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For introductory level courses in World History. A true exploration of world history, this text presents world history through an analysis of eight chronological turning points seen through the prisms of eight different themes origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology. Focusing throughout on three major questions What do we know? How do we know it? What difference does it make? it helps students make sense of the immensity of human historical experience the most significant activities, accomplishments and failures throughout the world, from earliest times to the present. Rich in primary sources both written and visual and in data and interpretation, it addresses how historians form, debate, and revise our historical understanding of the world, shows the value of other disciplines in understanding history, and helps students begin to assess their own place in the ongoing history of the world.

Preface

(5)

Introduction

Part 1 Human Origins and Human Cultures

5 Million B.C.E.-10,000 B.C.E.

Building an Interpretive Framework: Wha... MORE

The Dry Bones Speak

(34)

Part 2 Settling Down

10,000 B.C.E.-1000 C.E

The First Cities and Why They Matter: Digs, Texts, and Interpretations

From Village Community to City State

(24)

River Valley Civilizations

(24)

A Polycentric World

(34)

Part 3 Empire and Imperialism

2300 B.C.E.-1100 C.E

What Are Empires and Why Are They Important?

Dawn or the Empires

120

(38)

Rome and the Barbarians

158

(37)

China

195

(36)

Indian Empires

231

(26)

Part 4 The Rise of World Religions

600 B.C.E.-1500 C.E

Not by Bread Alone: How Do Historians Understand Religion in World History?

Hinduism and Buddhism

257

(36)

Judaism and Christianity

293

(39)

Islam

332

(40)

Part 5 World Trade

1100-1776 C.E

Channels of Communication: The Exchange of Commodities, Diseases, and Culture

Establishing World Trade Routes

372

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