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| Single Volume Contents | |
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| Volume I includes Chapters 1-22 and Volume II includes Chapters 21-40 Each chapter begins with an introduction | |
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| I | |
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| The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization? | |
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| Human Life in the Era of Hunters and Gatherers | |
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| Document: Tales of the Hunt: Paleolithic Cave Paintings as History | |
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| Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization: The Neolithic Revolution | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Representations of Women in Early Art | |
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| In Depth: The Idea of Civilization in World Historical Perspective | |
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| The First Towns: Seedbeds of Civilization | |
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| Global Connections: The Neolithic Revolution as a Basis for World History | |
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| The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa | |
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| Setting the Scene: The Middle East by 4000 B.C.E | |
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| Civilization in Mesopotamia | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Mesopotamia in Maps | |
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| Document: Hammurabi's Law Code | |
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| Ancient Egypt | |
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| Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared | |
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| In Depth: Women in Patriarchal Societies | |
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| Civilization Centers in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean | |
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| The End of the Early Civilization Period | |
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| Global Connections: The Early Civilizations and the World | |
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| Asia's First Civilizations: India and China | |
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| The Indus Valley and the Birth of South Asian Civilization | |
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| Aryan Incursions and Early Aryan Society in India | |
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| Document: Aryan Poetry in Praise of a War-Horse | |
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| A Bend in the River and the Beginnings of China | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Mapping the Rise of Civilizations | |
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| The Decline of the Shang and the Era of Zhou Dominance | |
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| In Depth: The Legacy of Asia's First Civilizations | |
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| Global Connections: Contrasting Legacies: Harappan and Early Chinese Civilizations | |
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| The Classical Period In World History | |
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| Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China? | |
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| Philosophical Remedies for the Prolonged Crisis of the Later Zhou | |
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| Document: Teachings of the Rival Chinese Schools | |
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| The Triumph of the Qin and Imperial Unity | |
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| In Depth: Sunzi and the Shift from Ritual Combat to "Real" War | |
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| The Han Dynasty and the Foundations of China's Classical Age | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Capital Designs and Patterns of Political Power | |
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| Global Connections: Classical China an d the World and Affluence | |
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| Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World | |
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| The Persian Empire: Parallel Power in the Middle East | |
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| The Political Character of Classical Greece | |
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| The Hellenistic Period | |
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| Creativity in Greek and Hellenistic Culture | |
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| Document: The Power of Greek Drama | |
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| In Depth: Defining Social History | |
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| Patterns of Greek and Hellenistic Society | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Commerce and Society | |
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| Global Connections: Greece and the World | |
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| Religious Rivalries and India's Golden Age | |
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| The Age of Brahman Dominance | |
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| In Depth: Inequality as the Social Norm | |
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| Religious Ferment and the Rise of Buddhism | |
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| Visualizing the Past: The Pattern of Trade in the Ancient Eurasian World | |
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| Brahmanical Recovery and the Splendors of the Gupta Age | |
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| Document: A Guardian's Farewell Speech to a Young Woman About to Be Married | |
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| Global Connections: India and the Wider World | |
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| Rome and Its Empire | |
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| A Foundation Story | |
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| The Development of Rome's Republic | |
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| Document: Rome and a Values Crisis | |
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| Roman Culture | |
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| The Institutions of Empire | |
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| The Evolution of Rome's Economic and Social Structure | |
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| Visualizing the Past: Religions in Rome | |
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| In Depth: The Classical Mediterranean in Comparative Perspective | |
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| The Origins of Christianity | |
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| The Decline of Rome | |
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| Global Connections: Rome and the World | |
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| The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas? | |
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| Origins of American Societies | |
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| Spread of Civilization in Mesoamerica | |
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| Document: Deciphering the Maya Glyphs | |
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| The Peoples to the North | |
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| In Depth: Different Times for Different Peoples | |
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| The Andean World? | |
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| Global Connctions: American Civilizations and the World | |
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| The Spread of Civilizations and the Movement of Peoples? | |
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| The Spread of Civilization in Africa | |
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| Document: Myths of Origin | |
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| In Depth: Language as a Historical Source | |
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| Noma | |