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Maps | |
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Preface | |
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Supplements | |
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About the Authors | |
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Prologue | |
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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins | |
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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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The First Towns: Seedbeds of Civilization | |
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In Depth: The Idea of Civilization in World Historical Perspective | |
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Global Connections: The Neolithic Revolution as the Basis for World History | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa | |
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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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In Depth: Women in Patriarchal Societies | |
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Egypt and Mesopotamia Compared | |
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Civilization Centers in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean | |
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The Issue of Heritage | |
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Global Connections: The Early Civilizations and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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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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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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Visualizing the Past: Mapping the Rise of Civilizations | |
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Global Connections: Contrasting Legacies: Harappan and Early Chinese Civilizations | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E.: Uniting Large Regions | |
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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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The Han Dynasty and the Foundations of China's Classical Age | |
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In Depth: Sunzi and the Shift from Ritual Combat to "Real" War | |
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Visualizing the Past: Capital Designs and Patterns of Political Power | |
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Global Connections: Classical China and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Classical Civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean: Persia and Greece | |
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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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In Depth: Defining Social History | |
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Document: The Power of Greek Drama | |
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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: Persia, Greece, and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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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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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Rome and Its Empire | |
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The Development of Rome's Republic | |
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Roman Culture | |
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Document: Rome and a Values Crisis | |
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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 Civilizations 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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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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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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Visualizing the Past: Ancient Agriculture | |
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Global Connections: American Civilizations and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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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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Nomadic Societies and Indo-European Migrations | |
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Visualizing the Past: Varieties of Human Adaptation and the Potential for Civilization | |
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The Spread of Chinese Civilization to Japan | |
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The Scattered Societies of Polynesia | |
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Global Connections: The Emerging Cultures | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The end of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200-700 C.E. | |
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Upheavals in Eastern and Southern Asia | |
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Document: The Popularization of Buddhism | |
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | |
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In Depth: The Problem of Decline and Fall | |
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The Development and Spread of World Religions | |
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Visualizing the Past: Religious Geography | |
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Global Connections: The Late Classical Period and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Postclassical Period, 500-1450: New Faith and New Commerce | |
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The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam | |
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Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World | |
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The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam | |
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The Arab Empire of the Umayyads | |
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In Depth: Civilization and Gender Relationships | |
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From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abbasid Era | |
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Document: The Thousand and One Nights as a Mirror of Elite Society in the Abbasid Era | |
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Visualizing the Past: The Mosque as a Symbol of Islamic Civilization | |
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Global Connections: Early Islam and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia | |
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The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras | |
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Document: Ibn Khaldun on the Rise and Decline of Empires | |
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An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements | |
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The Coming of Islam to South Asia | |
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Visualizing the Past: The Patterns of Islam's Global Expansions | |
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The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia | |
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In Depth: Conversion and Accommodation in the Spread of World Religions | |
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Global Connections: Islam: A Bridge Between Worlds | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam | |
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African Societies: Diversity and Similarities | |
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Kingdoms of the Grasslands | |
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Document: The Great Oral Tradition and the Epic of Sundiata | |
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Visualizing the Past: The Architecture of Faith | |
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The Swahili Coast of East Africa | |
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Peoples of the Forest and Plains | |
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In Depth: Two Transitions in the History of World Population | |
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Global Connections: Internal Development and Global Contacts | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe | |
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The Byzantine Empire | |
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Visualizing the Past: Women and Power in Byzantium | |
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The Spread of Civilization in Eastern Europe | |
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Document: Russia Turns to Christianity | |
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In Depth: Eastern and Western Europe: The Problem of Boundaries | |
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Global Connections: Eastern Europe and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe | |
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Stages of Postclassical Development | |
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Western Culture in the Postclassical Era | |
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Changing Economic and Social Forms in the Postclassical Centuries | |
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Visualizing the Past: Peasant Labor | |
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Document: Changing Roles for Women | |
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The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis | |
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In Depth: Western Civilization | |
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Global Connections: Medieval Europe and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Americas on the eve of Invasion | |
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Postclassic Mesoamerica, 1000-1500 C.E. | |
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Aztec Society in Transition | |
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Document: Aztec Women and Men | |
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Twantinsuyu: World of the Incas | |
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Visualizing the Past: Archeological Evidence of Political Practices | |
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In Depth: The "Troubling" Civilizations of the Americas | |
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The Other Peoples of the Americas | |
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Global Connections: The Americas and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties | |
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Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era | |
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Document: Ties That Bind: Paths to Power | |
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Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song | |
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Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of a Golden Age | |
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Visualizing the Past: The Great Ships of the Tang and Song Eras | |
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In Depth: Artistic Expression and Social Values | |
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Global Connections: China's World Role | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Japan, Korea, and Vietnam | |
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Japan: The Imperial Age | |
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The Era of Warrior Dominance | |
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In Depth: Comparing Feudalisms | |
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Korea: Between China and Japan | |
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Between China and Southeast Asia: The Making of Vietnam | |
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Visualizing the Past: What Their Portraits Tell Us: Gatekeeper Elites and the Persistence of Civilizations | |
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Document: Literature as a Mirror of the Exchanges Between Civilized Centers | |
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Global Connections: In the Orbit of China: The East Asian Corner of the Global System | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur | |
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The Mongol Empire of Chinggis Khan | |
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Document: A European Assessment of the Virtues and Vices of the Mongols | |
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The Mongol Drive to the West | |
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Visualizing the Past: The Mongol Empire as a Bridge Between Civilizations | |
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The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History | |
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In Depth: The Eclipse of the Nomadic War Machine | |
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Global Connections: The Mongol Linkages | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The West and the Changing Balance of World Power | |
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The Decline of the Old Order | |
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The Rise of the West | |
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Visualizing the Past: Population Trends | |
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Document: Italian Renaissance Culture | |
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Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase | |
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Outside the World Network | |
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In Depth: The Problem of Ethnocentrism | |
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Global Connections: 1450 and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Early Modern Period, 1450-1750: The World Shrinks | |
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The World Economy | |
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The West's First Outreach: Maritime Power | |
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In Depth: Causation and the West's Expansion | |
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Toward a World Economy | |
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Visualizing the Past: West Indian Slaveholding | |
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Colonial Expansion | |
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Document: Western Conquerors: Tactics and Motives | |
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Global Connections: The World Economy-And the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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The Transformation of the West, 1450-1750 | |
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The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce, 1450-1650 | |
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Science and Politics: The Next Phase of Change | |
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Visualizing the Past: Versailles | |
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In Depth: Elites and Masses | |
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The West by 1750 | |
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Document: Controversies About Women | |
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Global Connections: Europe and the World | |
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Further Readings | |
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On the Web | |
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Document Analysis Questions | |
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Glossary | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |