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World Civilizations

by: Adler, Philip J.; Pouwels, Randall L.

World Civilizations

by: Adler, Philip J.; Pouwels, Randall L.

ISBN 13:
9780495913009
ISBN 10:
0495913006
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2011
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Short chapters, great stories, and tons of study tools! Adler and Pouwels's WORLD CIVILIZATIONS is a vibrant introduction to world history structured to meet the demands of your study schedule. It's clearly written, packed with charts and illustrations, and loaded with review features so you'll be up to date in class and ready for the test. And, because WORLD CIVILIZATIONS offers extensive coverage of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, you'll have timely historical insights into the issues that make today's news. Get WORLD CIVILIZATIONS and discover how having all the information you need to know for the test really does equal a better grade.

from Human Origins to Agrarian Communities, C. 100,000 - 500 BCE
The Earliest Human Societies
Mesopotamia
Early Africa and Egypt
India's Beginnings
Warriors and Deities in the Near East
Ancient China to 221 BCE
The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas
Classical Civilizations of the World, 500 BCE - 800 CE
The Greek Adventure
Greek Humanism, 800 - 100 BCE
Rome: from City-State to Empire
The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BC - 800 CE
Classical India
Imperial China in Its Golden Age
The Post-Classical ERA, 800-1400 CE
The Americas to the Fifteenth Century
Islam
Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization
Africa Joins the Global System
The Mongols Unify Eurasia
Japan and Southeast Asia
Medieval Origins of Europe
Late Medieval Europe and the Renaissance
Expanding Webs of Interaction, 1400 - 1700 CE
A Larger World Opens
Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe
Western Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires
Africa in the Era of Expansion
China from the Ming through the Early Qing Dynasty
Japan in the Era of European Expansion
from Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America
Revolutions and the Age of Empire, 1600 - 1914
The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath
Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy
The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon
The Early Industrial Revolution
Advanced Industrial Society
Europe: New Ideas and New Nations
The Islamic World, 1600 - 1914
Africa during the Age of Empire
India and Southeast Asia under Colonial Rule
China in the Age of Imperialism
Latin America from Independence to Dependent States
Modern Science
Towards a Globalized World, 1914 - Present
World War I and Its Disputed Settlement
A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties
The Soviet Experiment to World War II
Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State
East Asia in a Century of Change
World War II
The Cold War
Decolonization of the Nonwestern World
The New Asia
Africa's Decolonization and Independence
Latin America in the Twentieth Century
The Reemergence of the Muslim World
Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe
A New Millennium
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