Sharing the World Stage Biography and Gender in World History

Name: Sharing the World Stage Biography and Gender in World History
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ISBN: 9780618370450

ISBN-10: 0618370455

ISBN-13: 9780618370450

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jane Slaughter, Melissa K. Bokovoy, Patricia Risso, Patricia W. Romero, Ping Yao

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By combining biography with gender, this two-volume biographical world history reader fully integrates women into traditional political and social narratives. Profiles feature compelling political figures, activists, and artists from all regions of the globe--the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East--and primary sources place them in context by illustrating the social conditions and political issues of their time.Each chapter includes biographies of one man and one woman, followed by four to eight primary sources. The primary sources range from political writings and letters to art and memoirs, and expose students to different types of historical evidence. Each chapter also…

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List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Melissa K. Bokovoy received her Ph.D. in 1991 from Indiana University. Her training is in Eastern European history since 1453. She is an associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico. She has published two books on modern Yugoslavia, and has contributed numerous articles and chapters to scholarly collections on Eastern Europe.




Ancient Empires to 500 C.E



City-States and Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia: King Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BCE) and Queen Sibtu of Mari, wife of Zimri-Lim (r. 1779-1761 BCE)



The Challenges of Rule in New Kingdom Egypt: Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE) and Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BCE)



The Formation of Early China: King Wu Ding (d. ca. 1189 BCE) and Lady Hao (ca. 1200 BCE) of the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600-ca. 1050 BCE)



The Imperial Model: Augustus n? Gaius Octavius (63 BCE-14 CE) and Livia Drusilla (58 BCE-29 CE)



Historians and Empire Building under the Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE): Ban Gu (32-92 CE) and Ban Zhao (45-116 CE)



Belief Systems



Ancient India: Rama and Sita



Spiritual Partners in Christian Asceticism: Jerome (?346-420 CE) and Paula (347-404 CE)



Religion, Politics, and Gender in Medieval China: Emperor Wuzong (r. 841-846) and Yu Xuanji (840-868) of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)



The Foundations of Islam: Aisha bint Abu Bakr (614-678) and Ali ibn Abu Talib (599-661)



The Formation of Japanese Identity: Prince Genji and Murasaki Shikibu (973-1014?) of Heian Japan (974-1185)



Regional Contests and Imperial Conquest, 1100-1600



The Crusades: Raymond of Toulouse (1052-1105) and Anna Comnena (1083-1148)



The Mongol Empire and World Conquest: Chinggis Khan (1162-1227) and Sorghaghtani Beki (?-1252)



Egypt and the Foundation of a Slave Dynasty: Shajar al-durr (d. April 28, 1257) and Aybak (d. April 10, 1257)



Christianity and State in Ethiopia: Emperor Z?r'a Ya'qob (1399-1468) and Empress Eleni (?-1522)



Hemispheres Collide: The Spanish Conquest and Colonization of Mexico: Hern?n Cort?s (1485-1547) and Malintzin or Do?a Marina (ca. 1505-ca. 1529)



The Ottoman Empire: Hurrem Sultan (d. 1558) and Ibrahim Pasha (d. 1535)