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Table of Contents

Preface

xxviii

Introduction

xxxi

PART 1 Human Origins and Human Cultures

5 Million B.C.E.--10,000 B.C.E

Building an Interpretive Framework: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?

The Dry Bones S... MORE

(32)

5 million B.C.E.--10,000 B.C.E.

What Is Paleoanthropology and Why Is It Important?

PART 2 Fettling Down

10,000 B.C.E.--1000 C.E

The First Cities and Why They Matter: Digs, Texts, and Interpretations

From Village Community to City State

(23)

10,000 B.C.E--750 B.C.E.

What Are Cities and Why Are They Important?

River Valley Civilizations

(23)

7000 B.C.E.--750 B.C.E.

The Rise of Cities and States Along the Nile and Indus

A Polycentric World

(32)

1700 B.C.E.--1000 C.E.

Cities and States in East Asia, West Africa, and the Americas

PART 3 Empire and Imperialism

2300 B.C.E.--1100 C.E

What Are Empires and Why Are They Important?

Dawn of the Empires

112

(36)

2300 B.C.E.--300 B.C.E.

Empire-building in West Africa, West Asia, and the Mediterranean

Rome and the Barbarians

148

(37)

750 B.C.E.--480 C.E.

From Conquest, Colonization, and Alliance to Revolt, Bankruptcy, and Dismemberment

China

185

220 B.C.E.--910 C.E.

Fracture and Unification: The Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang Dynasties

Indian Empires

120

(125)

1500 B.C.E.--1100 C.E.

Cultural Cohesion in a Divided Continent

PART 4 The Rise of World Religions

600 B.C.E.--1500 C.E

Not by Bread Alone: How Do Historians Understand Religion in World History?

Hinduism and Buddhism

245

(36)

300 B.C.E.--1200 C.E.

The Sscred Subcontinent: The Spread of Religion in India and Beyond

Judaism and Christianity

281

(38)

600 B.C.E.--1100 C.E.

Peoples of the Bible: God's Evolution in West Asia and Europe

Islam

319

(37)

570 C.E.--1500 C.E.

Submission to Allah: Muslim Civilization Bridges the World

PART 5 World Trade

1100-1776 C.E

Channels of Communication: The Exchange of Commodities, Disease, and Culture

Establishing World Trade Routes

356

(38)

1100--1500 C.E.

The Patterns and Philosophies of Early Economic Systems

The Unification of World Trade

394

(36)

1500--1776

The Invisible Hand Reaches Out: A Capitalist World System Appears

PART 6 Migration: Free People and Slaves

1500--1750

``Be Fruitful and Multiply, Fill up the Earth and Subdue It'': Demographic Changes in a New Global Ecumene

Demography and Migration

430

(32)

1500--1750

The Movement of Peoples around the Earth

PART 7 Social Change

1688--1914

Western Revolutions and Their Exports

Political Revolutions in Europe and the Americas

462

(35)

1688--1850

The Birth of Human Rights in the Age of Enlightenment

The Industrial Revolution

497

(41)

1740--1914

The Global Consequences of Industrial Expansion and Imperialism

Social Revolutions

538

(36)

1830--1914

Urbanization, Gender Relations, and Nationalism West and East

PART 8 Exploding Technologies

1914-1990s

Contested Visions of a New International Order

Technologies of Mass-Production and Destruction

574

(34)

1914-1990s

What Is a Technological System and Why Is It Important?

The Soviet Union and Japan

608

(36)

1914--1997

Playing Technological Catch-up with the West

China and India

644

(35)

1914--1997

The Giant Agrarian Nation-worlds

The Arab World and Its Neighbors

679

(28)

1880s--1990s

Nationalism and Technology in West Asia and North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

707

(35)

1914--1990s

Colonialism, Independence, and Their Aftermath

Latin America

742

(32)

1870--1990s

The Search for an International Policy on Economics and Technology

Afterword

774

(4)

Glossary

778 (G-1)

(1)

Index

786 (I-1)

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