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Preface | |
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How to Read A Document | |
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How to Read A Visual | |
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The Origins of Civilization | |
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Stories of Creation | |
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Popol Vuh (n.d.) | |
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The Ancestors of the People Called Indians (The Huarochiri Manuscript) (ca. 1598-1608 C.E.) | |
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The Creation Epic (ca. 2000 B.C.E.) | |
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The Book of Genesis (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.) | |
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The Kojiki (712 C.E.) | |
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The Cradle of Civilization | |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 B.C.E.) | |
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Code of Hammurabi (early 18th century B.C.E.) | |
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The Book of the Dead (ca. 16th century B.C.E.) | |
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Instructions in Letter Writing by an Egyptian Scribe (c. 1200 B.C.E.) | |
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The Book of Exodus (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.) | |
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Archaic and Classical Greece | |
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The Iliad (9th-8th century B.C.E.) | |
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Description of Africa (450 B.C.E.) | |
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The Apology (399 B.C.E.) | |
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The Republic (ca. 327 B.C.E.) | |
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Politics (4th century B.C.E.) | |
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The Religions of the East | |
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The Upanishads (ca. 600-500 B.C.E.) | |
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Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.) | |
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Bhagavad-Gita (ca. 200 B.C.E.) | |
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Analects (ca. 500 B.C.E.) | |
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Tao-Te Ching (ca. 500 B.C.E.) | |
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China: War and Politics | |
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The Art of War (ca. 500 B.C.E.) | |
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The Book of Songs (ca. 1200-1100 B.C.E.) | |
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The Records of the Grand Historian of China (110-85 B.C.E.) | |
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Memorials (ca. 230 B.C.E.) | |
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Ancient Rome | |
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On the Laws (ca. 52 B.C.E.) | |
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The Aeneid (30-19 B.C.E.) | |
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The Life of Augustus (ca. 122 C.E.) | |
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The Sermon on the Mount (ca. 28-35 C.E.) | |
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Traditional Societies | |
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Africa and the Muslim World | |
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Code (529-565 C.E.) | |
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Secret History (ca. 560 C.E.) | |
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The Koran (7th century C.E.) | |
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The Life of Muhammad (after 733) | |
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The Life of the Brahmin (1030 C.E.) | |
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Book of the Maghrib (13th century C.E.) | |
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The Muqaddimah (1377 C.E.) | |
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Travels in Africa (1364 C.E.) | |
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Ethiopia Oriental (1609 C.E.) | |
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Asian Cultures | |
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Lessons for Women (ca. 99 C.E.) | |
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The Lotus of the Wonderful Law (806 C.E.) | |
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A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (399-414 C.E.) | |
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The Examination System During the T'ang Dynasty (8th century C.E.) | |
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The Tale of Genji (ca. 1000 C.E.) | |
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The Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (1071-1085 C.E.) | |
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The Seventeen Article Constitution (640 C.E.) | |
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Precepts for Social Life (1178 C.E.) | |
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Europe after the Fall of Rome | |
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The Germania (98 C.E.) | |
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The Burgundian Code (ca. 474 C.E.) | |
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The Life of Charlemagne (ca. 829-836 C.E.) | |
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Magna Carta (1215 C.E.) | |
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The Battle of Maldon (991 C.E.) | |
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The Development of Christianity | |
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The City of God (413-426 C.E.) | |
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The Rule (ca. 535-540 C.E.) | |
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Admonitions (ca. 1220 C.E.) | |
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Summa Theologica (1266-1273 C.E.) | |
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Witchcraft Documents (15th century C.E.) | |
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Dynasties and Empires | |
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The Italian Renaissance | |
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On the Family (1435-1444 C.E.) | |
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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1550 C.E.) | |
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The Prince (1513 C.E.) | |
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Cultures in Collision | |
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The Alexiad (1097 C.E.) | |
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The Journey of Louis VII to the East (1147 C.E.) | |
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Memoirs (after 1175 C.E.) | |
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The Dissipator of Anxieties (1250 C.E.) | |
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China and Japan in the Middle Ages | |
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The Hojo Code (1232 C.E.) | |
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A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns (1339-1343 C.E.) | |
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Kadensho (1440-1442 C.E.) | |
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All Men Are Brothers (14th century C.E.) | |
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The Yangzhou Massacre (1645 C.E.) | |
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European Encounters | |
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The History of the Great and Mightie Kingdom of China (1585 C.E.) | |
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Journals (1583-1610 C.E.) | |
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Chronicle of Guinea (1453 C.E.) | |
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Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1497-1499 C.E.) | |
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Letter from the First Voyage (1493 C.E.) | |
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The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (1552-1568 C.E.) | |
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An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (1528 C.E.) | |
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History of the Inca Empire (1653 C.E.) | |
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Apologetic History of the Indies (1566 C.E.) | |
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Description of Lima, Peru (ca. 1600 C.E.) | |
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The Golden Age of Islam | |
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The Ruba'iyat (11th century C.E.) | |
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The History of Mehmed the Conqueror (1453 C.E.) | |
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Letters Between Sultan Selim I and Shah Isma'il (1514 C.E.) | |
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The History and Description of Africa (1550 C.E.) | |
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The Perfection of Faith (11th century C.E.) | |
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Travels in the Mughal Empire (1656-1668 C.E.) | |
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The Reform of Christianity | |
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In Praise of Folly (1509 C.E.) | |
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The Freedom of a Christian (1520 C.E.) On Marriage (1566 C.E.) | |
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Institutes of the Christian Religion (1534 C.E.) | |
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Letter from India (1543 C.E.) | |
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The Life of St. Teresa (1611 C.E.) | |
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Literary Credits | |
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Photo Credits | |