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World History to 1800: Volume 1

by: William J. Duiker; Jackson J. Spielvogel

World History to 1800: Volume 1

by: William J. Duiker; Jackson J. Spielvogel

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Edition: 2nd
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Copyright: 12/08/1997
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Map List

xxi

(2)

Chronology List

xxiii

(2)

Preface

xxv

(4)

Acknowledgements

xxix

(2)

A Note to Students about Languages and the Dating of Time

xxxi

PART I The First Civilizations and the Rise of Empires

(196)

CHAPTER I The First Civilization: The People of Western Asia and Egypt

(38)

The First Humans

(1)

The Hunter-Gatheres of the Old Stone Age

(1)

The Agricultural Revolutions, c. 10,000-4000 B.C.E.

(2)

The Emergence of Civilization

(1)

Civilization in Mesopotamia

(7)

The City-States of Ancient Mesopotamia

(2)

Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia

(3)

The Culture of Mesopotamia

(2)

Egyptian Civilization: "The Gift of the Nile"

(10)

Old Hand and Middle Kingdoms

(3)

Society and Economic in Ancient Egypt

(1)

The Culture of Egypt

(2)

Chaos and a New Order: The New Kingdom

(1)

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Family and Marriage

(2)

New Centers of Civilization

(6)

The Impact of the Indo-Europeans

(1)

The Phoenicians

(1)

The Hebrews: The "Children of Israel"

(5)

The Rise of New Empires

(6)

The Assyrian Empire

(2)

The Persian Empire

(4)

Conclusion

(1)

Chapter Notes

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

CHAPTER 2 Ancient India

(34)

Background to the Emergence of Civilization in India

(1)

Harappan Civilization: A Fascinating Enigma

(3)

Political and Social Structures

(1)

Harappan Culture

(1)

The Arrival of the Aryans

(11)

The Art of Statecraft in Ancient India: The Arthasatra

(3)

Caste and Class: Social Structure in Ancient India

(4)

The Economy

(2)

Escaping the Wheel of Life: The Religious World of Ancient India

(8)

Hinduism

(3)

Buddhism: The Middle Path

(4)

The Rule of the Fishes: India after the Mauryas

(1)

The Exuberant World of Indian Culture

(6)

Literature

(3)

Architecture and Sculpture

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Chapter Notes

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

CHAPTER 3 China in Antiquity

(36)

The Land and People of China

(2)

The Dawn of Chinese Civilization: The Shang Dynasty

(2)

Political Organization

(2)

Social Structures

(1)

The Zhou Dynasty

(9)

Political Structures

(2)

Economy and Society

(1)

The Hundred Schools of Ancient Philosophy

(5)

The Rise of the Chinese Empire: The Qin and the Han

(11)

The Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.)

(5)

The Glorious Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-221 C.E.)

(5)

Daily Life in Ancient China

103

(3)

The Humble Estate: Women in Ancient China

105

(1)

The World of Culture

106

(5)

Metalwork and Sculpure

106

(2)

Language and Literature

108

(3)

Music

111

(1)

Conclusion

111

(1)

Chapter Notes

112

(1)

Suggested Readings

112

(2)

CHAPTER 4 The Civilization of the Greeks

114

(38)

Early Greece

115

(3)

Minoan Crete

116

(1)

The Mycenaean Greeks

117

(1)

The Greeks in a Dark Age (c. 1100-c. 750 B.C.E.)

118

(2)

Homer

118

(2)

The World of the Greek City-States (c.750-c.500 B.C.E.)

120

(5)

The Polis

120

(1)

Colonization and the Rise of Tyrants

121

(2)

Sparta

123

(2)

Athens

125

(1)

The High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece

125

(13)

The Challenge of Persia

125

(1)

The Growth of an Athenian Empire in the Age of Pericles

126

(2)

The Great Peloponnesian War and the Decline of the Greek States

128

(1)

The Culture of Classical Greece

129

(6)

Greek Religion

135

(1)

Daily Life in Classical Athens

136

(2)

The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander

138

(3)

Alexander the Great

138

(3)

The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms

141

(3)

Economic and Social Trends

143

(1)

Culture in the Hellenistic World

144

(5)

New Directions in Literature and Art

144

(2)

A Golden Age of Science

146

(1)

Philosophy: New Schools of Thought

146

(2)

Religion in the Hellenistic World

148

(1)

Conclusion

149

(1)

Chapter Notes

150

(1)

Suggested Readings

150

(2)

CHAPTER 5 The Roman World

152

(45)

The Emergence of Rome

153

(2)

The Greeks and Etruscans

154

(1)

Early Rome

154

(1)

The Roman Republic

155

(4)

The Roman Conquest of Italy

156

(1)

The Roman State

157

(2)

The Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean (264-133 B.C.E.)

159

(3)

The Punic Wars

159

(1)

The Eastern Mediteranean

160

(1)

The Nature of Roman Imperialism

160

(2)

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic (133-31 B.C.E.)

162

(4)

A New Role For the Roman Army: Marius and Sulla

163

(1)

The Collapse of the Republic

164

(2)

The Age of Augustus (31 B.C.E.-14 C.E.)

166

(2)

Augustan Society

167

(1)

The Early Empire (14-180)

168

(3)

The Five "Good Emperors" (96-180)

168

(1)

The Roman Empire at Its Height: Fronters and the Provinces

169

(1)

Prosperity in the Early Empire

170

(1)

Culture and Society in the Roman World

171

(11)

Roman Literature

172

(3)

Art

175

(1)

Roman Law

175

(1)

The Roman Family

176

(1)

Slaves and Their Masters

177

(2)

Imperial Rome

179

(2)

The Gladiatorial Shows

181

(1)

Religion in the Roman World: The Rise of Christianity

182

(3)

The Religious World of the Romans

182

(1)

The Jewish Background

182

(1)

The Rise of Christianity

183

(2)

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

185

(4)

The Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine

186

(1)

The Triumph of Christianity

187

(1)

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire

188

(1)

Conclusion

189

(1)

Chapter Notes

189

(1)

Suggested Readings

190

(7)

PART II New Patterns of Civilization

197

(290)

CHAPTER 6 The New World

202

(28)

The First Americans

203

(2)

Early Civilization in Central America

205

(15)

Teotihuacan: America's First Metropolis

206

(1)

The Mysterious Maya

207

(5)

The Aztecs

212

(8)

The First Civilization in South America

220

(6)

The Inca

223

(3)

Stateless Societies in the New World

226

(2)

Conclusion

228

(1)

Chapter Notes

229

(1)

Suggested Readings

229

(1)

CHAPTER 7 The World of Islam

230

(30)

The Rise of Islam

231

(4)

The Teachings of Muhammad

235

(1)

The Arab Empire and Its Successors

236

(8)

The Umayyads

237

(1)

The Rise of the Abbasids

238

(3)

The Seljuk Trucks

241

(1)

The Crusades

242

(1)

The Mongols

242

(2)

Islamic Civilization

244

(14)

Political Structures

244

(1)

The Wealth of Araby: Trade and Manufacturing in the Middle East

245

(1)

Islamic Society

246

(1)

The Culture of Islam

247

(11)

Conclusion

258

(1)

Chapter Notes

258

(1)

Suggested Readings

259

(1)

CHAPTER 8 Early Civilization in Africa

260

(32)

The Land

261

(2)

The Emergence of Civilization

263

(7)

Kush

263

(1)

Axum, Son of Saba

264

(2)

The Sahara and Its Environs

266

(2)

East Africa, Land of Zanj

268

(2)

South Africa

270

(1)

The Coming of Islam

270

(1)

The Kingdom of Ethiopia: A Christian Island in a Muslim Sea

271

(1)

East Africa and the Indian Ocean Trade

271

(2)

State Building in West Africa

273

(4)

Ghana

273

(2)

Mali

275

(1)

Government and Kingship in West Africa

276

(1)

States and Stateless Societies in Southern Africa

277

(2)

Zimbabwe

278

(1)

Aspects of African Society

279

(3)

Urban Life

279

(2)

Family, Village, and Women

281

(1)

Slavery

282

(1)

Religious Beliefs in Traditional Africa

282

(1)

African Culture

283

(5)

Painting and Sculpture

283

(1)

Music

284

(2)

Architecture

286

(1)

Literature

287

(1)

Conclusion

288

(2)

Chapter Notes

290

(1)

Suggested Readings

290

(2)

CHAPTER 9 The Expansion of Civilization in Southern Asia

292

(38)

India from the Mauryas to the Mughals

293

(21)

The Kushan Kingdom: Linchpin of the Silk Road

293

(1)

The Gupta Dynasty

294

(6)

Islam on the March

300

(6)

Economy and Daily Life

306

(2)

The Wonder of Indian Culture

308

(6)

The Golden Region: Early Southeast Asia

314

(12)

The Beginnings of Civilization

315

(1)

The Formation of States

316

(4)

Spices and Paddy Fields: The Economy of Southeast Asia

320

(1)

Daily Life

321

(2)

World of the Spirits: Religious Belief

323

(2)

The Cultural World of Southeast Asia

325

(1)

Conclusion

326

(2)

Chapter Notes

328

(1)

Suggested Readings

328

(2)

CHAPTER 10 From the Tang to the Mongols: The Flowering of Traditional China

330

(40)

China after the Han

332

(1)

China Reunified: The Sui, the Tang, and the Song

333

(12)

Political Structures: The Triumph of Confucianism

337

(3)

Economy and Society

340

(5)

Explosion in Central Asia: The Mongol Empire

345

(6)

Mongol Rule in China

348

(3)

The Mongols' Place in History

351

(1)

The Ming Dynasty

351

(2)

Ming Hongwu: The People's Emperor

352

(1)

The Ming Turn Inward

353

(1)

In Search of the Way

353

(5)

The Rise and Decline of Buddhism and Daoism

353

(3)

Neo-Confucianism: The Investigation of Things

356

(2)

The Apogee of Chinese Culture

358

(8)

Literature

358

(5)

Art

363

(3)

Conclusion

366

(1)

Chapter Notes

367

(1)

Suggested Readings

368

(2)

CHAPTER 11 The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

370

(32)

Japan: Land of the Rising Sun

371

(22)

A Gift from the Gods: Prehistoric Japan

372

(2)

The Rise of the Japanese State

374

(6)

Economic and Social Structures

380

(6)

In Search of the Pure Land: Religion in Early Japan

386

(1)

Sources of Traditional Japanese Culture

387

(5)

Japan and the Chinese Model

392

(1)

Korea

393

(3)

The Three Kingdoms

393

(1)

Unification

394

(2)

Under the Mongols

395

(1)

Vietnam: The Smaller Dragon

396

(4)

The Rise of Great Viet

397

(2)

Society and Family Life

399

(1)

Conclusion

400

(1)

Chapter Notes

400

(1)

Suggested Readings

401

(1)

CHAPTER 12 The Making of Europe and the World of the Byzantine Empire, 500-1300

402

(44)

The Transformation of the Roman World

403

(8)

The New Germanic Kingdoms

403

(2)

The Role of the Christian Church

405

(2)

Charlemagne and the World of the Carolingians

407

(4)

The World of Feudalism

411

(4)

Invasions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries

411

(1)

The Development of Feudalism

411

(2)

The Nobility of the Middle Ages

413

(2)

The Growth of European Kingdoms

415

(6)

England in the High Middle Ages

415

(2)

The Growth of the French Kingdom

417

(1)

The Lands of the Holy Roman Empire

418

(1)

The Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern Europe

419

(2)

The World of the Peasants

421

(3)

The New Agriculture

421

(1)

The Manorial System

422

(1)

Daily Life of the Peasantry

423

(1)

The New World of Trade and Cities

424

(4)

The Revival of Trade

424

(1)

The Growth of Cities

425

(2)

Industry in Medieval Cities

427

(1)

Christianity and Medieval Civilization

428

(4)

The Popal Monarchy

428

(1)

New Religious Orders and New Spiritual Ideals

429

(2)

Popular Religion in the High Middle Ages

431

(1)

The Intellectual and Artistic World of the High Middle Ages

432

(4)

The Rise of Universities

432

(1)

The Development of Scholasticism

433

(1)

Vernacular Literature

433

(1)

Romanesque Architecture: "A White Mantle of Churches"

434

(1)

The Gothic Cathedral

435

(1)

The Byzantine Empire and the Crusades

436

(6)

The Reign of Justinian (527-565)

436

(1)

From Eastern Roman to Byzantine Empire

437

(2)

New Heights and New Problems

439

(1)

The Crusades

440

(2)

Conclusion

442

(2)

Chapter Notes

444

(1)

Suggested Readings

444

(2)

CHAPTER 13 Crisis and Rebirth: Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

446

(41)

A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis

447

(7)

Famine and the Black Death

447

(4)

Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval

451

(2)

Economic Recovery

453

(1)

Political Instability and Political Renewal

454

(11)

The Hundred Years' War

454

(2)

Political Instability

456

(1)

Political Recovery: The "New Monarchies"

456

(4)

The Ottoman Turks and the End of the Byzantine Empire

460

(1)

The Italian States

460

(3)

Machiavelli and the New Statecraft

463

(2)

The Decline of the Church

465

(4)

Boniface VIII and the Conflict with the State

465

(1)

The Papacy at Avignon (1305-1378)

465

(1)

The Great Schism

466

(1)

The Problems of Heresy and Reform

467

(1)

The Renaissance Papacy

468

(1)

Meaning and Characteristics of the Italian Renaissance

469

(1)

Social Changes in the Renaissance

469

(3)

The Social Classes: The Nobility

470

(1)

The Social Classes: The Third Estate of Peasants and Townspeople

470

(1)

Family and Marriage in Renaissance Italy

471

(1)

The Intellectual Renaissance in Italy

472

(5)

Italian Renaissance Humanism

472

(2)

Education in the Renaissance

474

(1)

The Development of Vernacular Literature

475

(2)

The Impact of Printing

477

(1)

The Artistic Renaissance

478

(2)

The Northern Artistic Renaissance

478

(2)

Conclusion

480

(2)

Chapter Notes

482

(1)

Suggested Readings

482

(5)

PART III The Emergence of New World Patterns (1500-1800)

487

CHAPTER 14 New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

492

(38)

An Age of Exploration and Expansion

493

(13)

Islam and the Spice Trade

493

(1)

A New Player Enters the Game

494

(2)

The Development of a Portuguese Maritime Empire

496

(3)

Voyages to the "New World"

499

(3)

The Impact of European Expansion

502

(1)

New Rivals Enter The Scene

503

(3)

African in an Era of Transition

506

(10)

The Slave Trade

508

(3)

Political and Social Structure in a Changing Continent

511

(5)

Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade

516

(12)

Building Stable Political Systems on the Mainland

517

(2)

The Arrival of the West

519

(3)

State and Society in Precolonical Southeast Asia

522

(6)

Conclusion

528

(1)

Chapter Notes

528

(1)

Suggested Readings

529

(1)

CHAPTER 15 Religious Reform and State Building in Europe

530

(40)

The Protestant Reformation

531

(12)

Prelude to Reformation

531

(1)

Church and Religion on the Eva of the Reformation

532

(1)

Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany

533

(4)

The Spread of the Protestant Reformation

537

(3)

The Social Impact of the Protestant Reformation

540

(3)

The Catholic Reformation

543

(1)

Europe in Crisis: War, Revolution, and Social Disintegration 1560-1650

544

(6)

Politics and the Wars of Religion in the Sixteenth Century

544

(3)

Economic and Social Crises: The Witchcraft Craze

547

(1)

Seventeenth-Century Crises: Revolution and War

548

(2)

Response to the Crisis: The Practice of Absolutism

550

(7)

The Practice of Absolutism: France under Louis XIV

551

(3)

Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe

554

(3)

Limited Monarchy: England and the Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy

557

(4)

Revolution and Civil War

557

(1)

Restoration and a Glorious Revolution

558

(3)

Responses to Revolution

561

(1)

The World of European Culture

561

(6)

Art

561

(2)

A Golden Age of Literature: England and Spain

563

(2)

The Theater: The Triumph of French Neoclassicism

565

(2)

Conclusion

567

(1)

Chapter Notes

567

(1)

Suggested Readings

568

(2)

CHAPTER 16 The Muslim Empires

570

(36)

The Ottoman Empire

571

(12)

Expansion of the Empire

573

(4)

The Nature of Turkish Rule

577

(1)

Religion and Society in the Ottoman World

578

(1)

The Ottoman in Decline

579

(2)

Ottoman Art

581

(2)

The Safavids

583

(4)

Safavid Politics and Society

585

(1)

Safavid Art and Literature

586

(1)

The Grandeur of the Mughals

587

(15)

The Mughal Dynasty: A "Gunpowder Empire"?

588

(2)

Akbar and Indo-Muslim Civilization

590

(2)

Twilight of the Mughals

592

(2)

The Impact of Western Power in India

594

(3)

Society and Culture under the Mughals

597

(5)

Conclusion

602

(2)

Chapter Notes

604

(1)

Suggested Readings

604

(2)

CHAPTER 17 The East Asian World

606

(40)

China at Its Apex

607

(19)

From the Ming to the Qing

608

(6)

The Greatness of the Qing

614

(5)

Changing China

619

(2)

Daily Life in Qing China

621

(2)

Cultural Developments

623

(3)

Tokugawa Japan

626

(14)

The Three Great Unifiers

626

(2)

Opening to the West

628

(3)

The Tokugawa "Great Peace"

631

(5)

Life in the Village

636

(1)

Tokugawa Culture

637

(3)

Korea: The Hermit Kingdom

640

(1)

Conclusion

641

(2)

Chapter Notes

643

(1)

Suggested Readings

644

(2)

CHAPTER 18 Towards a New Heaven and a New Earth: An Intellectual Revolution in the West

646

(34)

The Scientific Revolution

647

(13)

Background to the Scientific Revolution

648

(1)

Toward a New Heaven: A Revolution in Astronomy

648

(5)

The Breakthrough in Medicine

653

(1)

Women in the Origins of Modern Science

654

(2)

Toward a New Earth: Descartes, Rationalism, and a New View of Humankind

656

(1)

Science and Religion in the Seventeenth Century

657

(2)

The Spread of Scientific Knowledge

659

(1)

The Enlightenment

660

(9)

The Paths to Enlightenment

661

(1)

The Philosophes and Their Ideas

662

(6)

The Social Environment of the Philosophes

668

(1)

Culture and Society in an Age of Enlightenment

669

(5)

Innovations in Art, Music, and Literature

669

(3)

High Culture

672

(1)

Popular Culture

672

(1)

Crime and Punishment

673

(1)

Religion and the Churches

674

(3)

Toleration and Religious Minorities

674

(1)

Popular Religion in the Eighteenth Century

674

(3)

Conclusion

677

(1)

Chapter Notes

677

(1)

Suggested Readings

678

(2)

CHAPTER 19 Europe on the Eve of a New World Order

680

Economic Changes and the Persistence of a Traditional Social Order

681

(7)

Population, Food, and Industry

681

(1)

Worldwide Trade

682

(2)

Society in the Eighteenth Century

684

(4)

Changing Patterns of War: Global Confrontation

688

(3)

The Seven Years' War(1756-1763): A Global War

688

(2)

European Armies and Warfare in the Eighteenth Century

690

(1)

Colonial Empires and Revolution

691

(9)

The Society of Latin America

691

(5)

British North America

696

(4)

Toward a New Political Order

700

(19)

Background: Enlightened Absolutism in the Eighteenth Century

700

(5)

The French Revolution

705

(8)

The Age of Napoleon

713

(6)

Conclusion

719

(1)

Chapter Notes

719

(1)

Suggested Readings

720

Index

I-1

(22)

Document Credits

I-23

(8)

Map Credits

I-31

(2)

Photo Credits

I-33

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