Places of Encounter, Volume 1 by MacKinnon, Aran -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents VOLUME I List of Features

Maps Primary Documents’ Credits

About the Contributors Preface

Note to the Student Note to the Instructor

Thematic Table of Contents Regional Table of Contents

1. HADAR: The Legacy of Human Ancestors (4,000,000–100,000 BCE)

CHRISTOPHER HOWELL, RED ROCKS COLLEGE Hadar and the World: The Center of Humanity Global Encounters and Connections: Adaption, Evolution, and Migration Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Lucy’s Legacy, by Donald Johanson and Katy Wong

Further Reading Web Resources

2. MAKAPANSGAT AND PINNACLE POINT: Three Million Years of Human Evolution in South Africa (3,000,000–2,000 BCE)

ANDY I. R. HERRIES, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRALIA Makapansgat and the World: Hominin Origins and the Evolution of the Human Lineage Global Encounters and Connections: The Spread of Humans Out of Africa Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Letter to the Editor, by Raymond A. Dart and Sir Arthur Keith “The Taungs Ape,” by Aleš Hrdlička “Reminiscences of Makapansgat Limeworks and Its Bone-Breccial Layers,” by Wilfred I. Eitzman

Further Reading Web Resources Bibliographic Note

3. BABYLON: Rise of a Complex Urban Civilization (ca. 3700–539 BCE)

MELANIE SUE BYRD, VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY Babylon and the World: A City of Many Historical Firsts Global Encounters and Connections: Babylonia as a Nexus Point for Civilization and Empire Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

The Valdosta Tablet Code of Hammurabi The Epic of Gilgamesh

Further Reading Web Resources

4. ATHENS: The Cradle of Western Civilization (900 BCE–324 CE)

NADEJDA POPOV, UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA Athens and the World: A Model of Culture and Politics Global Encounters and Connections: The Ancient Roots of Modern Foundations Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

“On the Killing of Eratosthenes,” by Lysias The Funeral Oration of Pericles The Constitution of the Athenians, by the Old Oligarch

Further Reading Web Resources

5. XIAN: Eastern Gateway and Strategic Citadel (1049 BCE–907 CE)

KEITH N. KNAPP, THE CITADEL, THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Xian and the World: A Strategic Location for Commerce and Empire Global Encounters and Connections: Cultural Convergence Creates an Ancient Melting Pot Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

“Two Capitals Rhapsody,” by Ban Gu Nubian Geography, by Abu Zayd Hasanibn Yazid Sirafi and al-Tajir Sulayman Miss Ren, by Shen Jiji

Further Reading Web Resources

6. CARTHAGE: Gateway to the World Beyond the Mediterranean (800 BCE–700 CE)

JULIA CLANCY-SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Carthage and the World: A Nexus for Travelers, Traders, and Empires Global Encounters and Connections: Carthage as a Convergence Point for Civilizations Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

The Politics, by Aristotle History of Rome: The Punic Wars, by Appian

Further Reading Web Resources

7. CONSTANTINOPLE/ISTANBUL: A Vortex of Peoples and Cultures (324 CE–1500)

NINA ERGIN, KOÇ UNIVERSITY, TURKEY Constantinople and the World: The Lure of an Imperial Capital Global Encounters and Connections: Istanbul’s Enduring Global Network and Community Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Letter on Constantinople, by Benjamin of Tudela Descriptio S. Sophiae, by Paul the Silentiary Tarih-i Ebü’l-Feth, by Tursun Beg

Further Reading Web Resources

8. MECCA: Pilgrimage and the Making of the Islamic World (400–1500)

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER LOW, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Mecca and the World: From the Age of Ignorance to the Dawn of Islam Global Encounters and Connections: A Coveted City in the Colonial Crossfire Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

The Travels of Ibn Battuta “Interview with an Indian Muslim Doctor, the English Vice-Consul,” from Dr. M. Şakir Bey’s Memoirs of the Hijaz

Further Reading Web Resources

9. KILWA: A Commercial City in the Economic and Cultural Cross-Currents (1000–1500)

ERIK GILBERT, ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Kilwa and the World: A City in the Cross-Currents of Indian Ocean Trade Global Encounters and Connections: Kilwa’s Place within the Indian Ocean Trading Network Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

“A Visit to Zeila, Mogadishu, Mombasa, and Kilwa Kisiwani,” by Ibn Battuta

Further Reading Web Resources

10. VARANASI: The Microcosm of India and Exemplar of Balance (ca. 1200–1600 CE)

NITA KUMAR, CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE Varanasi and the World: A Vital City of Learning and Religion Global Encounters and Connections: A Synthesis of Cultures Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Kashikhanda of Mahrshi Vyasa Poems of Kabir and Tulsi

Further Reading Web Resources A Sampling of the Music of Banaras

11. SAMARKAND: Political and Economic Hub Connecting East and West (1220–1660)

REUEL R. HANKS, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Samarkand and the World: A Magnet for Merchants and Conquerors Global Encounters and Connections: Samarkand’s Confluence of Cultures Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Narrative of the Embassy of Ruy González de Clavijo to the Court of Timour, at Samarcand, A.D. 1403–6, Ruy González de Clavijo

Further Reading Web Resources

12. VENICE: A Center of International Exchange in the Renaissance World (1350–1550)

MARITERE LÓPEZ, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO Venice and the World: A Global Center of Trade Global Encounters and Connections: Venice as an Influential Nexus for East and West Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Canon Pietro Casola’s Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Year 1494, by Pietro Casola Coryat’s Crudities: Hastily Gobbled Up in Five Months Travels in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia Commonly Called the Grisons Country, Helvetia Alias Switzerland, Some Parts of High Germany and the Netherlands, by Thomas Coryat Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms and Commonwealths Through the World, Discoursing of Their Situations, Manners, Customs, Strengths and Policies, by Giovanni Botero and Robert Johnson

Further Reading Web Resources

13. POTOSÍ: A Motor of Global Change (1545–1600s)

JANE E. MANGAN, DAVIDSON COLLEGE Potosí and the World: Silver Links to Global Trade Global Encounters and Connections: The Atlantic on the Pacific, Incorporating Africans into Potosí Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Natural and Moral History of the Indies, José de Acosta “Sobre la arina del maiz,” Gaspar de Saldana Petition Presented by Don Gabriel Fernandez Guarache to the Azogueros Guild

Further Reading Web Resources

14. MALACCA: Cosmopolitan Trading Port of the Early Modern World (1500–1824)

BARBARA WATSON ANDAYA AND LEONARD Y. ANDAYA, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I Malacca and the World: A Fifteenth-Century Entrepôt Global Encounters and Connections: The Malacca Heritage Encounters as Told: Primary Sources

Chinese Expedition to Malacca, by Ma Huan Sejarah Melayu, by Tun Sri Lanang

Further Reading Web Resources

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