A History of World Societies Value, Volume I: To 1600
, by McKay, John P.; Crowston, Clare Haru; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.; Davila, Jerry
- ISBN: 9781457685323 | 1457685329
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/12/2014
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1 THE EARLIEST HUMAN SOCIETIES, TO 2500 B.C.E.
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Evolution and Migration
Understanding the Early Human Past
Hominid Evolution
Homo Sapiens, “Thinking Humans”
Migration and Differentiation
Paleolithic Society, 250,000–9000 B.C.E.
Foraging for Food
Family and Kinship Relationships
Cultural Creations and Spirituality
The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 B.C.E.
The Development of Horticulture
Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism
Plow Agriculture
Neolithic Society
Social Hierarchies and Slavery
Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
Chapter Summary
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Individuals in Society The Iceman
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Mapping the Past Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras
Listening to the Past Paleolithic Venus Figures
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Viewpoints 1.1 Paleolithic Hand Markings
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Picturing the Past Cave Paintings of Horses and a Horned Aurochs from Lascaux Cave,
Southern France, ca. 15,000 B.C.E.
Viewpoints 1.2 Stone Age Houses in Chile and China
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Evolution and Migration
Understanding the Early Human Past
Hominid Evolution
Homo Sapiens, “Thinking Humans”
Migration and Differentiation
Paleolithic Society, 250,000–9000 B.C.E.
Foraging for Food
Family and Kinship Relationships
Cultural Creations and Spirituality
The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 B.C.E.
The Development of Horticulture
Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism
Plow Agriculture
Neolithic Society
Social Hierarchies and Slavery
Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
Chapter Summary
Connections
Review and Explore
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Individuals in Society The Iceman
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras
Listening to the Past Paleolithic Venus Figures
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Viewpoints 1.1 Paleolithic Hand Markings
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Picturing the Past Cave Paintings of Horses and a Horned Aurochs from Lascaux Cave,
Southern France, ca. 15,000 B.C.E.
Viewpoints 1.2 Stone Age Houses in Chile and China
Quiz for Viewpoints 1.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 1 LaunchPad
Document 1-1: An Indian View of Creation from the Rig Veda , ca. 600 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 1-2: The Yuchi People Explain Their Origins, ca. 1929 LaunchPad
Document 1-3: A Greek Description of the Elemental Forces, Hesiod, From Theogony, ca. 700 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 1-4: Clues about Early Human History in a Neolithic Grave, Double Burial from Mantua, Italy, ca. 6000-5000 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 1-5: Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Era, Cave Painting of a Male and Female Deer, ca. 13,000 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
2 THE RISE OF THE STATE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND THE NILE VALLEY, 3200–500 B.C.E.
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Writing, Cities, and States
Written Sources and the Human Past
Cities and the Idea of Civilization
The Rise of States, Laws, and Social Hierarchies
Mesopotamia from Sumer to Babylon
Environmental Challenges, Irrigation, and Religion
Sumerian Politics and Society
Writing, Mathematics, and Poetry
Empires in Mesopotamia
Life Under Hammurabi
The Egyptians
The Nile and the God-King
Egyptian Society and Work
Migrations, Revivals, and Collapse
The Emergence of New States
The Hebrews
The Hebrew State
The Jewish Religion
Hebrew Society
The Assyrians and Persians
Assyria, the Military Monarchy
The Rise and Expansion of the Persian Empire
The Religion of Zoroaster
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Listening to the Past Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality
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Viewpoints 2.1 Addressing the Gods in Mesopotamia and Egypt
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Picturing the Past Egyptian Home Life
Mapping the Past Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean
Individuals in Society Hatshepsut and Nefertiti
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Global Trade Iron
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Viewpoints 2.2 Rulers and Divine Favor: Cyrus the Great in the Cyrus Cylinder and
Hebrew Scripture
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 2 LaunchPad
Document 2-1: A Mesopotamian Quest for Immortality, From The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2700-2500 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 2-2: Law and Order in Ancient Babylonia, Hammurabi, Hammurabi’s Code: Laws on Society and Family Life, ca. 1800 B.C.E., LaunchPad
Document 2-3: Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt, Book of Exodus, ca. 950-450 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 2-4: Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, An Assyrian Emperor’s Resume, ca. 875 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 2-5: Cyrus of Persia, Righteous Rule, ca. 470 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
3 THE FOUNDATION OF INDIAN SOCIETY, TO 300 C.E.
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The Land and Its First Settlers, ca. 3000–1500 B.C.E.
The Aryans During the Vedic Age, ca. 1500–500 B.C.E.
Aryan Dominance in North India
Life in Early India
Brahmanism
India’s Great Religions
Jainism
Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism
Hinduism
Western Contact and the Mauryan Unification of North India, ca. 513–185 B.C.E.
Encounters with the West
Chandragupta and the Founding of the Mauryan Empire
The Reign of Ashoka, ca. 269–232 B.C.E.
Small States and Trading Networks, 185 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
Chapter Summary
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Viewpoints 3.1 Divine Martial Prowess from the Rig Veda and the Epic of Gilgamesh
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Listening to the Past Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana
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Picturing the Past Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha
Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha
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Mapping the Past The Mauryan Empire, ca. 250 B.C.E.
Viewpoints 3.2 On Enemies, from the Code of Manu and the Arthashastra
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 3 LaunchPad
Document 3-1: A Residential Street in Mohenjo-daro, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 3-2: The Buddha, The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment, ca. 530-29 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 3-3: From the Upanishads, On the Nature of the Soul, ca. 450 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 3-4: Social Mores in Ancient India, From The Laws of Manu, ca. 100 B.C.E.-200 C.E.
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Document 3-5: Ashoka, From Thirteenth Rock Edict, 256 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
4 CHINA’S CLASSICAL AGE, TO 221 B.C.E.
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The Emergence of Civilization in China
The Impact of Geography
Early Agricultural Societies of the Neolithic Age
The Shang Dynasty, ca. 1500–1050 B.C.E.
Shang Society
Bronze Metalworking
The Development of Writing
The Early Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1050–400 B.C.E.
Zhou Politics
Life During the Zhou dynasty
The warring states period, 403–221 B.C.E.
New Technologies for War
The Victorious States
Confucius and His Followers
Confucius
The Spread of Confucian Ideas
Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought
Daoism
Legalism
Yin and Yang
Chapter Summary
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Mapping the Past The Geography of Historical China
Viewpoints 4.1 The Inglorious Side of War in the Book of Songs and the Patirruppattu
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Individuals in Society Lord Mengchang
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Listening to the Past The Teachings of Confucius
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Viewpoints 4.2 Mozi and Xunzi on Divine Response
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Picturing the Past Inscribed Bamboo Slips
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 4 LaunchPad
Document 4-1: Detail of Ritual Vase known as the Tigress, ca. 1200 B.C.E LaunchPad
Document 4-2: Confucius on Kingship, From Book of Documents ca. 900-100 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 4-3: Confucius, From Analects, ca. 500 B.C.E. – 50 C.E. LaunchPad
Document 4-4: Laozi, From Dao De Jing: Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 4-5: Han Fei, The Five Vermin, ca. 250-25 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
5 THE GREEK EXPERIENCE, 3500–30 B.C.E.
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Greece in the Bronze Age, ca. 3000–800 B.C.E.
The Minoans and Mycenaeans
The “Dark Age”
The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age, ca. 800–500 B.C.E.
Organization of the Polis
Overseas Expansion
The Growth of Sparta
The Evolution of Athens
Turmoil and Culture in the Classical Period, 500–338 B.C.E.
The Deadly Conflicts, 499–404 B.C.E.
Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles
Families and Sexual Relations
Public and Personal Religion
The Flowering of Philosophy
Hellenistic Society, 323–30 B.C.E.
From Polis to Monarchy, 404–200 B.C.E.
Building a Hellenized Society
The Growth of Trade and Commerce
Hellenistic Religion, Philosophy, and Science
Religion in the Hellenistic World
Philosophy and Its Guidance for Life
Hellenistic Science and Medicine
Chapter Summary
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Viewpoints 5.1 Two Opinions About Athenian Democracy
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Picturing the Past The Acropolis of Athens
Viewpoints 5.2 Hellenistic and Chinese Spells
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Listening to the Past Aristotle on the Family and Slavery
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Mapping the Past: Alexander’s Conquests, 336–324 B.C.E.
Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 5 LaunchPad
Document 5-1: Homer, From The Iliad, ca. 750 B.C.E., LaunchPad
Document 5-2: Plato, From Apologia, ca. 399 B.C.E., LaunchPad
Document 5-3: Plutarch, From Life of Cleomenes III, First Century C.E. LaunchPad
Document 5-4: A Hellenic Depiction of Physical Perfection, Zeus from Artemisium, ca. 460 B.C.E.
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Document 5-5: A Hellenistic Depiction of Human Suffering, The Dying Gaul, ca. 230-220 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
6 THE WORLD OF ROME, CA. 1000 B.C.E.–400 C.E.
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The Romans in Italy
The Etruscans
The Founding of Rome
The Roman Conquest of Italy
The Roman State
Social Conflict in Rome
Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions
Overseas Conquests and the Punic Wars, 264–133 B.C.E.
New Influences and Old Values in Roman Culture
The Late Republic and the Rise of Augustus, 133–27 B.C.E.
The Successes of Augustus
Rome and the Provinces
Political and Military Changes in the Empire
Life in Imperial Rome
Prosperity in the Roman Provinces
Eastward Expansion and Contacts Between Rome and China
The Coming of Christianity
Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity
The Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Spread of Christianity
The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity
Turmoil and Reform
Political Measures
Economic Issues
The Acceptance of Christianity
Chapter Summary
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Viewpoints 6.1 On Roman Wives
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Individuals in Society Queen Cleopatra
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Listening to the Past Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar
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Picturing the Past Ara Pacis
Mapping the Past Roman Expansion, 262 B.C.E.–180 C.E.
Viewpoints 6.2 Roman and Chinese Officials in Times of Disaster
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Global Trade Pottery
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 6 LaunchPad
Document 6-1: The Twelve Tables, ca. 450 B.C.E., LaunchPad
Document 6-2: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, ca. 44 C.E., LaunchPad
Document 6-3: Initiation into the Cult of Dionysus, ca. 60-50 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 6-4: Pliny the Younger, Letters to and from the Emperor Trajan on Christians, 111-113 C.E LaunchPad
Document 6-5: Tertullian, From Apologia, ca. 197 C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
7 EAST ASIA AND THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM, 221 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
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The Age of Empire in China: The Qin and Han Dynasties
The Qin Unification, 221–206 B.C.E.
The Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.
Han Intellectual and Cultural Life
Inner Asia and the Silk Road
Life in Han China
China and Rome
The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division
The Spread of Buddhism Out of India
Buddhism’s Path Through Central Asia
The Appeal and Impact of Buddhism in China
The Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907)
The Sui Dynasty, 581–618
The Tang Dynasty, 618–907
Tang Culture
The East Asian Cultural Sphere
Vietnam
Korea
Japan
Chapter Summary
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Individuals in Society The Ban Family
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Global Trade Silk
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Mapping the Past The Spread of Buddhism, ca. 500 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
Listening to the Past Sixth-Century Biographies of Buddhist Nuns
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Viewpoints 7.1 Chinese and Japanese Principles of Good Government
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Picturing the Past Hōryūji Temple
Viewpoints 7.2 Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 7 LaunchPad
Document 7-1: Sima Qian, From the Records of the Historian, ca. 109-86 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Document 7-2: Ban Zhao, From Lessons for Women ca. 80 C.E. LaunchPad
Document 7-3: Hachiman, Shinto God of War, ca. 1100-1300 C.E. LaunchPad
Document 7-4: Han Yu, From Lives of the Eminent Monks, ca. 550 C.E. LaunchPad
Document 7-5: Emperor Wuzong, Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism, 845 C.E. LaunchPad
Chapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
8 CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPE AND WESTERN ASIA, 250–850
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The Byzantine Empire
Sources of Byzantine Strength
The Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with Byzantium
Justinian’s Code of Law
Byzantine Intellectual Life
Life in Constantinople
The Growth of the Christian Church
The Evolution of Church Leadership and Orthodoxy
The Western Church and the Eastern Church
Christian Monasticism
Christian Ideas and Practices
Christianity and Classical Culture
Saint Augustine on Sin, Grace, and Redemption
The Iconoclastic Controversy
Migrating Peoples
Social and Economic Structures
Tribes, Warriors, and Laws
Migrations and Political Change
Christian Missionaries and Conversion
Missionaries’ Actions
The Process of Conversion
Frankish Rulers and Their Territories
The Merovingians and Carolingians
The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne
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Viewpoints 8.1 Freeing Slaves in Justinian’s Code and the Qur’an
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Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople
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Viewpoints 8.2 Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians
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Mapping the Past The Spread of Christianity, ca. 300–800
Listening to the Past Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics
Quiz for Listening to the Past LaunchPad
Picturing the Past Charlemagne and His Wife
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 8 LaunchPad
Document 8-1: Saint Benedict of Nursia, From The Rule of Saint Benedict, 529 LaunchPad
Document 8-2: The Law of the Salian Franks, ca. 500-600, LaunchPad
Document 8-3: Procopius, From The Secret History, ca. 550-562 LaunchPad
Document 8-4: Hagia Sophia, 537 LaunchPad
Document 8-5: Einhard, From The Life of Charlemagne, 829-836, LaunchPad
Chapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
9 THE ISLAMIC WORLD, 600–1400
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The Origins of Islam
Arabian Social and Economic Structure
Muhammad’s Rise as a Religious Leader
The Tenets of Islam
Islamic States and Their Expansion
Islam’s Spread Beyond Arabia
Reasons for the Spread of Islam
The Caliphate and the Split Between Shi’a and Sunni Alliances
The Abbasid Caliphate
Administration of the Islamic Territories
Fragmentation and Military Challenges, 900–1400
Breakaway Territories and Shi’a Gains
The Ascendancy of the Turks
The Mongol Invasions
Muslim Society: The Life of the People
The Social Hierarchy
Slavery
Women in Classical Islamic Society
Marriage, the Family, and Sexuality
Trade and Commerce
Cultural Developments
The Cultural Centers of Baghdad and Córdoba
Education and Intellectual Life
The Mystical Tradition of Sufism
Muslim-Christian Encounters
Chapter Summary
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Mapping the Past The Expansion of Islam, 622–900
Viewpoints 9.1 Jews in Muslim Lands
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Listening to the Past Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on the Etiquette of Marriage
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Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Viewpoints 9.2 Amusing Animal Stories by Bar-Hebraeus and Aesop
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Picturing the Past Sufi Collective Ritual
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 9 LaunchPad
Document 9-1: Muhammad, Qur’an, ca. 650 LaunchPad
Document 9-2: Muhammad, The Constitution of Medina, ca. 625 LaunchPad
Document 9-3: Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela, From Book of Travels, ca. 1159-1172 LaunchPad
Document 9-4: Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 987 and Gate of Al Hakam II, 987 LaunchPad
Document 9-5: Ibn Khaldūn, From Prolegomenon to History, 1377 LaunchPad
Chapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
10 AFRICAN SOCIETIES AND KINGDOMS, 1000 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
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The Land and Peoples of Africa
Early African Societies
Agriculture and Its Impact
Bantu Migrations
Life in the Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Berbers of North Africa
Effects of Trade on West African Society
The Spread of Islam in Africa
African Kingdoms and Empires, ca. 800–1500
The Kingdom of Ghana, ca. 900–1100
The Kingdom of Mali, ca. 1200–1450
Ethiopia: The Christian Kingdom of Aksum
The East African City-States
Southern Africa and Great Zimbabwe
Chapter Summary
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Mapping the Past African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800–1500
Picturing the Past The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon
Individuals in Society Amda Siyon
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Viewpoints 10.1 Early Descriptions of Africa
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Listening to the Past A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast
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Viewpoints 10.2 Visiting Africa
Quiz for Viewpoints 10.2 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 10 LaunchPad
Document 10-1: Ezana, King of Aksum, Stele of Ezana, ca. 325 LaunchPad
Document 10-2: Abu Ubaydallah Al-Bakri, From The Book of Routes and Realms, ca. 1067-1068
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Document 10-3: Abū Hāmid Muhammad Al-Andalusī Al-Gharnātī, From Gift of the Spirit, ca. 1120-1170 LaunchPad
Document 10-4: Leo Africanus, From The History and Description of Africa, 1526, LaunchPad
Document 10-5: A History of West Africa by West Africans, From Epic of Sundiata, ca. 1250 LaunchPad
Chapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
11 THE AMERICAS, 2500 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
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Societies of the Americas in a Global Context
Trade and Technology
Settlement and Environment
Ancient Societies
Olmec Agriculture, Technology, and Religion
Hohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian Societies
Kinship and Ancestors in the Andes
The Incas
The Inca Model of Empire
Inca Imperial Expansion
Imperial Needs and Obligations
The Maya and Teotihuacan
Maya Agriculture and Trade
Maya Science and Religion
Teotihuacan and the Toltecs
The Aztecs
The Mexica: From Vassals to Masters
Life in the Aztec Empire
The Limits of the Aztec Empire
American Empires and the Encounter
The Fall of the Aztecs
The Fall of the Incas
Chapter Summary
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Mapping the Past The Inca Empire, 1532
Listening to the Past Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and
Good Government
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Viewpoints 11.1 Creation in the Popul Vuh and in Okanogan Tradition
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Picturing the Past Maya Calendar
Individuals in Society Tlacaelel
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Viewpoints 11.2 Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 11 LaunchPad
Document 11-1: Moundville, ca.1000-1450 C.E. LaunchPad
Document 11-2: Pedro de Cieza de León, From Chronicles: On the Inca, ca. 1535 LaunchPad
Document 11-3: Diego Durán, From Book of the Gods and Rites, ca. 1576-1579 LaunchPad
Document 11-4: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, On the Maya Ball Game Tlachtli, ca. 1598 LaunchPad
Document 11-5: Father Francisco Ximénez, From the Popol Vuh, ca. 1701-1703 LaunchPad
Chapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
12 CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA, 300–1400
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Central Asian Nomads
Nomadic Society
The Turks
The Mongols
Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Chinggis Khan
Chinggis’s Successors
The Mongols as Rulers
East-West Communication During the Mongol Era
The Movement of Peoples
The Spread of Disease, Goods, and Ideas
India, Islam, and the Development of Regional Cultures, 300–1400
The Gupta Empire, ca. 320–480
India’s Medieval Age and the First Encounter with Islam
The Delhi Sultanate
Life in Medieval India
Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Growth of Maritime Trade
State Formation and Indian Influences
The Srivijayan Maritime Trade Empire
The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective
The Settlement of the Pacific Islands
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Listening to the Past The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols
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Mapping the Past The Mongol Empire
Viewpoints 12.1 Chinese and European Accounts About the Mongol Army
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Viewpoints 12.2 Circulating Paper Money
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Individuals in Society Bhaskara the Teacher
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Global Trade Spices
Quiz for Global Trade LaunchPad
Picturing the Past Bayan Relief, Angkor
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 12 LaunchPad
Document 12-1: Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, ca. 1272 LaunchPad
Document 12-2: Rashid-Al-Din, Chinggis Khan Fighting the Tartars, ca. 1300 LaunchPad
Document 12-3: Marco Polo, From Travels, ca. 1298 LaunchPad
Document 12-4: Vatsyayana, From the Kamasutra, ca. 150-1200 LaunchPad
Document 12-5: Maulana Burhān Ud-Dīn Marghīnānī, From Guidance, ca. 1197 LaunchPad
Chapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
13 STATES AND CULTURES IN EAST ASIA, 800–1400
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The Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution, 800–1100
China During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368
The Song Dynasty
The Scholar-Officials and Neo-Confucianism
Women’s Lives in Song Times
China Under Mongol Rule
Korea Under the Koryŏ Dynasty, 935–1392
Japan’s Heian Period, 794–1185
Fujiwara Rule
Aristocratic Culture
The Samurai and the Kamakura Shogunate, 1185–1333
Military Rule
Cultural Trends
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Global Trade Tea
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Mapping the Past East Asia in 1000 and 1200
Picturing the Past On a Mountain Path in Spring
Viewpoints 13.1 Painters of Uncanny Skill in China and Rome
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Individuals in Society Shen Gua
Individuals in Society Online Document Project LaunchPad
Viewpoints 13.2 Zhu Xi and Yuan Cai on Family Management
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Listening to the Past The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 13 LaunchPad
Document 13-1: Murasaki Shikibu, From The Tale of Genji, ca. 1021 LaunchPad
Document 13-2: The Experience of War in Feudal Japan, From The Tale of the Heike, ca. 1250
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Document 13-3: Figure of a Lohan, Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368 LaunchPad
Document 13-4: Chau Ju-Kua, On the Arab People of Quanzhou, ca. 1250 LaunchPad
Document 13-5: Widows Loyal Unto Death, ca. 1754 LaunchPad
Chapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
14 EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, 800–1450
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Political Developments
Invasions and Migrations
“Feudalism” and Manorialism
The Restoration of Order
Law and Justice
The Christian Church
Papal Reforms
Monastic Life
Popular Religion
The Expansion of Christianity
The Crusades
Background and Motives
The Course of the Crusades
Consequences of the Crusades
The Life of the People
The Life and Work of Peasants
The Life and Work of Nobles
Towns, Cities, and the Growth of Commercial Interests
The Expansion of Trade and the Commercial Revolution
Learning and Culture
Universities and Scholasticism
Cathedrals and a New Architectural Style
Vernacular Literature and Drama
Crises of the Later Middle Ages
The Great Famine and the Black Death
The Hundred Years’ War
Challenges to the Church
Peasant and Urban Revolts
Chapter Summary
Connections
Review and Explore
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Mapping the Past Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
Individuals in Society Hildegard of Bingen
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Viewpoints 14.1 Christian and Muslim Views of the Fall of Antioch
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Listening to the Past Courtly Love Poetry
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Viewpoints 14.2 Italian and English Views of the Plague
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Picturing the Past Siege of the Castle of Mortagne near Bordeaux
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 14 LaunchPad
Document 14-1: Fulcher of Chartres, From A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, ca. 1100-1127
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Document 14-2: Zakariya al-Qazwini, From Monuments of the Lands, 1275-1276 LaunchPad
Document 14-3: Jacques de Vitry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover, ca. 1200
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Document 14-4: King John of England, From Magna Carta, 1215 LaunchPad
Document 14-5: Thomas Aquinas, From Summa Theologica, 1268 LaunchPad
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15 EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION, 1350–1600
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Renaissance Culture
Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy
The Rise of Humanism
Christian Humanism
Printing and Its Social Impact
Art and the Artist
Social Hierarchies
Race and Slavery
Wealth and the Nobility
Gender Roles
Politics and the State in the Renaissance, ca. 1450–1521
France
England
Spain
The Habsburgs
The Protestant Reformation
Criticism of the Church
Martin Luther
Protestant Thought and Its Appeal
The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War
Marriage and Women’s Roles
The Reformation and German Politics
England’s Shift Toward Protestantism
Calvinism and Its Moral Standards
The Catholic Reformation
Papal Reforms and the Council of Trent
New Religious Orders
Religious Violence
French Religious Wars
Civil Wars in the Netherlands
The Great European Witch-Hunt
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Individuals in Society Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici
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Viewpoints 15.1 Lauro Quirini and Cassandra Fedele: Women and Humanist Learning
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Picturing the Past Laura de Dianti, 1523
Listening to the Past Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty
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Viewpoints 15.2 Wang Yangming and John Calvin Encourage Proper Behavior
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Mapping the Past Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555
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Document 15-1: Petrarch, Letters, ca. 1354, 1360 LaunchPad
Document 15-2: Pico Della Mirandola, From On the Dignity of Man, 1486 LaunchPad
Document 15-3: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, 1610 LaunchPad
Document 15-4: Martin Luther, From Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520
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Document 15-5: John Calvin, From Instruction in Faith, 1537 LaunchPad
Chapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
16 THE ACCELERATION OF GLOBAL CONTACT, 1450–1600
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The Afroeurasian Trade World
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
Peoples and Cultures of the Indian Ocean
Trade with Africa and the Middle East
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
The European Voyages of Discovery
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese in Africa and Asia
Spain’s Voyages to the Americas
Spain “Discovers” the Pacific
Early Exploration by Northern European Powers
Conquest and Settlement
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Portuguese Brazil
Colonial Administration
Indigenous Population Loss and Economic Exploitation
Patterns of Settlement
The Era of Global Contact
The Columbian Exchange
Sugar and Early Transatlantic Slavery
The Birth of the Global Economy
Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Religious Conversion
European Debates About Indigenous Peoples
New Ideas About Race
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Mapping the Past Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Listening to the Past Columbus Describes His First Voyage
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Individuals in Society Doña Marina/Malintzin
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Viewpoints 16.1 Christian Conversion in New Spain
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Picturing the Past Mixed Races
Global Trade Silver
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Viewpoints 16.2 Two Views of “Natural Man”
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Document 16-1: World Map, 1502 LaunchPad
Document 16-2: Christopher Columbus, Letter from the Third Voyage, 1493 LaunchPad
Document 16-3: Theodore de Bry, Columbus at Hispaniola, ca. 1590 LaunchPad
Document 16-4: Bernal Diaz del Castillo, From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain,
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Document 16-4: The Spanish Conquest of Mexica, From The Florentine Codex, ca. 1577-1580 LaunchPad
Chapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
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