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Index
Cover Half Title page Title page Copyright page Introduction Unit One: The Ancient World
Chapter 1: Biology and World History
Climate The Geography of Cultivation The Domestication of Animals Urban Development The Nomads Disease History Suggested Reading
Chapter 2: Mesopotamia
A Temple Economy The Causes of Trade Kings, War, and Ecocide The Art of Writing and Hammurabi’s Code The General Matrix of Civilization The Dawn of Religion: Creation Myths Iron and Mesopotamia The Hebrews The Emergence of Monotheism Suggested Reading
Chapter 3: Pre-Islamic Africa
Egypt, the Gift of the Nile The Archaic Period (3100-2700 BCE) and the Pyramid Age of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2700-2200 BCE) The First Intermediate Period (ca. 2200-2000 BCE) and the Middle Kingdom (2000-1786 BCE) The Hyksos, the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1786-1575 BCE), and the New Kingdom (ca. 1575-1050 BCE) Egypt and the Iron Age Nilotic Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Iron Suggested Reading
Chapter 4: India
Iron, Rice, and India Indian Religions Religious Opposition The Maturation of India’s Faiths Suggested Reading
Chapter 5: China
The Land and the People Mythological China The Bronze Age: The Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties The Iron Age: Economic, Military, and Commercial Revolutions The Golden Age of Classical Chinese Philosophy China’s First Empire: The Qin and Han Dynasties Centers of Power within and beyond the Han Empire Suggested Reading
Chapter 6: The Nomads’ Trade
The First Wave of Mass Migrations: The Wheel, the Chariot, and Nomads A Second Wave of Migrations: The Iron Age Cavalry: The Third Wave of Migrations Suggested Reading
Chapter 7: Greece
Network Cities and the Special Case of Athens The Role of Coins in Athenian History The Limits of Democracy Sparta The Failure of Greek Politics Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and the Hellenistic World Greek Philosophy Physics Math and Logic: Metaphysics Socrates and his Followers Drama The Origins of History Suggested Reading
Chapter 8: The Hellenistic East and Persia
The Hellenistic East Diffusion of Hellenism to the East Kings, Cities, and Soldiers Hellenistic Philosophy The Stoics One God, One Lord The Persians The Persian Sassanian Empire (224–651 CE) Khusro I and the Height of the Sassanian Empire Suggested Reading
Chapter 9: Rome
Part One: The Republic Part Two: The Empire Roman Society Roman Philosophy Christianity Suggested Reading
Chapter 10: Origins of Native American Culture
Origins of the Americas’ First Cities Mesoamerica Teotihuacán The Maya South America Elsewhere in the Americas Suggested Reading
Chapter 11: The Fall of the Ancient Eurasian World
Trade, Disease, and Religious Ideas Internal Decay: The Roman Story The Han Dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE Chaos and Religion: Buddhism and Daoism The Last Days of the Han Gupta India: The Great Exception The Nomads Suggested Reading
Unit Two: The Middle Years
Chapter 12: The Rise of Islam
The Prophecy The Pillars of Islam The Umma The Caliphs Suggested Reading
Chapter 13: China in an Era of Recovery and Cultures on the Fringe
China’s Second Empire: Sui and Tang Dynasties The Tang Dynasty, 618–907 The Song Dynasty, 960–1127 The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368): The Mongol Conquest of China Sinicization: The Influence of Chinese Culture on Korea, Japan, and Mongolia Korea Japan The Mongols: The End of Nomadism Suggested Reading
Chapter 14: India and Islam
Internal Fragmentation The Arrival of Islam Hindu Revival Delhi Sultanate Dhimmis, Being Cared for by the Faithful Suggested Reading
Chapter 15: The European Middle Ages
Part One: The Early Middle Ages, 500–1000 Part Two: The Byzantine Empire Part Three: Europe and the High Middle Ages (1000–1300) Part Four: The Late Middle Ages, 1300–1450 Part Five: The Renaissance Suggested Reading
Chapter 16: Islamic Africa
Corporate Lineage and State Formation after 500 Muslim Africa South Africa Suggested Reading
Chapter 17: The Americas
The Toltecs The Aztecs The Incas North America The Unmistakable Influence of Isolation Suggested Reading
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