World A History

Name: World A History
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ISBN: 9780136061496

ISBN-10: 0136061494

ISBN-13: 9780136061496

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Felipe Fernï¿½ndez-Armesto

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The World interweaves two storiesof our interactions with nature and with each other. The environment-centered story is about humans distancing themselves from the rest of nature and searching for a relationship that strikes a balance between constructive and destructive exploitation. The culture-centered story is of how human cultures have become mutually influential and yet mutually differentiating. Both stories have been going on for thousands of years. We do not know whether they will end in triumph or disaster. There is no prospect of covering all of world history in one book. Rather, the fabric of this book is woven from selected strands. Readers will see these at every turn, twisted…

Book details

List price: $183.80
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 696
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English

Felipe Fernï¿½ndez-Armesto, the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, is the author of Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration and Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, and London.



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Foragers and Farmers, to 5,000 BCE



Out of the ice: Peopling the Earth


So you think yoursquo;re Human?


Human Evolution Out of Africa Peopling the Old World Migration, Population, and Social Change


The Last Great Ice Age Ice-Age Hunters Ice-Age Art Ice-Age Culture and Society Peopling the New World Survival of the Foragers


In Perspective: After the Ice



Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding After the Ice Age


The Problem of Agriculture A Case in Point


Aboriginal Australians Preagriculural Settlements


The Disadvantages of Farming Husbandry in Different Environments Herdersrsquo; Environments Tillersrsquo; Environments


The Spread of Agriculture Europe Asia


The Americas Africa The Pacific Islands So Why did Farming Start?


Population Pressure


The Outcome of Abundance


The Power of Politics Cult Agriculture Climatic Instability Agriculture by Accident Production As an Outgrowth of Procurement In Perspective: Seeking Stability



Farmers and Builders, 5000 to 500 BCE



The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States


Growing Communities, Divergent Cultures Intensified Settlement and Its Effects The Ecology of Civilization


The Great Floodplains


The Ecology of Egypt Shifting Rivers of the Indus Valley Fierce Nature in Early Mesopotamia


The Good Earth of Early China Configurations of Society Patterns of Settlement and Labor Politics Statecraft in Mesopotamia


The First Documented Chinese State Ruling Harappan World The Politics of Expansion Literate Culture In Perspective: What Made the Great River Valleys Different?



A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability


The Case of the Hittite Kingdom


The Importance of Trade Hittite Society and Politics Fragility and Fall


The End of the Hatti Instability and Collapse in the Aegean Cretan Civilization Mycenean Civilization