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List of plates | |
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List of maps | |
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Figure credits | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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A visual tour of World History: Journeys from Past to Present | |
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Emergence (Human origins to 500 CE) | |
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Part I Introduction | |
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Human migration: World history in motion | |
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Introduction to the theme of migration | |
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Evolutionary footprints: Human origins in Africa | |
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Origin myths: The creation of the world | |
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Colonization of the planet | |
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Primary source: The origin of human consciousness | |
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Primary source: Interviewing ancient rock art | |
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Crossing boundaries: Later migrations | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Online resources | |
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Study questions | |
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Technology and environment: Transformations in world history | |
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Introduction to the theme oft environment | |
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Technology defines human culture | |
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Agricultural beginnings | |
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Early agricultural societies | |
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Technology and environment | |
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Primary source: Lamenting technology | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Study questions | |
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Cities and city life in world history | |
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Introduction to the theme of cities | |
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World demography: Crowded daily lives | |
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Emerging complexity | |
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Primary source: Theognis on tyranny and social discord | |
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Later expansion of commercial cities | |
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Cities and population growth | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Study questions | |
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Ideas and power: Goddesses, kings, and sages | |
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Introduction to the theme of ideas and power | |
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From goddesses and gods to god-kings | |
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Primary source: The Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1750 BCE) | |
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Divine encounters: Transformations in religion and society | |
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From god-kings to prophets and preachers | |
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Sages and society: Philosophy and politics in early China and Greece | |
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The idea of empire | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions | |
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Summary | |
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Order (1 CE to 1500 CE) | |
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Introduction | |
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The spread of world religions: Missionaries, merchants, and monarchs | |
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Introduction to the theme of the spread of religions | |
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Buddhism | |
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Christianity | |
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Primary source: Prince Vladimir's search for a religion | |
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Islam | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Making a living: World economies | |
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Introduction to the theme of world economies | |
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Manorial economies in medieval England and Japan | |
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Markets and money in medieval China | |
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Slavic peoples and the economy of Rus': Trade and agriculture | |
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Pastoral economies: Herders and horsemen | |
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Primary source: Making a living in Badakhshan | |
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Farmers and traders in Southeast Asia | |
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Rulers and regional economies in South Asia | |
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Environmental diversity and ecological adaptation in Africa | |
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Land, labor, and markets in the Mexica-Aztec economy | |
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Trade and tribute in the Incan Empire | |
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Economy and environment in North American landscapes | |
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Religion and the economy in the Islamic world | |
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Regional systems and the impact of long-distance trade | |
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Summary | |
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Note | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Online resources | |
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Study questions | |
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Family matters: Gender, family, and household | |
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Introduction to the theme of gender, family, and household in world history | |
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Gender, family, and household in Roman law and society | |
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Christianity, family, and household in medieval Europe | |
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Confucianism, family, and household in Imperial China | |
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Primary source: How to manage a family in twelfth-century China | |
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Women and family in Northeast Asia: Korea and Japan | |
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Women, family, and household in Inner Asia | |
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The impact of Islam on women, family, and household in West Asia | |
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African women, families, and households: Matrilineality and motherhood | |
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Caste, marriage, and family in South Asia | |
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Women, family, and household in Southeast Asia | |
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Gender, family, and household in North America | |
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Family and household in Mesoamerica and South America | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Online resources | |
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Study questions | |
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Ties that bind: Lineage, clientage, and caste | |
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Introduction to the theme of lineage, clientage, and caste | |
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Lineage societies in West Asia | |
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Lineage societies and states in East and Inner Asia | |
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Caste and society in South Asia | |
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Lineage, clientage, and caste in Africa | |
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Lineage and community in North America | |
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Lineage and state in the Mexica-Aztec and Incan Empires | |
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"Feudalism" in Europe and Japan | |
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Slavery | |
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Primary source: Zhou Daguan on slaves in the Khmer Empire | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Online resources | |
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Study questions | |
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Early empires | |
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Introduction to the theme of early empires | |
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Maritime and mainland empires in Southeast Asia: Srivijaya and Khmer | |
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Nomads and empire in Eurasia: The Mongol Empire | |
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Primary source: Ibn al-Athir on the Mongol conquest of Persia | |
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Trade, technology, ecology, and culture: The Mali Empire in West Africa | |
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Empires in the Americas | |
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Summary | |
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Study questions | |
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Summary: Mapping order | |
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Connections (500-1600 CE) | |
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Introduction | |
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Connections across land and sea | |
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Introduction to the theme of connections | |
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Cowries, coins, and commerce | |
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Trade commodities | |
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Merchants and international trade | |
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Money and international exchange | |
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Diplomatic connections | |
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Religious connections | |
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Primary source: Ibn Battuta, world traveler | |
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Commercial connections | |
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Connections in the Americas | |
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Pacific connections before 1500 | |
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Northern Eurasian connections: The Vikings | |
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Summary | |
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Note | |
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Study questions | |
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Cultural memory: Transmitting traditions | |
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Introduction to the theme of cultural memory | |
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Cultural memory systems: Oral traditions | |
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Cultural memory systems: Writing | |
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Cultural memory systems: History | |
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Cultural categories of knowledge: History, theology, and philosophy | |
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Epic poetry and cultural memory | |
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The representation of cultural memory | |
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Religion and cultural memory | |
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Technology and cultural memory | |
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Institutions and the transmission of cultural memory | |
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Education, universities, and schools | |
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Brotherhoods and guilds | |
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Cultural hegemony and resistance | |
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Summary | |
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Commerce and change: Creating a world system | |
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Introduction to the theme of commerce and change | |
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Debating the rise of the West | |
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Technology, commerce, and the expansion of Europe | |
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European voyages of exploration | |
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Commerce and change in the West African gold trade | |
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Commerce and change in China | |
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Silver's global connections | |
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Primary source: Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world, 1519-22 | |
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Summary | |
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Suggested readings | |
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Online resources | |
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Study questions | |
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Summary | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |