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The Heritage of World Civilizations

ISBN: 9780132624527 | 0132624524
Edition: 4th
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
Volume 1: To 1650. Designed to accomodate a variety of approaches to a course in world civilization, allowing teachers to stress what is most important to them. Paper. DLC: Civilization - History.
The Coming of Civilizationp. 1
Birth of Civilizationp. 2
Comparative Perspectives: Writing, Literacy, and Oralityp. 34
The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religionp. 38
Religions of the World: Judaismp. 70
Empires and Cultures of the Ancient Worldp. 75
Greek and Hellenistic Civilizationp. 76
Iran, India, and Inner Asia to 200 C.E.p. 116... MORE
Religions of the World: Hinduismp. 136
Republican and Imperial Romep. 138
Africa: Early History to 1000 C.E.p. 176
China's First Empire (221 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)p. 200
Comparative Perspectives: Ancient Slaveryp. 218
Consolidation and Interaction of World Civilizationp. 225
Imperial China (589-1369)p. 226
Japan: Early History to 1467p. 252
Religions of the World: Buddhismp. 278
Iran and India Before Islamp. 280
The Formation of Islamic Civilization (622-945)p. 296
The Early Middle Ages in the West to 1000: The Birth of Europep. 316
The High Middle Ages (1000-1300)p. 342
The Islamic Heartlands and India (1000-1500)p. 374
Ancient Civilizations of the Americasp. 396
The World in Transitionp. 420
The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the West (1300-1527)p. 424
The Age of Reformation and Religious Warsp. 448
Religions of the World: Christianityp. 486
Comparative Perspectives: Family Life West and East in the Premodern Erap. 488
Africa (ca. 1000-1800)p. 492
Conquest and Exploitation: The Development of the Transatlantic Economyp. 518
Indexp. I-1
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