Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Volume I

Name: Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Volume I
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ISBN: 9780618771509

ISBN-10: 0618771506

ISBN-13: 9780618771509

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson

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The Earth and Its Peoples was one of the first texts to present world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power. This truly global text for the world history survey course employs a fundamental theme--the interaction of human beings and the environment--to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology (in its broadest sense) and how technological development underlies all human activity. Highly acclaimed in their fields of study, the authors bring a wide array of expertise to the program. A combination of strong scholarship and detailed pedagogy gives the book its reputation for rigor and…

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List price: $149.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 2/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 556
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English

Pamela Kyle Crossley (PhD, Yale University) is Professor of History and Rosenwald Research Professor in the Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth College. Her books include A TRANSLUCENT MIRROR: HISTORY AND IDENTITY IN QING IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY; THE MANCHUS; ORPHAN WARRIORS: THREE MANCHU GENERATIONS AND THE END OF THE QING WORLD; and (with Lynn Hollen Lees and John W. Servos) GLOBAL SOCIETY: THE WORLD SINCE 1900. Her research--which focuses on the cultural history of China, Inner Asia, and Central Asia--has been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Daniel R. Headrick received his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. Professor of History and Social Science, Emeritus, at Roosevelt University in Chicago, he is the author of several books on the history of technology, imperialism, and international relations, including THE TOOLS OF EMPIRE: TECHNOLOGY AND EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TENTACLES OF PROGRESS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM; THE INVISIBLE WEAPON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; TECHNOLOGY: A WORLD HISTORY; POWER OVER PEOPLES: TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTS AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM, 1400 TO THE PRESENT; and WHEN INFORMATION CAME OF AGE: TECHNOLOGIES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF…

Steven W. Hirsch holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University and is currently Associate Professor of Classics and History at Tufts University. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy. His research and publications include THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE BARBARIANS: XENOPHON AND THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, as well as articles and reviews in the CLASSICAL JOURNAL, the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY, and the JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY. He is currently working on a comparative study of ancient Mediterranean and Chinese civilizations.




Theemergence Of Human Communities, To 500 B.C.E



Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 B.C.E. African Genesis


History and Culture in the Ice Age


The Agricultural Revolutions


Life in Neolithic Communities


Diversity and Dominance: Cave Art


Environment and Technology: The Iceman



The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500-1500 B.C.E. Mesopotamia


Egypt


The Indus Valley Civilization


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Violence and Order in the Babylonian New Year's Festival


Environment and Technology: Environmental Stress in the Indus Valley



New Civilizations in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 2200-250 B.C.E.


Early China, 2000-221 B.C.E


Nubia, 3100 B.C.E.-350 C.E


Celtic Europe, 1000-50 B.C.E


First Civilizations of the Americas


The Olmec and Chav?n, 1200-250 B.C.E


Comparative Perspectives


Environment and Technology: Divination in Ancient Societies


Diversity and Dominance: Human Nature and Good Government in the Analects of Confucius and the Legalist Writings of Han Fei



The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 B.C.E


The Cosmopolitan Middle East, 1700-1100 B.C.E


The Aegean World, 2000-1100 B.C.E


The Assyrian Empire, 911-612 B.C.E


Israel, 2000-500 B.C.E


Phoenicia and the Mediterranean, 1200-500 B.C.E


Failure and Transformation, 750-550 B.C.E


Diversity and Dominance: Protests Against the Ruling Class in Israel and Babylonia


Environment and Technology: Ancient Textiles and Dyes


Issues in World History: Animal Domestication



The Formation Of New Cultural Communities, 1000 B.C.E.-400 C.E



Greece and Iran, 1000-30 B.C.E


Ancient Iran, 1000-500 B.C.E


The Rise of the Greeks, 1000-500 B.C.E


The Struggle of Persia and Greece, 546-323 B.C.E


The Hellenistic Synthesis, 323-30 B.C.E


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Persian and Greek Perceptions of Kingship


Material Culture: Wine and Beer in the Ancient World


Environment and Technology: Ancient Astronomy



An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E


Rome's Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E


The Origins of Imperial China, 221 B.C.E.-220 C.E


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: The Treatment of Slaves in Rome and China


Environment and Technology: Water Engineering in Rome and China



India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.-1025 C.E


Foundations of Indian Civilization, 1500 B.C.E.-300 C.E


Imperial Expansion and Collapse, 324 B.C.E.-650 C.E


Southeast Asia, 50-1025 C.E


Comparative Perspectives


Environment and Technology: Indian Mathematics


Diversity and Dominance: Relations Between Women and Men in the Kama Sutra and the Arthashastra


Issues in World History: Oral Societies and the Consequences of Literacy



Growth And Interaction Of Cultural Communities, 300 B.C.E. -1200 C.E



Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E. The Silk Road


The Indian Ocean Maritime System


Routes Across the Sahara


Sub-Saharan Africa


The Spread of Ideas


Diversity and Dominance: Travel Accounts of Africa and India


Environment and Technology: Camel Saddles



The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200-1200


The Sasanid Empire, 224-651


The Origins of Islam


The Rise and Fall of the Caliphate, 632-1258


Islamic Civilization


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Secretaries, Turks, and Beggars


Environment and Technology: Chemistry


Material Culture: Head Coverings



Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 300-1200


The Byzantine Empire, 300-1200


Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000


The Western Church


Kievan Russia, 900-1200


Western Europe Revives, 1000-1200


The Crusades, 1095-1204


Comparative Perspectives


Environment and Technology: Iron Production


Diversity and Dominance: The Struggle for Christian Morality



Inner and East Asia, 400-1200


The Sui and Tang Empires, 581-755


Rivals for Power in Inner Asia and China, 600-907


The Emergence of East Asia, to 1200


New Kingdoms in East Asia


Diversity and Dominance: Law and Society in China and Japan


Environment and Technology: Writing in East Asia, 400-1200



Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 200-1500


Classic-Era Culture and Society in Mesoamerica, 200-900


The Post-Classic Period in Mesoamerica, 900-1500


Northern Peoples


Andean Civilizations, 200-1500


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Burials as Historical Texts


Environment and Technology: Inca Roads


Issues in World History: Religious Conversion



Interregional Patterns Of Culture And Contact, 1200-1550



Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500


The Rise of the Mongols, 1200-1260


The Mongols and Islam, 1260-1500


Regional Responses in Western Eurasia


Mongol Domination in China, 1271-1368


The Early Ming Empire, 1368-1500


Centralization and Militarism in East Asia, 1200-1500


Diversity and Dominance: Observations of Mongol Life


Environment and Technology: From Gunpowder to Guns



Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500


Tropical Lands and Peoples


New Islamic Empires


Indian Ocean Trade


Social and Cultural Change


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Personal Styles of Rule in India and Mali


Environment and Technology: The Indian Ocean Dhow



The Latin West, 1200-1500


Rural Growth and Crisis


Urban Revival


Learning, Literature, and the Renaissance


Political and Military Transformations


Comparative Perspectives


Diversity and Dominance: Persecution and Protection of Jews, 1272-1349


Environment and Technology: The Clock



The Maritime Revolution, to 1550


Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450


European Expansion, 1400-1550


Encounters with Europe, 1450-1550


Comparative Perspectives


Environment and Technology: Vasco da Gama's Fleet


Diversity and Dominance: Kongo's Christian King


Issues in World History: Climate and Population, to 1500