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| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Interactions Across the Globe 1450-1750 | p. 5 |
| The Global Network | |
| Voyages of Zheng He | p. 6 |
| Voyages of Exploration, 1485-1600 | p. 7 |
| European Empires and Trade | p. 8 |
| Slave Trade | p. 9 |
| World Silver Flows | p. 10 |
| Ming Trade and Production Centers | p. 11 |
| Tokugawa Urbanization | p. 12 |
| States, Rulers, Cultures | |
| Eurasian Land Empires, ca.1700 | p. 13 |
| Ming and Manchu | p. 14 |
| Growth of the Ottoman Empire | p. 15 |
| Mughal Expansion | p. 16 |
| Russian Expansion | p. 17 |
| Reformations | p. 18 |
| American Colonies | p. 19 |
| The Origins of Modernity 1750-1900 | p. 20 |
| Economic Revolution | |
| Industrialization in England | p. 21 |
| Industrialization and Railroads in Europe | p. 22 |
| Industrialization in the US | p. 23 |
| World Population Growth and Urbanization | p. 24 |
| Major Population Movements 1500-1914 | p. 25 |
| Industry and Politics | |
| German Unification | p. 26 |
| Treatment of Native Americans | p. 27 |
| Slavery in the United States in 1861 | p. 28 |
| Industrialization and Urbanization in Japan | p. 29 |
| Decline of the Ottoman Empire | p. 30 |
| Industrial Imperialism | |
| India: Expansion of British Empire | p. 31 |
| China: Foreign Spheres of Influence | p. 32 |
| Partition of Africa | p. 33 |
| Empires and World Trade | p. 34 |
| International Investment, 1914 | p. 35 |
| Adaptations to Modernity Across the Globe 1900-Present | p. 36 |
| World War I and Political Upheaval | |
| World War I | p. 37 |
| Political Settlement of World War I | p. 38 |
| Soviet Union, 1928-39 | p. 39 |
| Right Wing Dictatorships, 1919-39 | p. 39 |
| The Great Depression and World War II | |
| Decline in Exports | p. 41 |
| World War II in Europe | p. 42 |
| Japanese Offensive, 1941-42 | p. 43 |
| Allied Pacific Offensive, 1942-45 | p. 44 |
| The Cold War and Decolonization | |
| Chinese Civil War, 1945-49 | p. 45 |
| Cold War Conflicts | p. 46 |
| Decolonization since 1945 | p. 47 |
| Wars since 1945 | p. 48 |
| Humans and the Environment | |
| Urbanization of the World | p. 49 |
| Human Migration since | p. 1918 |
| CO2 emissions | p. 51 |
| Water Pollution since 1960 | p. 52 |
| Economics and Politics | |
| Distribution of Wealth | p. 53 |
| EU Economic Integration | p. 54 |
| US Overseas Trade 1930s-2000s | p. 55 |
| Spread of Democracy | p. 56 |
| Religious and Ethnic Conflicts 1917-2008 | p. 57 |
| One Changing World | |
| Women and Right to Vote | p. 58 |
| Women in Employment 1990s | p. 59 |
| Girls in Secondary Education 2007 | p. 60 |
| Passenger Miles Flown 2003 | p. 61 |
| Internet users 2007 | p. 62 |
| GeographyExercises | p. 64 |
| Concept Maps and Exercises | p. 101 |
| Notes | p. 118 |
| Index | p. 122 |
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