Primary Source Reader for World History Volume I: To 1500

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Save money with PRIMARY SOURCE READER FOR WORLD HISTORY! Brief and inexpensive, this primary source reader gives you a broad perspective of the history of the world. Readings are divided into parts covering eras and are organized according to themes such as religion, law and government, and everyday life. Each individual reading has a head note and study questions to guide your reading and understanding of the content.

PART I PRE-HISTORY TO 500 CE FROM THE ANCIENT TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD

Religion and Philosophy --- 2000 BCE--500 CE

(18)

The Beginning of Life (Aborigine)---ND

(1)

A View of Creation From the Boshongo (Bantu)---ND

(2)

The Woman Who Fell From the Sky (Huron)---ND

(2)

The Book of Genesis---ca. 1000 BCE

(3)

The Story of Pan Gu (Chinese)---ND

(2)

Creation Story (Miao)---ND

(1)

Creation Hymn From the Rig Veda (Indo-European)---1500 BCE

(1)

The Creation of the World (India)---7th century BCE

(2)

Hesiod's Theogony (Greek)---1st century BCE

(3)

The Great Religions Develop

(44)

The Flood, From the Epic of Gilgamesh---ca. 2000 BCE

(3)

The Flood, From Genesis---1st century BCE

(4)

The Great Flood, From Ovid's Metamorphosis---1st century CE

(2)

Hymn to the Nile---ca. 2500 BCE

(2)

Hymn to the Sun---ca. 1340 BCE

(4)

The Book of the Dead (Egypt)---ca. 1600 BCE

(2)

Chandogya Upanishad---3rd century BCE

(1)

Benares Sermon of Buddha---6th century BCE

(2)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead---8th century CE

(4)

Sayings From the Book of Dao by Lao Tsu---5th century BCE

(2)

Sayings of Confucius---6th century BCE

(2)

Mencius---4th century BCE

(1)

A Legalist View of Life---3rd century BCE

(5)

The Ten Commandments---ca. 1000 BCE

(2)

Sermon on the Mount---ca. 27 CE

(3)

Edict of Milan---313 CE

(2)

The Joys of Asceticism by Saint Jerome---4th century CE

(2)

Law, Government, and War---2000 BCE--500 CE

(26)

Code of Hammurabi---1792--1750 BCE

(4)

The Twelve Tables---451--450 BCE

(4)

The Rock and Pillar Edicts of Asoka---ca. 300--232 BCE

(3)

The Laws of Manu---ca. 4th century CE

(2)

The Fall of Jericho---ca. 1000 BCE

(2)

The Ramayana---ca. 400 BCE

(4)

The Illiad---ca. 8th century BCE

(1)

The Art of War by Sun-tzu---ca. 5th century BCE

(5)

Science, Medicine, and Technology---2000 BCE--500 CE

(20)

Egyptian Book of Surgery---ca. 1700 BCE

(2)

Egyptian Magic and Medicine---ca. 1500 BCE

(2)

Yin and Yang in Medical Theory (China)---3rd century BCE

(2)

The Hippocratic Oath (Greece)---ca. 5th century BCE

(2)

Herodotus on Mummification, From The Histories---5th century BCE

(1)

Archimedes Use of a Burning Glass at the Siege of Syracuse, From the Universal History by Polybius---3rd century BCE

(1)

The Technology of War

100

(2)

The Book of Histories (Chiliades)

102

(1)

Epitome ton Istorion

103

(1)

Pliny's Natural History---1st century CE

103

(2)

Water Regulation in Ancient Mesopotamia, From The Code of Hammurabi---1750 BCE

105

(1)

Water Regulation in Rome by Vitruvius---1st century BCE

106

(3)

Daily Life in the Ancient World

109

(28)

The Chinese Agricultural Calendar---6th century BCE

110

(2)

On Agriculture by Cato---2nd century BCE

112

(2)

Lessons for Women by Pan Chao---1st--2nd century CE

114

(7)

Songs Composed by Buddhist Nuns---ca. 1st century BCE

121

(2)

Spartan Life---Lycurgus---8th century BCE

123

(3)

Periclean Athens---5th century BCE

126

(2)

Aristotle on Economics---4th century BCE

128

(2)

Tacitus on Germania---1st century CE

130

(4)

Savatri and the God of Death, From the Mahabharata---300--400 CE

134

(3)

Arts and Culture --- 2000 BCE--500 CE

137

(12)

Seneca on Gladiatorial Contests---1st century CE

138

(1)

An Aristocratic View of Roman Society, From Lives by Plutarch---1st century CE

139

(1)

On the City of Rome, From the Third Satire by Juvenal---2nd century CE

140

(3)

Ars Amatoria, or The Art of Love, by Ovid---1st century CE

143

(2)

Two Chinese Poems---ca. 1st century BCE

145

(1)

Two Hindu Tales---ca. 1st century CE

146

(3)

PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES IN THE EAST AND WEST 500 TO 1500 CE

Religion and Philosophy---500--1500 CE

149

(20)

The Benedictine Rule---535--540 CE

150

(1)

The Qur'an---7th century CE

151

(3)

The Hadith---ca. 8th--10th century

154

(4)

Deliverance from Error by al Ghazzali---1058--1111 CE

158

(3)

Christianity Meets Aristotle, From The Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas---1223--1274 CE

161

(5)

A Woman's Faith, From Letters by Catherine of Siena---14th century CE

166

(3)

Law, Government and War --- 500--1500 CE

169

(24)

Justinian's Code---529--565 CE

170

(3)

The Seventeen Article Constitution by Prince Shotoku---604 CE

173

(4)

Instructions to the Subjects of Charlemagne's Empire---ca. 800 CE

177

(1)

Ordinance of Government by Al Mawardi---11th century CE

178

(4)

Speech at the Council of Clermont Proclaiming the First Crusade Against the Muslims---1095 CE

182

(3)

Crusader's Motives by Ekkehard of Aurach (First Crusade)---11th century CE

185

(1)

Impressions of the Franks by Usama ibn Munquidh---12th century CE

186

(2)

The Magna Carta---1215 CE

188

(3)

Address of Sultan Mehmed before the Battle of Constantinople---1453 CE

191

(2)

Science, Medicine and Technology---500--1500 CE

193

(14)

The Impact of Muslim Science, From the Preface to Natural Questions by Adelard of Bath---ca. 1137 CE

194

(4)

Ethical Conduct by Moses Maimonides---ca. 1190 CE

198

(1)

The Black Death, or the Plague, From The Decameron by Giovanni Boccacio---14th century CE

199

(4)

A Wholesome Medicine Against all Infirmities---ca. 14th--15th century

203

(1)

Leonardo Da Vinci in Search of a Job---1482 CE

204

(3)

Daily Life in the Medieval World---500--1500 CE

207

(30)

Chinese Impression of India---7th century CE

208

(4)

Account of the Rus by Ibn Fadlan---913 CE

212

(2)

The Dialogue Between Master and Disciple: On Laborers---ca. 1000 CE

214

(2)

A Buddhist Commentary, ``On the Salvation of Women''---ND

216

(1)

From Precepts for a Social Life by Yuan Ts'ai---1178 CE

216

(4)

Marco Polo in China---ca. 1270 CE

220

(4)

The Decretum: Not in God's Image by Gratian---1140 CE

224

(1)

The Book of Nurture: A Guide for a Youth Serving a Nobleman---1260 CE

225

(2)

Sorbonne's Regulations for his College---13th century CE

227

(2)

The Goodman of Paris: Instructions on Being a Good Wife---late 14th century CE

229

(2)

Travels in Africa by Ibn Battuta---1304--1369 CE

231

(4)

Tale of a Chinese Weaver---1400 CE

235

(2)

Arts and Culture---500--1500 CE

237

(21)

Stories from The Panchatantra---6th century CE

238

(2)

``Watching the Wheat Reapers'' and Other Poems About Peasant Life From the Tang Dynasty---618--907 CE

240

(4)

From The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon---10th century CE

244

(2)

The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayym---11th century CE

246

(2)

``As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams''---11th century CE

248

(2)

From De Arte Honeste Amandi, by Andreas Capellanus---ca. 1174--1186 CE

250

(5)

Piers the Ploughman by William Langland---1370 CE

255

(3)

Excerpt From The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer---14th century CE

258

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Primary Source Reader for World History Volume I: To 1500

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