Societies, Networks, and Transitions : A Global History
ISBN: 9780618386116 | 0618386114
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 12/27/2006
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"Societies, Networks, and Transitions" is a world history text that connects the different regions of the world through global themes. This innovative structure combines the accessibility of a regional approach with the rigor of comparative scholarship to show students world history in a truly global framework. The text also features a strong focus on culture and religion.Author and veteran teacher Craig Lockard engages students with a unique approach to cultural artifacts such as music and art. A range of pedagogical features--including focus ... MORE
| Preliminary Contents | |
| Foundations: Ancient Societies to 600 B.C.E | |
| The Origins of Human Societies, to ca.2000 B.C.E | |
| Before Prehistory: The Cosmos, Earth, and Life | |
| The Roots of Humanity | |
| The Odyssey of Early Human Societies | |
| The Agricultural Transformation, 10,000–4000 B.C.E | |
| The Emergence of Cities and States Profile: The Kung Hunters and Gatherers | ... MORE |
| Witness to the Past: Food and Farming in Ancient Cultural Traditions | |
| Ancient Societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000–600 B.C.E | |
| Early Mesopotamian Urbanized Societies, to 2000 b.c.e | |
| Later Mesopotamian Societies and Their Legacies, 2000–600 b.c.e | |
| The Earliest Indian and Central Asian Societies, 6000–1500 b.c.e | |
| The Aryans and a New Indian Society, 1500–1000 b.c.e | |
| The Mixing of Dravidian and Aryan Cultures, 1000–600 b.c.e | |
| Profile: Hammurabi the Lawgiver | |
| Witness to the Past: Hindu Values in the Bhagavad Gita | |
| Ancient Societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000–600 B.C.E | |
| The Rise of Egyptian Society | |
| Egyptian Society Patterns, Economy, and Culture | |
| The Roots of Sub-Saharan African Societies | |
| Early African States, Networks, and Migrations, 1800–600 b.c.e | |
| Early Societies and Networks of the Eastern Mediterranean Profile: An Egyptian Priest and His Family | |
| Witness to the Past: The World-View of an African Society | |
| Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000–600 B.C.E | |
| The Formation of Chinese Society, 6000–1750 b.c.e | |
| The Reshaping of Ancient Chinese Society, 1750–600 b.c.e | |
| Ancient Southeast and Northeast Asians Migration and Settlement in the Americas | |
| The Roots of American Urban Societies Profile: The Poverty Point Mound Builders | |
| Witness to the Past: The Poetry of Peasant Life in Zhou China | |
| Societies, Networks, Transitions: Ancient Foundations of World History, 4000–600 B.C.E | |
| Historical Controversy: Patriarchy and Matriarchy in the Ancient World | |
| The Classical Societies and Their Legacies, ca. 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E | |
| Eurasian Connections and New Traditions in East Asia, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E | |
| Changing China and Axial Age Thought, 600–221 b.c.e | |
| Chinese Imperial Systems and Eurasian Trade Society, Economy, and Science in Han China | |
| China After the Han Empire: Continuity and Change Korea, Japan, and East Asian Networks | |
| Profile: Sima Qian, Chinese Historian | |
| Witness to the Past: The Analects and Correct Confucian Behavior | |
| Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Regional Systems, 600–200 B.C.E | |
| The Persians and Their Empire | |
| The Emergence of the Greeks | |
| Greek Thought, Culture, and Society | |
| Greeks, Persians, and the Regional System | |
| The Hellenistic Age and Its Afro-Eurasian Legacies | |
| Profile: Archimedes, a Hellenistic Mathematician and Engineer | |
| Witness to the Past: Good, Evil, and Monotheism in Zoroastrian Thought | |
| Classical Societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 B.C.E.–600 C.E | |
| The Transformation of Indian Society and Its Religions | |
| Eurasian Exchanges, Indian Politics, and the Mauryan Empire | |
| South and Central Asia After the Mauryas | |
| The Gupta Age in India | |
| The Development of Southeast Asian Societies | |
| Profile: The Trung Sisters, Vietnamese Rebels | |
| Witness to the Past: Basic Doctrines in the Buddha's First Sermon | |
| Empires, Networks, the Remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 B.C.E.–600 B.C.E | |
| Etruscans, Carthage, Egypt, and the Romans | |
| Roman Society During the Imperial Era Celts, Germans, and Roman | |
| Decline Christianity: From Western Asian Sect to Transregional Religion | |
| Revival in the East: Byzantines, Persians, and Arabs Prof | |
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