- ISBN: 9781259156854 | 1259156850
- Cover: Loose-leaf
- Copyright: 1/10/2014
PART ONE: SETTLING THE PLANET
Beginnings to the First Millennium B.C.E.
Chapter 1
The Peopling of the World: 7,000,000-10,000 B.C.E.
Human Ancestors in Africa and Beyond
Early Hominin Evolution
Well-Traveled Hominins
INDIVIDUALS MATTER The Turkana Boy: A Distant Ancestor
Other Traveling Hominins
Modern Humans in Africa: The First 100,000 Years
The Debut of Homo Sapiens
The Power of Language
Colonizing the World
The Roads from Africa
South to Australia
Colonizers of Europe
The American Frontier
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE The Kennewick Man Controversy
Why Did Homo Sapiens People the Earth?
Homo Sapiens: The Last Surviving Hominin
Why People Look Different
Global Culture of the Upper Paleolithic
Dawn of a Multicultural World
Social and Economic Life
Technical Wonders
A World of Symbols
Chapter 2
Farms, Cities, and the New Agrarian Age: 10,000-2000 B.C.E.
The Coming of Farmers: A Peculiar Event
Early Farming and the Big Thaw
The Drift toward Domestication
Neolithic Innovations
The Spread of Agrarian Societies
Sunrise over the Village
Super Villages
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Ötzi: A Neolithic Traveler
Early Complex Societies
Irrigation and Complex Society in Mesopotamia
Complex Society on the Nile
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE A Pharaoh's Warning in Stone
Harappan Society in the Indus Valley
Interregional Communication and Commerce
Complex Societies and the Environment
Chapter 3
Afroeurasia’s Moving Frontiers: Farmers, Herders, and Charioteers: 3000-1000 B.C.E.
Across Afroeurasia: More Farmers, More Cities
The Cavalcade of Inventions
Complex Society and Commerce in the Mediterranean Basin
Developments in Western Europe
The Oxus Civilization of Central Asia
Complex Society in East Asia
Pastoral Peoples Ride into History
Horses, Riders, and Wagons
Pastoral Nomadic Society
Encounters between Agrarian Societies and Migrating Peoples
Indo-European-Speakers in Southwest Asia: The Hittite Empire
States of Mesopotamia and Syria
From Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom in the Nile Valley
Rivalry and Diplomacy among Militarized Kingdoms
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE “Here Is the Situation”: The King of Alashiya Writes to the Pharaoh of Egypt
Early Greeks
Indo-Europeans in Iran and South Asia
Indo-Europeans and Chariots from the Far West to the Far East
INDIVIDUALS MATTER The Beauty of Xiaohe: A Woman of the Steppes
Developments in the Tropical Belt
Herders and Farmers South of the Sahara Desert
Austronesian Farmers in Southeast Asia
Chapter 4
Early Odysseys in the Americas, Australia, and Oceania: 8000 – 500 B.C.E.
Farmers and Platform-Builders in the Americas
American Farmer Power
Platform-Builders of Norte Chico
Andean Societies in the Second Millennium B.C.E.
The Mesoamerican Zone of Intercommunication
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE The Olmec Heads
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Harvester Mountain Lord: A Mesoamerican King
North of Mexico
Change in Australia
Change over the Long Term
A Continent without Farmers
Pioneers on the Pacific Frontier
Colonizers of Near Oceania
Into Remote Oceania
PART TWO: AGRARIAN SOCIETIES AND THEIR INTERCONNECTIONS, 1200 B.C.E-300 C.E.
Chapter 5
Afroeurasia: Centers of Power, Trade, and New Ideas: 1200-600 B.C.E.
The Clang of Iron
The Spread of Iron: The Southwest Asian Epicenter
The Spread of Iron: The Tropical African Epicenter
Iron’s Benefits and Costs
Warfare, Empire-Building, and Trade in Southwest Asia and the Mediterranean Lands
Twelfth Century Troubles
The Neo-Assyrian Empire
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Adad-Guppi: Babylonian Priestess and Queen Mother
The Hebrews and the Origins of Judaism
Phoenicians and Greeks: Trade and Migration
Woodland Europe and the Mediterranean World
Nubia on the Nile Corridor
South Asia: A New Era of City-Building
New Cities and Kingdoms
The Development of the South Asian Class System
Brahmins and Brahmanism
The East Asian Sphere
The Era of the Western and Eastern Zhou
Destruction and Innovation during the Later Zhou Period
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE The Book of Songs
Chapter 6
Empire-Building and Cultural Exchange from India to the Mediterranean: 600-200 B.C.E.
Persia Ascending
Empire-Building on a New Scale
The Achaemenids as “Universal” Rulers
The Persian Empire as Communications Hub
The Achaemenids and the Teachings of Zoroaster
Achaemenid Multiculturalism
Inventive Greeks
Government and Society in the Greek City-States
The Flowering of Athens
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Era
Alexander’s Short, Brilliant Career
Foundations of the Hellenistic World
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Queen Arsinoe II, Ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt
Cultural Trends
Buddhism and the Maurya Empire in India
Foundations of Buddhism
The Reign of Ashoka Maurya
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Rock Edicts of the Emperor Ashoka
Cavalry and Caravans in Inner Eurasia
Nomad Power
Early Times on the Silk Roads
Chapter 7
An Age of Giant Empires: 300 B.C.E. - 300 C.E.
Rome and Mediterranean Unification
Rome the Republic
Rome the Empire
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Boudicca, British Rebel Leader
The Era of the Han Empire in East Asia
The Qin Dynasty and the First Emperor
The Han State and the Ascendance of Confucianism
States between Rome and China
The Xiongnu and Their Relations with Han China
The Parthian and Kushana Empires
The African Kingdoms of Kush and Axum
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Trade in the African Port of Adulis
Bridges across Afroeurasia
East-West Interregional Trade
The First Missionary Religions
Chapter 8
American Complexities: 900 B.C.E – 900 C.E.
The Spread of Complex Societies in North America
Empire Builders of Teotihuacán
Zapotec Civilization in the Oaxaca Valley
The Innovative Maya
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Lady Xoc, An Aristocrat Woman in Maya Politics
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE A Maya Bible: An Account of Creation in the Popol Vuh
Developments in Upper North America
South America: Complex Societies along the Andean Spine
Andes Urbanization: The Example of Chavín de Huantar
Back to the Coast: The Moche Society
The Nazca
Troubles in the Sixth Century
PART THREE: SHIFTING POWER, THICKENING WEBS, 200-1000 C.E.
Chapter 9
Turbulent Centuries: 200-600 C.E.
The Shifting Map of Empires
Turbulence in Inner Eurasia
China after the Han Empire: Growth without Unity
The Sasanids: A New Power in Persia
Crisis and Recovery in the Roman Empire
The Huns and the Collapse of the Western Empire
The Mediterranean Fractured
A New Empire in South Asia
Religions for Troubled Times
The Buddhist Web
The Christian Web
INDIVIDUALS MATTER St. Augustine of Hippo: Christian Theologian
The Manichean Way
Tropical Africa: Farmers, Towns, and Iron
The Nok Culture
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE The Sculpture of Nok: What Might It Tell Us?
The African East and South
Southeast Asian Contributions to African Society
Chapter 10
Afroeurasia in the Era of Arab Empire: 500-800 C.E.
New Empires of Steppe and Desert
Empires along the Silk Roads
The Arab State and the Emergence of Islam
The Arab Muslim Empire
Christian Societies in Europe and Africa
The Byzantine Empire Holds Its Own
Christian Society in Europe
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Two Views of the Battle of Tours
Dwindling Christian Society in North Africa
East Asia: Return to Unity in China
The Tang State
Migrations to the South
Cultural Integration
INDIVIDUALS MATTER The Empress Wu: Patron of Buddhism
Chapter 11
State Power and Expanding Networks of Exchange: 750-1000 C.E.
Muslim Power and Prosperity
From Damascus to Baghdad: The Abbasid Empire
Rival Centers of Muslim Power
The Byzantine Resurgence
Islam on New Frontiers
A "Green Revolution" in Muslim Lands
Muslim Urban Society
The Stream of Ideas
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Abu Bakr al-Razi, Muslim Physician
Cities, Merchants, and Kingdoms along the Chain of Seas
Trade of the Arabian Sea
The Maritime Empire of Srivijaya
Chinese Trade and the Fate of the Tang Dynasty
Japan and Korea at the Eastern End of the Chain of Seas
The Sahara Rim: A New Zone of Intercommunication
Gold and Slaves, Copper and Salt
The Empire of Ghana
Europe’s Struggle for Stability
Muslims and Magyars
The Viking Adventure
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Bjarni Herjolfsson and the Viking Discovery of America
The Changing Shape of Western Europe
PART FOUR: INTERCONNECTIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES, 900-1500
Chapter 12
Dynamic Centuries across Afroeurasia: 1000-1250
The East Asian Powerhouse in the Song Era
The Elements of China's Prosperity
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Dining Out in Hangzhou
Governing China in an Era of Change
China and Its Near Neighbors
Japan within and without the Chinese Sphere
China in the Hemisphere
Conquerors and Migrants in the Muslim Lands
Turkic Horse Power
Muslim Ships on the Mediterranean
New Empires in the Western Mediterranean
Cultural Trends in the Muslim Lands
Foundations of Urban Civilization in Europe
Warm Weather, Better Plows
New Order in Political Life
INDIVIDUALS MATTER King Philip II: phrase to come
The Expansion of Western Christendom
European commercial power in the Mediterranean
Western Europe’s Cultural Style
Chapter 13
Afroeurasia in the Era of Mongol Power: 1200-1350
The Ascendance of the Mongol Empires
Chingis Khan’s Path of Conquest
Explaining Mongol Power
Mongol Expansion after Chingis
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Sorghaghtani Beki: Descriptive TK
Mongol Murderers: A Deserved Reputation?
The Ambiguous Mongol Peace
Silk Road Traffic
Slaves, Diplomats, and Career-Seekers
Cross-Fertilization in Science and Technology
The Changing Religious Map
Profit and Power in the Southern Seas
Trade and State-Building in Southeast Asia
The South Asian Pivot
East and Southern Africa in the Indian Ocean World
Urban Society in Europe
Many Governments and Languages
Private Groups and Charters
The Flow of Ideas
Trans-Saharan Connections
North Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara
The Mali Empire
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Ibn Battuta Assesses the Mali Empire
Other West African Kingdoms
Chapter 14
Cities and Empires in the Americas: 900-1500
American Societies in an Age of Environmental Change
The Mound Builders of Cahokia
Ancestral Puebloans on the Colorado Plateau
Maya, Mixtec, and Toltec
The Coming of the Nahuas
The Caribbean and Amazonia
States of the Andes
American Empires in the Fifteenth Century
The Aztec Empire
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Nezahualcoyotl: Political Strategist, Survivor, and Poet
The Incas
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Chastity and Marriage in Inca Society
Chapter 15
Calamities and Recoveries across Afroeurasia: 1300-1500
Environmental Crises of the Fourteenth Century
Downpour and Drought
The Great Pestilence
WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Perspectives on the Black Death
Crises in the Political and Social Realms
China: The Collapse of Mongol Rule
Political and Economic Troubles in the Central Muslim Lands
The Conquests of Timur
INDIVIDUALS MATTER Ibn Khaldun: A Thinker for Modern Times
Europe in the Aftermath of the Black Death
Fifteenth-Century Recuperation
Technologies for the Future
Ming China: New Prosperity and a Maritime Thrust
South Asia: A Steadier Course of Change
Astronomy and Empire-Building in the Central Muslim Lands
The Meaning of Recovery in Europe
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