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A guide to world history discusses major events from the beginning of civilization to the late twentieth century, including the birth of early cultures, the rise of major religions, and the growth of Western domination

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1. Verfasser:	Hall, Timothy Charles (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Alpha 2012
Ausgabe:	2. ed.
Schlagworte:	Weltgeschichte World history History, Modern Einführung
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Zusammenfassung:	A guide to world history discusses major events from the beginning of civilization to the late twentieth century, including the birth of early cultures, the rise of major religions, and the growth of Western domination
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-372) and index The beginnings and foundations of civilization. The building blocks of civilization ; First civilizations of Africa and Western Asia ; Ancient and Classic China ; Ancient and Classic India ; Classic Greece ; When in Rome -- After the Classics. Islam and Africa ; The Byzantine Empire and Russia ; Rebirth in China ; Chinese culture spreads in East Asia ; The Mongols rule! ; Those terrible Middle Ages ; American on the eve of invasion -- The world gets much smaller. Back to Islam ; As the world shrinks: South Asia ; Exploration or exploitation? ; Religion and reformation ; Science and philosophy brighten things up -- Western domination. Revolutions ; The industrial revolution ; Revolutions and reactions ; Imperialism -- The twentieth century and beyond. The war to end all wars ; A time of uncertainty ; World War II and the end of European dominance ; The Cold War ; Out from the shadows ; Where do we go from here?
Beschreibung:	xx, 380 S. Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:	9781615641482

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adam_text	Contents Part 1: The Beginnings and Foundations of Civilization ...............................................................1 1 The Building Blocks of Civilization ..........................3 You Say You Want an Evolution ...................................................3 Later Hominid Groups ................................................................4 Homo Erectus ...........................................................................4 Homo Sapiens ............................................................................4 Almost Human ...............................................................................6 Hunter-Gatherer Culture ..............................................................7 Neolithic Revolution ......................................................................8 How Civilization Develops ............................................................9 2 First Civilizations of Africa and Western Asia ...... Π The Nile and Early Egypt ...........................................................11 The Old Kingdom (2700-2200 b.c.e.) ......................................12 The Middle Kingdom (2200-1786 B.C.E.) .................................12 The New Kingdom (1600-945 B.C.E.) .......................................12 Egyptian Society and Religion ....................................................13 Egyptian Accomplishments .........................................................14 The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers ................................................14 A Summary of the Sumerians ...................................................15 The Action of the Akkadians ......................................................16 Hammurabi and the Babylonians ................................................16 More Civilizations ........................................................................17 The Hated Assyrians ..................................................................17 The New and Improved Babylonians ..........................................18 The Pretty Persians ...................................................................19 The Z-Man and His Religion ....................................................19 Other Civilizations of Note .........................................................20 The Phoenicians .........................................................................20 The Lydians ...............................................................................21 The Israelites ................................................................................21 Davidic Monarchy .....................................................................22 The Jewish Legacy .....................................................................22 3 Ancient and Classic China ........................................25 The Benefits of China s Geography ............................................25 Early Civilizations of China ........................................................26 The Shang .................................................................................26 The Zhou ...................................................................................27 TheQin .....................................................................................28 The Han ....................................................................................28 iv The Complete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition Three Great Philosophical Traditions ........................................29 Confucianism .............................................................................29 Daoism ......................................................................................30 Legális?» ....................................................................................31 Chinese Society ............................................................................31 The Family ................................................................................31 Social Classes .............................................................................32 Achievements of Classical China ................................................32 4 Ancient and Classic India .........................................35 The Safety of the Indian Subcontinent ......................................35 Early Indus River Valley Civilization .........................................36 Harapta and Mohenjo-Daro ......................................................36 Harappan Culture and Collapse .................................................36 The Aryans ...................................................................................37 Language and Traditions ...........................................................37 The Caste System .......................................................................38 The Aryan Religion ...................................................................38 Hinduism ......................................................................................38 Buddha and Buddhism .................................................................39 Another Religion? ........................................................................40 After the Vedic Age ......................................................................40 The Mauryan Empire ................................................................41 The Gupta Empire ....................................................................42 5 Classic Greece ............................................................45 The Geography of Greece ...........................................................45 Aegean Civilizations .....................................................................46 The Minoans .............................................................................46 The Mycenaean Civilization ......................................................46 The Greek City-States .................................................................47 The Polis ....................................................................................41 Sparta and Athens .....................................................................48 All Greek to Me ............................................................................49 Greek Religion ...........................................................................49 The Olympic Games ...................................................................50 Great Greek Philosophy ..............................................................50 Socrates ......................................................................................50 Plato ..........................................................................................51 Aristotle .....................................................................................51 Classical Greek Achievements .....................................................51 Homer (not the Simpson) ...........................................................52 Drama .......................................................................................52 Historians and History ..............................................................53 Contents Math and Science.......................................................................53 Art and Architecture ..................................................................54 A Little Persian with Your Greek ...............................................54 The Persian Wars ......................................................................54 The Beginning of the End ..........................................................55 The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great .......................55 Hellenistic Culture .....................................................................56 6 When in Rome ............................................................59 The Boot of Europe .....................................................................59 Early People of the Italian Peninsula ..........................................60 Rome If You Want To ..................................................................60 The Roman Republic ..................................................................61 Roman Law ...............................................................................61 Roman Culture ..........................................................................62 Rome Around the World .............................................................62 The Punic Wars .........................................................................62 The Roman Army ......................................................................63 Problems with Expansion ...........................................................64 The Beginning of the End of the Republic ................................64 The First Triumvirate and the Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar .....65 The Real End of the Republic .....................................................66 The Roman Empire .....................................................................67 The Good Emperors ...................................................................67 Pax Romana..............................................................................67 Roman Religion and Christianity ...............................................68 The Roman State Religion .........................................................69 The Jewish People Under Rome .................................................69 Jesus of Nazareth ......................................................................69 The Spread of a New Religion ....................................................70 The Conversion of Rome ............................................................71 Roman Chaos and Decline ..........................................................71 Diocletian and Constantine ........................................................71 This Is the End ..........................................................................72 Reasons for the Fall ....................................................................72 Part 2: After the Classics .....................................................75 7 Islam and Africa ..........................................................77 Arabian Peninsula and the Bedouin ............................................77 Mecca .........................................................................................78 Muhammad ...................................................................................78 Muh ammaď1 s Message ...............................................................79 Exile and Return .......................................................................79 vi The Compiete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition Islamic Teachings .........................................................................80 The Five Pillars of Islam ............................................................80 The People of the Book and the Seal of the Prophets .............81 After Muhammad .........................................................................81 Division .....................................................................................81 The Umayyad Dynasty ..............................................................82 The Rise of the Abbasids .............................................................82 Islamic Culture .............................................................................83 Art ............................................................................................83 Philosophy and Literature ..........................................................84 Africa and Islam ...........................................................................84 The Geography of Africa ............................................................84 The Kingdom of Nubia ..............................................................85 The Kingdom ofKush ................................................................86 The Axum .................................................................................86 The Nok ....................................................................................86 The Bantu Migrations ...............................................................87 The Kingdoms of the Niger River Valley ..................................87 The Kingdom of Ghana .............................................................87 The Kingdom of Mali ................................................................88 The Kingdom ofSonghai ............................................................88 Coastal City-States and Central Empires ...................................89 8 The Byzantine Empire and Russia ..........................91 The End of Rome? .......................................................................91 The Byzantine Empire .................................................................92 The Byzantine Emperors .............................................................92 Justinian the Great ...................................................................93 Heradius and Leo III. ................................................................94 Byzantine Religion .....................................................................94 The Economy of Byzantium .......................................................95 Byzantine Art and Learning .....................................................95 The Spread of Eastern Orthodox Christianity ............................96 The Decline and Fall of Byzantium ...........................................96 The Slavs and the Origins of Russia ...........................................97 The Rise ofKievan Rus ..............................................................98 The Conversion of Kiev ..............................................................99 The Golden Age of Kiev .............................................................99 The Decline of Kiev .................................................................¡00 The Rise of the Third Rome .....................................................100 Contents vii 9 Rebirth in China ........................................................103 Out of the Chaos: The Sui Dynasty .........................................103 The Tang Dynasty .....................................................................104 Reformers and Pencil Pushers ..................................................105 The Problem with Penal Pushers .............................................105 The Rise and Fall of the Song ...................................................105 The Golden Age of Chinese Culture ........................................106 The Chinese Government mid Econmiiy ...................................706 Trade and Technology ..............................................................106 A Prosperous Society ................................................................101 The Golden Age of Literature and Art .....................................707 Religious Revival and Change ...................................................108 New Confucianism ..................................................................109 10 Chinese Culture Spreads in East Asia ................... Ill The Rise of the Island Nation of Japan ..................................... Ill The Beginning of the Japanese State ........................................112 Shotoku Taishi .........................................................................112 The Nara and Heian Period ....................................................112 The Kamakura Shogunate .......................................................113 The Final Collapse of Central Rule ...........................................114 Life in Early Japan ......................................................................114 Little Brother — Korea ...............................................................115 Independence! And Independence Again! ...................................115 Southeast Asia ..............................................................................116 Vietnam ...................................................................................116 The Khmer Empire ..................................................................7/7 Thailand .................................................................................../77 The Burnuse and the Kingdom of Pagan .................................. 11H The Malay Peninsula ................................................................118 11 The Mongols Rule! .....................................................121 Introducing the Mongols ...........................................................121 The Rise of Genghis Khan ........................................................122 The Mongol War Machine .......................................................722 Conquest! ....................................................................................123 The Death of Genghis Khan ....................................................724 Conquest Again! .........................................................................124 Batu and the Golden Horde .....................................................725 Hulegu and the Islamic Heartlands .........................................126 Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty ........................................727 One Last Mongol .....................................................................128 The Upside of Bloodthirsty Mongol Conquerors ....................129 viii The Complete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition 12 Those Terrible Middle Ages ....................................131 After Rome .................................................................................132 The Merovingians ....................................................................132 The Carolingians .....................................................................132 Invasions Again? .........................................................................134 Let s Go Serfing ......................................................................134 The Church ................................................................................135 The Church s Religious Role and Organization ........................135 Monks and the Business of Monasteries ....................................136 Power and Reform in the Church .............................................131 Medieval Art and Architecture ................................................138 The Big Three ............................................................................138 Jolly Old England ....................................................................138 The French ..............................................................................139 Germany .................................................................................140 Let s Go Crusading ....................................................................140 Economic Improvements ...........................................................141 Education and Learning (Not Always Synonymous!) .............142 Literature ................................................................................143 With the Highs Come the Lows ...............................................143 The Hundred Years War .........................................................143 The Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism ......................144 The Black Death ......................................................................145 Reform ........................................................................................145 Rebirth ........................................................................................146 13 America on the Eve of Invasion ............................149 North America ...........................................................................149 The Eastern Woodlands ...........................................................150 The Southwest .........................................................................150 Central America .........................................................................151 The Olmec ................................................................................151 Teotihuacdn ..............................................................................151 The Maya ................................................................................¡$2 Toltecs ......................................................................................153 The Aztecs ..................................................................................153 Aztec Religion .......................................................................... ľ)4 Agriculture ...............................................................................ist Social Structure ........................................................................155 The Decline of the Aztec ............................................................155 Contents ¡χ South America ............................................................................156 The Chavin ..............................................................................156 The Moche ...............................................................................156 The Incas ....................................................................................157 The Incan Religion ...................................................................158 Incan Achievements .................................................................158 Part 3: The World Gets Much Smaller ..............................161 14 Back to Islam .............................................................163 The Rise of the Ottoman Empire .............................................164 The Fall of Constantinople .......................................................164 The Gunpowder Empire ...........................................................165 Religion in the Ottoman Empire ..............................................166 Social Structure .......................................................................167 Ottoman Art ...........................................................................167 Problems in the Ottoman Empire ............................................167 The Safavid Empire in Persia ....................................................168 The Shiite and Sunni Problem .................................................168 The Safavid Culture ................................................................169 The Quick Decline of the Safavid .............................................169 The Mughal Dynasty .................................................................170 Babur ......................................................................................170 Akbar ......................................................................................171 Mughal Society and Culture .................................................... Ill The Decline of the Mughal Empire ..........................................172 15 As the World Shrinks: South Asia ........................175 The Ming Dynasty .....................................................................176 Doing Things Right .................................................................776 Zheng He and Chinese Exploration ........................................../77 Contact-with the West .............................................................. Í77 The Fall of the Ming ................................................................/77 The Rise of the Qing .................................................................178 The Manchu Problem ..............................................................178 The Great Kangxi ...................................................................178 Those Sneaky Europeans ..........................................................179 Economic Changes ....................................................................179 Chinese Society and Culture .....................................................180 Women in China .....................................................................180 The Arts and Literature ..........................................................180 The Complete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition Japan and the Great Unifiers .....................................................181 The Game Changers ................................................................181 The Rule of the Tokngawa ........................................................181 Social Changes .........................................................................18- Tokugawa Culture ...................................................................182 Contact with Europeans ...........................................................183 The Hermit Kingdom ................................................................183 16 Exploration or Exploitation? ..................................185 Means and Motives ....................................................................185 First, Portugal ............................................................................186 Next Comes Spain ......................................................................186 The Treaty ofTordesillas .......................................................... 187 Racing Across the Americas ......................................................187 The Spanish Empire ................................................................ 188 Cortes and Pizarra ..................................................................188 To Administer an Empire ........................................................ 189 The Impact of Exploration .......................................................189 Finally, the English, Dutch, and French ...................................190 Mercantilism, or What Can You Do for Me? ..........................190 The Impact of Exploration on Africa .......................................191 The Beginnings of Slavery in the New World .......................... 191 The Triangular Trade Network ...............................................192 The End Result in Africa .........................................................192 The Global Impact of Exploration ............................................193 17 Religion and Reformation .......................................195 The Monk Who Changed Europe ............................................195 Salvation by Faith ....................................................................196 The Ninety-Five Theses ...........................................................196 The Teachings of Luther ...........................................................197 Zwingli in Switzerland. ...........................................................198 Calvinism ................................................................................¡9$ Anabaptists and Radicals .........................................................199 In Need of a Divorce ................................................................200 You Know ... You Might Be Right ............................................200 The Society of Jesus ..........................................................201 The Council of Trent ................................................................201 The Results of the Catholic Counter-Reformation .....................202 The Wars of Religion ................................................................203 The French First ................................................. 203 The Thirty Years War ........................................................204 The Results of the Wars of Religion ..........................................204 Contents xi 18 Science and Philosophy Brighten Things Up..... 207 In the Beginning ........................................................................207 Philosophers of Science ..............................................................208 Newton and the Laws of Gravity .............................................209 Anybody Need a Light? .............................................................210 John Locke ...............................................................................210 The French Philosophes ............................................................211 The Other Three ......................................................................213 The Later Enlightenment ...........................................................214 A Recipe for Revolution .............................................................215 Part 4: Western Domination ...............................................217 19 Revolutions .................................................................219 The United Kingdom of Great Britain ......................................219 The Hanoverian Kings ............................................................219 The British Colonies in North America ....................................220 The American Revolution .........................................................220 Read Our Lips: No New Taxes. ...............................................221 Yankee Doodle Dandies ............................................................222 Forming a New Nation ............................................................222 The French Revolution—Off With His Head! ........................223 The Old Regime .......................................................................223 Economic Problems ..................................................................223 Gauls Gone Wild .....................................................................224 War .........................................................................................225 The National Convention Meets ...............................................226 Reign of Terror, Republic of Virtue ..........................................226 Revolution iti Moderation ........................................................227 The Rise of Napoleon ................................................................227 The Takeover ...........................................................................228 The Grand Empire ..................................................................229 The Thorn in the Lion s Paw ...................................................230 Napoleon s Big Mistake ............................................................230 Waterloo ..................................................................................231 The Revolutions Never Seem to End ........................................231 20 The Industrial Revolution .......................................233 The Industrial Revolution Begins .............................................233 Ob, So Soft ..............................................................................234 Black Coal and Iron Rails ........................................................234 The Spread of the Industrial Revolution ..................................235 The Industrial Revolution Reloaded .........................................236 xii The Complete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition New Trends and Global Patterns ..............................................237 Competing Philosophies ............................................................237 Utopians Seek Perfection ..........................................................257 Workers Wake Up ...................................................................238 This Is the Modern World ........................................................239 Cities and Societies ...................................................................239 Improvements for Women ........................................................239 Yes, You Have to Go to School! .................................................240 Too Much Time on Their Hands ..............................................240 Mixed Reviews .........................................................................241 21 Revolutions and Reactions ....................................243 The Congress of Vienna ............................................................243 Liberalism and Nationalism ......................................................244 Revolution Reloaded ..................................................................245 The End of the Concert ............................................................246 The Crimean War ...................................................................246 Italian Unification ...................................................................247 German Unification ................................................................248 Liberalism and Nationalism in Other Nations ........................249 The Victorian Age in Great Britain ........................................249 The Return of a Napoleon in France ........................................249 Austria ....................................................................................250 Russia and the End of Serfdom ................................................250 The American Civil War .........................................................250 Oh, Canada! ............................................................................251 Other Isms of the Nineteenth Century ................................251 Romantics and Realists. ............................................................251 Darwin and Nattiral Selection .................................................252 Modernism ..............................................................................253 Anti-Semitism .........................................................................253 Zionism ...................................................................................254 Spread of Democracy ................................................................254 22 Imperialism ................................................................257 Who Wants an Empire? ............................................................257 Imperialism in Southeast Asia ...................................................258 Scramble for Africa ....................................................................259 West Africa ..............................................................................259 North Africa ............................................................................250 Central Africa .......................................................................260 East Africa .........................................................................261 Contents xiii South Africa and the Boers ......................................................261 British Rule and Cecil Rhodes ..................................................261 Imperialism in India ...................................................................262 Imperialism and Its Impact on China .......................................263 The First War on Drugs ..........................................................264 The Taiping Rebellion ..............................................................264 A Need for Reform ...................................................................265 The Boxer Rebellion .................................................................266 A New Republic .......................................................................266 Changes in Chinese Culture .....................................................267 Japan s Different Take on Imperialism .....................................267 Commodore Perry Comes A-Knocking .....................................268 The Meiji Restoration ..............................................................268 Ready to Join the Imperialist Club ...........................................269 Part 5: The Twentieth Century and Beyond ....................271 23 The War to End All Wars .......................................273 The Seeds of War .......................................................................273 The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand .....................................274 Tensions Boil Over ...................................................................274 The Great War ...........................................................................275 Dig In! ....................................................................................276 The Eastern Front ...................................................................276 The Meat Grinder ...................................................................276 The Air War ...........................................................................277 The War Spreads ........................................................................277 Revolution in Russia ................................................................279 The March Revolution .............................................................279 Red October .............................................................................279 The Reds vs. the Whites ........................................................... 2H0 The Final Years of the Great War ............................................281 One Last Try ...........................................................................281 German Revolutions ................................................................282 Peace at Last? ..............................................................................282 Paris Peace Conference .............................................................282 The Treaty of Versailles ............................................................283 A New Map .............................................................................283 Real Result of the Great War ...................................................284 24 A Time of Uncertainty ............................................287 Problems with Peace? .................................................................287 A Bit Depressed ..........................................................................289 xiv The Complete Idiot s Guide to World History, Second Edition The Rise of Short Men Who Mean Business ...........................290 Mussolini and Fascism in Italy .................................................290 The Rise of Stalin ....................................................................291 Authoritarian Governments in Eastern Europe .......................292 General Franco in Spain ..........................................................292 The Rise of Hitler ......................................................................293 The Rise of the Nazis ...............................................................293 Hitler Takes Total Control .......................................................294 Turmoil in the Middle East .......................................................295 End of the Ottomans ................................................................295 Arab Nationalism ....................................................................296 Introducing Iran ......................................................................296 Making Progress in India ..........................................................297 Political Developments in Asia ..................................................298 Political Developments in China ..............................................298 Militarism in Japan ................................................................299 The Banana Republics ...............................................................300 Cultural Changes in the 1920s and 1930s................................300 25 World War II and the End of European Dominance .............................................303 Hitler and World War II ...........................................................304 Japan Turns Very Imperialist ....................................................305 Hitler Gets Some Quick Licks In .............................................306 The Battle of Britain ...............................................................306 Doesn t Anyone Read History? .................................................307 Japan Gets in Some Quick Licks, Too ......................................307 1942, and Things Don t Look Too Good .................................308 The Tide Turns .......................................................................308 The Final Years of World War II. ............................................309 Victory Around the World .........................................................310 Unthinkable Acts .........................................................................310 The Big Three and Lots of Meetings ........................................311 The Yalta Conference ...............................................................312 The Potsdam Conference ..........................................................312 The Impact of World War II. ...................................................312 26 The Cold War .............................................................315 Plans and Doctrines ....................................................................315 The Problem in Germany ..........................................................316 Under Pressure ............................................................................317 Contents xv Satellite Conflicts ........................................................................318 Another Brick in the Wall? .......................................................318 The Cuban Missile Crisis ..........................................................318 Domino Theory and Vietnam ..................................................319 Behind the Curtain ....................................................................320 Take Me to the Other Side ........................................................321 Thawing and Freezing ...............................................................321 A New Economy in the West ....................................................323 27 Out from the Shadows ...........................................325 The Rise of the Third World ....................................................325 The Middle East .........................................................................326 Walk Like an Egyptian ............................................................ 326 The Papyrus Revolution ...........................................................527 The Nation of Israel .................................................................321 Traditional Authoritarianism ..................................................329 The Others ...............................................................................550 African Independence ................................................................330 Challenges in Africa .................................................................330 Change in African Society and Culture ....................................331 An Imperial-Free Asia .................................................................331 Indian and Pakistani Independence ..........................................332 Developments in Southeast Asia ...............................................332 Modern Japan .........................................................................333 The Little Tigers and North Korea ....................................... 333 Communist China ................................................................... 334 Latin America .............................................................................334 The Walls Come Tumbling Down ...........................................336 The Reign of Gorbachev ............................................................336 Yeltsin and Putin ..................................................................... 331 Medvedev ... and Putin? .........................................................557 28 Where Do We Go from Here? ...............................339 Challenges for the Future ..........................................................339 Technology (No, I Am Not a Luddite!) .....................................340 The Environment ....................................................................341 Globalization ...........................................................................343 Populations and Migrations .....................................................344 Changing Roles of Women .......................................................345 Terrorism and Extremism .......................................................346 Solutions, Anyone? .....................................................................346 The United Nations, NATO, and the European Union ............346 Think Globally, Act Locally! ....................................................341 Appendixes A Glossary .....................................................................349 В The Major Events of World History .....................355 С Important People, Places, and Things to Know ........................................................365 D Go Deep: Further Readings in World History .......................................................369 Index ............................................................................373
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