Heritage of World Civilizations Vol. 1 : To 1700
ISBN: 9780131926196 | 0131926195
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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For undergraduate level World Civilization or World History courses. This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, Heritage of World Civilizations, 7/e, combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions.
| (Volume I contains Chapters 1-18; Volume II contains Chapters 16-35; Combined Volume contains Chapters 1-35) | |
| The Coming of Civilization | |
| Birth of Civilization | |
| Early Humans and Their Culture | |
| The Paleolithic Age | |
| The Neolithic Age | |
| The Bronze Age and the Birth of Civilization | |
| Early Civilizations to About 1000 b.c.e | |
| Mesopotamian Ci... MORE | |
| Egyptian Civilization | |
| Ancient Near Eastern Empires | |
| The Hittites | |
| The Mitannians | |
| The Assyrians | |
| The Second Assyrian Empire | |
| The Neo-Babylonians | |
| Early Indian Civilization | |
| The Indus Civilization | |
| The Vedic Aryan Civilization Overview | |
| Early Chinese Civilization | |
| Neolithic Origins in the Yellow River Valley | |
| Early Bronze Age: The Shang | |
| Later Bronze Age: The Western Zhou | |
| Iron Age: The Eastern Zhou | |
| The Rise of Civilization in the Americas | |
| Summary | |
| Review Questions | |
| Key Terms | |
| The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion | |
| Comparing the Four Great Revolutions | |
| Philosophy in China | |
| Confucianism | |
| Daoism | |
| Legalism | |
| Religion in India | |
| ldquo;Hindurdquo; and ldquo;Indianrdquo; | |
| Historical Background | |
| The Upanishadic Worldview | |
| Mahavira and the Jain Tradition | |
| The Buddharsquo;s ldquo;Middle Pathrdquo; | |
| The Religion of the Israelites | |
| From Hebrew Nomads to the Israelite Nation | |
| The Monotheistic Revolution Greek Philosophy | |
| Reason and the Scientific Spirit | |
| Political and Moral Philosophy | |
| Summary | |
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