in India | |
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| The Development of Southeast Asian Societies | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: The Trung Sisters, Vietnamese Rebels | |
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| Witness to the Past: Basic Doctrines in the Buddha's First Sermon | |
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| Eurasian Connections and New Traditions in East Asia, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| Changing China and Axial Age Thought, 600-221 B.C.E.Chinese Imperial Systems and the World | |
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| China After the Han Empire: Continuity and Change | |
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| Korea, Japan, and East Asian Networks | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Sima Qian, Chinese Historian | |
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| Witness to the Past: The Analects and Correct Confucian Behavior | |
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| Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Regional Systems, 600-200 B.C.E. | |
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| The Persians and Their Empire | |
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| The Rise and Flowering of the Greeks | |
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| Greeks, Persians, and the Regional System | |
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| The Hellenistic Age and Its Afro-Eurasian Legacies | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Profile: Archimedes, a Hellenistic Mathematician and Engineer | |
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| Witness to the Past: Good, Evil, and Monotheism in Zoroastrian Thought | |
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| Empires, Networks, and the Remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| Etruscans, Carthage, Egypt, and the Roman Republic | |
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| The Rise and Decline of Imperial Rome | |
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| Christianity: From Western Asian Sect to Transregional Religion | |
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| Revival in the East: Byzantines, Persians, and Arabs | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Hypatia of Alexandria, a Pagan Philosopher | |
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| Witness to the Past: The Voices of Common Romans | |
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| Classical Societies and Regional Networks in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| Classical States and Connections in Northeast Africa | |
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| The Blossoming of West and Bantu Africa | |
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| Classical Societies and Networks in the Americas. | |
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| Populating the Pacific: Australian and Island Societies | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| E-book and Website Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: A Moche Lord | |
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| Witness to the Past: A Shopper's Guide to Aksum | |
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| Societies, Networks, Transitions: Classical Blossomings in World History, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| Historical Controversy: The Afrocentric Challenge to Historians of Antiquity | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Expanding Horizons: Encounters and Transformations in the Intermediate Era, ca. 600-1500 | |
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| The Rise, Power, and Connections of the Islamic World, 600-1500 | |
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| Early Islam: The Origins and Spread of a Continuous Tradition | |
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| Early Islamic States and Empires | |
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| Cultural Hallmarks of Islam: Theology, Society, and Learning | |
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| Globalized Islam and Middle Eastern Political Change | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Ibn Battuta, Muslim Traveler | |
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| Witness to the Past: The Holy Book, God, and the Prophet in the Quran | |
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| East Asian Traditions, Transformations, and Eurasian Encounters, 600-1500 | |
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| Tang China: The Hub of the East | |
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| Song China and Commercial Growth | |
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| Mongol Conquest, Chinese Resurgence, and Eurasian Connections | |
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| Cultural Adaptation in Korea and Japan | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Lady Murasaki, Heian Novelist | |
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| Witness to the Past: Life in the Chinese Capital City | |
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| Expanding Horizons in Africa and the Americas, 600-1500 | |
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| Diverse African States and Peoples | |
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| African Society, Thought, and Economy | |
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| American Societies in Transition | |
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| The American Empires and Their Challenges | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Sundiata, Imperial Founder | |
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| Witness to the Past: An Aztec Market | |
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| South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600-1500 | |
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| Hinduism, Buddhism, and South Asian Society | |
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| The Coming of Islam to India and Central Asia | |
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| Cultural Adaptation and New Southeast Asian Societies | |
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| Changing Southeast Asian Societies | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Pwa Saw, a Burmese Queen | |
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| Witness to the Past: The Songs of Kabir?? | |
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| Christian Societies in Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Russia, 600-1500 | |
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| Forming Christian Societies in Western Europe | |
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| Medieval Societies, Thought, and Politics | |
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| Eastern Europe: Byzantines, Slavs, and Mongols | |
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| Late Medieval Europe and the Roots of Expansion | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| Profile: Heloise, a French Scholar and Nun | |
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| Witness to the Past: A Literary View of Late Medieval People | |
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| Societies, Networks, Transitions: Expanding Horizons in the Intermediate Era, 600 B.C.E.-600 C.E. | |
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| Historical Controversy: Eastern Predominance in the Intermediate World | |
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| Suggested Readings | |