World Civilizations Volume I: To 1700
by Adler, Philip J.; Pouwels, Randall L.Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-11-27
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Ancient Civilizations, 3500-500 B.C.E. | |
| The Earliest Human Societies | |
| Mesopotamia | |
| Egypt | |
| Warriors and Deities in the Near East | |
| India's Beginnings | |
| Ancient China to 500 B.C.E. | |
| Ancient Civilizations, 3500-500 B.C.E. | |
| Classical Mediterranean Civilizations, 500 B.C.E.-800 C.E. | |
| The Greek Adventure | |
| Greek Humanism, 800-100 B.C.E. | |
| Rome: City-State to Empire | |
| Imperial Decline and the Birth of Christian Europe | |
| Classical Mediterranean Civilizations, 500 B.C.E.-800 C.E. | |
| Equilibrium Among Polycentric Civilizations, 500-1500 C.E. | |
| The Americas Before Columbus | |
| Africa from Kush to the Fifteenth Century | |
| Islam | |
| Mature Islamic Society and Institutions | |
| Indian Civilization in Its Golden Age | |
| Empire of the Middle: China to the Mongol Conquest | |
| Japan and Southeast Asia | |
| The European Middle Ages | |
| The Mongol Intrusion | |
| Late Medieval Troubles | |
| The European Renaissance | |
| Equilibrium Among Polycentric Civilizations, 500 C.E.-1500 C.E. | |
| Disequilibrium: the western encounter with the non-western world, 1500-1700 C.E. | |
| A Larger World Opens | |
| The Protestant Reformation | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Muslim Empires | |
| Foundations of the European States | |
| China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty | |
| Japan in the Era of European Expansion | |
| From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America | |
| Disequilibrium: The Western Encounter with the Non-Western World, 1500-1700 C.E. | |
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