The Essential World History, Volume I
ISBN: 9780495902911 | 0495902918
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/19/2010
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THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e presents a balanced picture of world history that pays respect to the richness and diversity of the tapestry of the human experience. Based on the Sixth Edition of Duiker and Spielvogel's comprehensive WORLD HISTORY, this critically and popularly acclaimed book balances a thorough global approach with attention to the unique character and development of civilization in divergent parts of the world. The text covers individual civilizations such as China, India, and Europe, with due attention paid to the rise of the West, and provides points of comparison between and among these civilizations.
| The First Civilizations and the Rise of Empires (Prehistory to 500 C.E.) | |
| The First Civilizations: the Peoples of Western Asia and Egypt | |
| Ancient India | |
| China in Antiquity | |
| The Civilization of the Greeks | |
| The First World Civilization: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road | |
| New Patterns of Civilization (500-1500 C.E.) | |
| The Americas |
