Cengage Advantage Books: World History Before 1600: The Development of Early Civilization, Volume I

, by Upshur, Jiu-Hwa L.; Terry, Janice J.; Holoka, Jim; Cassar, George H.

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ISBN: 9781111345167 | 1111345163
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Copyright: 1/20/2011

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Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: WORLD HISTORY, Fifth Edition, offers readers the engaging WORLD HISTORY text in a compact, affordable format. WORLD HISTORY is a global text that examines world civilizations in a comparative way. Learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations, and gain a clearer view of the social and political forces that have shaped our world. CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: WORLD HISTORY, VOLUME I includes 49 maps and numerous primary source excerpts that enliven the past while introducing readers to the source material of historical scholarship.

Maps	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction: Paleolithic and Neolithic Cultures around the World	p. 1
Human Development in the Old Stone Age	p. 2
The Neolithic Food-Producing Revolution in West Asia	p. 5
Neolithic Times in Europe	p. 7
Neolithic Times in Africa	p. 8
Neolithic Times in Asia	p. 9
Neolithic Times in the Western Hemisphere	p. 10
Selected Sources	p. 11
Comparative Essay
The Defining Characteristics of Civilization	p. 13
Early Civilization in West Asia, Africa, the Aegean, and the Western Hemisphere	p. 15
Mesopotamian Civilization	p. 17
The Sumerian Exemplar of Civilized Life	p. 18
Political and Cultural Developments of the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans	p. 22
African Civilization	p. 24
The Land of the Nile and the Emergence of Egyptian Civilization	p. 25
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Diverse Burial Customs	p. 28
Discontinuities and the Rise and Decline of an Imperial Culture	p. 29
The Kushite Kingdom in Upper Egypt and the Sudan	p. 31
Early Aegean Civilization	p. 33
The Flowering of Minoan Civilization	p. 34
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Risking Death to Gain the Favor of the Gods	p. 35
The Advent of the Indo-Europeans	p. 37
The Rise and Fall of Mycenaean Warrior-Kings	p. 39
Ancient Persian Civilization	p. 42
The Rise of the Persian Empire	p. 42
Persian Culture and Religion	p. 44
Amerindian Civilization	p. 46
The Opening of Andean Civilization: The Chavin Culture	p. 47
The Advent of Mesoamerican Civilization: The Olmec	p. 49
Summary	p. 51
Selected Sources	p. 53
Comparative Essay
The Defining Characteristics of Civilization in South and East Asia	p. 54
The Early Civilizations of South and East Asia	p. 56
The Indus Civilization	p. 58
The Land of India	p. 58
The Beginning of the Indus Civilization	p. 60
An Urban Culture: Mohenjo-Daro	p. 61
Society and Economy	p. 61
Indus Religion	p. 63
The End of Indus Civilization	p. 63
The Aryan Invasion and Early Vedic Age	p. 66
Early Vedic Society and Economy	p. 67
Religion	p. 68
The Appearance of Writing	p. 69
The Late Vedic Age	p. 70
Late Vedic Society and Economy	p. 71
Religion	p. 72
The Upanishads	p. 73
China from the Neolithic Age to the Shang Dynasty	p. 74
The Land of China	p. 75
The Study of Ancient China	p. 75
The Rise of the Shang Dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C.E.	p. 77
Shang Government	p. 79
Society and Economy during the Shang Era	p. 81
Science, Arts, and Crafts	p. 82
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Royal Tombs in Bronze Age Greece and China	p. 83
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Feasting in Bronze Age Greece and China	p. 84
A Pictographic Script	p. 85
The Chou Dynasty	p. 86
The Chou Conquest	p. 86
Western Chou Society and Economy	p. 88
Chou Religion	p. 89
The Eastern Chou	p. 90
Eastern Chou Society and Economy	p. 91
Summary	p. 92
Selected Sources	p. 94
Comparative Essay
Great Faiths and Philosophies	p. 95
The Flowering of Great Faiths and Philosophies	p. 98
Civilization in Palestine and Phoenicia	p. 100
Israelite Political History	p. 102
Judaism	p. 104
The Phoenicians: Catalysts of Culture	p. 106
Classical Greek Civilization	p. 106
The Archaic Revival: New Patterns of Government	p. 107
Athenian and Spartan Social and Political Patterns	p. 109
The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars	p. 111
Greek Intellectual History: From Myth to Philosophy	p. 113
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Big-Time Sports in Ancient Greece	p. 115
The Greek Origins of European Literature	p. 117
Greek Art and Architecture	p. 122
The Rise of Buddhism and Jainism in India	p. 123
The Life of Buddha	p. 124
The Orthodox: Theravada Buddhism	p. 126
Evolution of the Great Vehicle: Mahayana Buddhism	p. 128
Jainism	p. 130
China: Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism	p. 132
The Idealist: Confucius and His Teachings	p. 133
The Reformer: Mencius and the Confucian Consensus	p. 135
The Mystic: Lao Tzu and Taoism	p. 136
The Totalitarians: Legalism	p. 138
The Three Ideologies Compared	p. 141
The Brief Rise and Fall of the Ch'in	p. 141
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Military Innovations	p. 142
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Slavery and Volatile Social Status	p. 145
Summary	p. 147
Selected Sources	p. 149
Comparative Essay
The Defining Characteristics of Great Empires	p. 151
The Age of Great Empires	p. 154
Macedonian Conquest and Hellenistic Empires	p. 155
The Father: Philip	p. 157
The Mother: Olympias	p. 158
The Son: Alexander	p. 159
A Sophisticated, Cosmopolitan Society and Economy	p. 163
An Age of Scientific Advances	p. 164
Escapism and Individualism in Hellenistic Culture	p. 165
The Rise and Decline of Roman Power in the Mediterranean World	p. 167
The Early Roman Republic	p. 167
The Roman Conquest of Italy and the Mediterranean	p. 171
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Women's Rights: A Test Case in Republican Rome?	p. 171
The Breakdown of the Republic and the Rise of Augustus	p. 174
Roman Cultural Developments	p. 177
Politics, Society, and Economics in the Early Empire	p. 182
Decay and Temporary Recovery in the Later Roman Empire	p. 183
Lives and Times Across Cultures
"The Going Rate": Wages and Prices in the Roman Empire and China	p. 184
India's First Imperial Age: The Mauryan Empire (326-184 B.C.E.)	p. 185
Persian and Greek Precursors	p. 186
The Rise of Chandragupta Maurya	p. 187
Emperor Asoka	p. 188
Culture of the Asokan Age	p. 191
Life under the Mauryans	p. 195
Successor States to the Mauryan Empire	p. 197
Kushan Culture: Buddhism in a Cosmopolitan Setting	p. 198
China's First Imperial Age: The Han Dynasty	p. 200
The Han Dynasty, 202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.	p. 200
Han Government	p. 205
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Mathematical Problems in the Ancient World	p. 207
The Land and People	p. 209
Cities, Manufacturing, and Commerce	p. 210
The Silk Road: Link between East and West	p. 211
Religious and Intellectual Life	p. 212
Summary	p. 214
Selected Sources	p. 216
Comparative Essay
The Decline and Fall of Empires	p. 217
Disruption and Renewal in West Asia and Europe	p. 221
Political, Religious, and Social Unrest in Palestine: 63 B.C.E to 73 C.E.	p. 222
Palestine under Roman Rule	p. 224
Religious Ferment	p. 225
A Noble Social Experiment: The Essenes	p. 225
Early Christianity	p. 227
The Origins of Christianity	p. 228
The Triumph of Christianity	p. 230
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Women and the Medical Professions in Late Antiquity	p. 232
Upheaval and Transition in Western Europe	p. 233
The Fall of the Roman Empire in the West	p. 234
The Germanic States of Western Europe	p. 236
The Triumph and Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire	p. 238
Religious and Cultural Developments in Early Western Europe	p. 240
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Food for Buddhist and Christian Monks	p. 242
Europe under Siege: A New Wave of Invaders	p. 244
Feudal Relationships	p. 245
Europe in the Middle Ages	p. 246
Economic and Social Changes in the Countryside	p. 246
The Growth of Trade and the Development of Towns	p. 248
The Theory and Practice of Christianity	p. 251
Jews in Medieval European Life	p. 254
Feudal Monarchy in Western Europe	p. 255
The Spiritual and Intellectual Life of the Later Middle Ages	p. 257
Medieval Literature, Art, and Architecture	p. 259
The East Roman or Byzantine Empire	p. 262
Life in the Byzantine Empire in 500	p. 262
Justinian I	p. 265
The Empire's Neighbors	p. 266
Religious Issues	p. 267
Byzantine Decline	p. 268
Islam and Islamic Empires	p. 270
Muhammad: A Religious and Political Leader	p. 271
Lives and Times Across Cultures
People of the Book	p. 272
The First Four Caliphs and Islamic Conquests	p. 273
The Umayyad Caliphate	p. 277
The Split between Sunnis and Shi'i	p. 278
The Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate	p. 279
Summary	p. 279
Selected Sources	p. 281
Comparative Essay
Disruption and Renewal in South and East Asia	p. 283
Disruption and Renewal in South and East Asia	p. 286
India from the Guptas to the Muslim Dynasties	p. 288
The Gupta Empire, Harsha, and the Rajputs	p. 289
Religious Developments: Hinduism and Buddhism	p. 292
Art, Architecture, Life, and Culture	p. 294
India under the Impact of Islam	p. 297
Indianized Southeast Asia	p. 298
Indian Economic and Cultural Expansion	p. 299
Mainland Southeast Asia	p. 300
Island Southeast Asia	p. 303
China's Second Imperial Age	p. 305
Political Turmoil and Barbarian Invasions	p. 306
Buddhism in China	p. 309
China Reunified: The Sui and T'ang Dynasties	p. 311
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Cultural Borrowing and Adaptation-The Chair	p. 314
An Enlightened Government and a Prosperous Economy	p. 315
China and the World Beyond	p. 316
The Apogee of Buddhism	p. 317
The Golden Age of Poetry and Sculpture	p. 319
China Partitioned: The Sung and Nomadic Dynasties, 960-1279	p. 321
A Checkered History	p. 322
Difficulties in the Pursuit of Peace and War	p. 325
Dynamic Neo-Confucianism and Stagnant Buddhism	p. 327
Age of Refinement in Culture and the Arts	p. 328
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Companionable and Bossy Wives	p. 329
Two Sinicized States	p. 330
Korea	p. 331
Vietnam	p. 333
Japan: The Merging of Chinese and Native Cultures	p. 335
Geography and Early History	p. 335
The Adoption of Chinese Civilization	p. 337
Departures from Chinese Models	p. 340
Language and the Arts in the Nara and Heian Periods	p. 341
Early Feudal Japan	p. 342
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Japanese Adaptations	p. 344
Religion and Social Life during the Early Feudal Era	p. 345
Summary	p. 346
Selected Sources	p. 348
Comparative Essay
Cultural Borrowing and Cultural Isolation	p. 349
Developing Civilizations	p. 351
Mesoamerican Civilization	p. 353
Urban Splendor: Teotihuacan	p. 353
The Integration of Mesoamerican Civilization: The Maya	p. 355
Mesoamerican Imperialism: The Aztecs	p. 359
Andean Civilization	p. 362
The Artistry of the Moche Culture	p. 363
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Women and Religious Rituals	p. 364
Amerindian Social Engineering: The Inka	p. 364
African Cultures	p. 369
Geographic and Social Diversity in Africa	p. 369
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Folk Wisdom	p. 370
Islamic North Africa	p. 372
Christian Ethiopia	p. 373
The Bantu	p. 375
Successor States or Kingdoms of Gold and Salt: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai	p. 378
Prosperous West African Kingdoms	p. 381
The States of Central Africa	p. 384
Commercial Wealth in East Africa	p. 384
Inland Cities in Southern Africa	p. 386
Summary	p. 387
Selected Sources	p. 388
Comparative Essay
The Development of International Trade	p. 389
Three Continents: Conflict and Commerce	p. 393
The Golden Age of Islam	p. 395
Life under the Abbasids	p. 395
Abbasid Decline	p. 397
The Glories of Muslim Spain	p. 397
Islamic Theology, Philosophy, and Science	p. 399
Major Architectural Achievements	p. 401
Islamic Literature and the "Lively Arts"	p. 402
The Crusades	p. 404
Crusading Zeal	p. 404
The Divided Muslim World	p. 405
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Schools and Universities	p. 407
The Crusader States	p. 407
Muslim Counterattacks	p. 410
Cultural and Commercial Exchanges	p. 412
The Mongol Conquest of Eurasia	p. 413
Genghis Khan, the World Conqueror, 1155-1227	p. 413
Genghis Khan's Heritage	p. 417
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Treasures from Royal Tombs	p. 419
Mongol Domains under Genghis Khan's Heirs	p. 420
Kubilai Khan's Empire	p. 421
The Last Mongol Conquests in West Asia and Russia	p. 423
The Mongol Legacy	p. 424
The Yuan Dynasty	p. 425
The II-Khanate of Persia	p. 428
The Golden Horde	p. 429
The Khanate of Chagatai	p. 431
The Empire of Timurlane	p. 431
The Legacy of Mongol Imperialism	p. 432
New Dynasties in West Asia	p. 434
The Flowering of Islamic Culture in Persia	p. 435
The Mamluk Dynasties	p. 436
The House of Osman	p. 438
The Conquest of Constantinople	p. 441
Summary	p. 442
Selected Sources	p. 444
Comparative Essay
European Imperialism through the End of the Seventeenth Century	p. 445
Emerging Global Interrelations	p. 449
The Rival Ottoman and Safavid Empires	p. 451
Ottoman Territorial Expansion and Government	p. 452
Social and Economic Life in the Ottoman Empire	p. 456
Cultural and Artistic Achievements	p. 457
The Imperial Safavids	p. 458
Architecture, the Fine Arts, and Literature in Persia	p. 461
Wars between the Rival Empires	p. 462
The Culture of the Renaissance in Europe	p. 463
The Origins of the Renaissance: Italian Literature and Humanism	p. 464
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Racy Tales	p. 465
Renaissance Art in Italy	p. 468
The Renaissance outside Italy	p. 470
Women and the Renaissance	p. 472
European Nation-States and the Reformation	p. 474
The Centralization of Western European Monarchies	p. 475
The Background of the Protestant Reformation	p. 478
Martin Luther Breaks with the Church	p. 479
Protestant Reformers after Luther	p. 483
Lives and Times Across Cultures
Life in Geneva and Venice in the Sixteenth Century	p. 485
Women and the Reformation	p. 486
The Roman Catholic or Counter-Reformation	p. 487
European Expansion	p. 490
African Kingdoms, European Contacts, and the Slave Trade	p. 491
European Entry into Africa	p. 491
Dutch Settlements in South Africa	p. 492
The Slave Trade in Africa	p. 493
European Colonial Empires in the Western Hemisphere	p. 496
Early European Exploration of the Western Hemisphere	p. 497
Spanish Conquests in Mexico and South America	p. 499
Rival Empires in the Western Hemisphere	p. 501
Lives and Times Across Cultures
New Stuff on Your Plate	p. 503
Summary	p. 506
Selected Sources	p. 508
Comparative Essay
Asia in the Early Modern Era	p. 510
Romanizing Chinese Words	p. 513
Credits	p. 515
Index	p. 527
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