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| adam_text | (Contents
Preface
v
Versions and Supplements
xiii
Maps
xxix
Features
xxxi
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
xxxii
The History of the Universe
·
The History of a Planet
·
The History
of the Human Species
...
in a Single Paragraph
·
Why World
History?
·
Change, Comparison, and Connection: The Three Cs
of World History
Snapshot: A History of the Universe as a Cosmic Calendar
xxxiii
PART ONE First Things First:
Beginnings in History, to
500
B.c.E.
2
THE BIG PICTURE Turning Points in Early World History
3
The Emergence of Humankind
·
The Globalization of Humankind
•
The Revolution of Farming and Herding
·
The Turning Point of
Civilization
·
A Note on Dates
Mapping Part One
8
1.
First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History
in a Single Chapter, To
4000
b.c.e.
π
Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations
12
Into Eurasia
*
Into Australia
*
Into the Americas
·
Into the Pacific
The Ways We Were
20
The First Human Societies
*
Economy and the Environment
·
The Realm
of the Spirit
·
Settling Down:
Tlie
Great Transition
Breakthroughs to Agriculture
26
Common Patterns
*
Variations
The Globalization of Agriculture
34
Triumph and Resistance
·
The Culture of Agriculture
Social Variation in the Age of Agriculture
39
Pastoral Societies
·
Agricultural Village Societies
· Chiefdoms
xxi
XXII CONTENTS
Reflections: The Uses of the Paleolithic
43
Second Thoughts
44
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Paleolithic Era in Perspective
24
Portrait: fshi, The Last of His People
36
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First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal
Societies,
3500
b.c.e.-^oo B.c.E.
47
Something New: The Emergence of Civilizations
48
Introducing the First Civilizations
·
The Question of Origins
·
An Urban
Revolution
The Erosion of Equality
57
Hierarchies of Class
·
Hierarchies of Gender
*
Patriarchy in Practice
The Rise of the State
61
Coercion and Consent
·
Writing and Accounting
·
The Grandeur of Kings
Comparing Mesopotamia and Egypt
66
Environment and Culture
·
Cities and States
·
Interaction and Exchange
Reflections: Civilization : What s in a Word?
75
Second Thoughts
76
What s the Significance?
*
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Writing in Ancient Civilizations
65
Portrait: Paneb, An Egyptian Criminal
70
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PART TWO Second Wave Civilizations in
World History,
500
B.C.E.-500 c.E.
78
THE BIG PICTURE After the First Civilizations: What Changed and
What Didn t?
79
Continuities in Civilization
·
Changes in Civilization
Snapshot: World Population during the Age of Agricultural Civilization 8i
Mapping Part Two
84
CONTENTS XXIII
3
.
State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa,
5OO B.C.E.-jOO C.E.
87
Empires and Civilizations in Collision: The Persians and the Greeks
89
The Persian Empire
·
The Greeks
·
Collision: The Greco-Persian
Wars
·
Collision: Alexander and the Hellenistic Era
Comparing Empires: Roman and Chinese
99
Rome: From
City-State
to Empire
·
China: From Warring States to
Empire
·
Consolidating the Roman and Chinese Empires
*
The Collapse
of Empires
Intermittent Empire: The Case of India in
Reflections: Enduring Legacies of Second-Wave Empires
113
Second Thoughts
114
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
*
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Distinctive Features of Second-Wave Eurasian Civilizations
90
Portrait: Trung
Trac:
Resisting the Chinese Empire
104
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Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa,
5OO B.C.E.-SOO C.E.
117
China and the Search for Order
119
The
L·galist
Answer
·
The Confucian Answer
·
The Daoist Answer
Cultural Traditions of Classical India
126
South Asian Religion: From Ritual Sacrifice to Philosophical Speculation
·
Tlie
Buddhist Challenge
*
Hinduism as a Religion of Duty and Devotion
Toward Monotheism: The Search for God in the Middle East
132
Zoroastrianism
·
fudaism
The Cultural Tradition of Classical Greece: The Search for a Rational Order
135
The Greek Way of Knowing
·
The Greek Legacy
The Birth of Christianity
...
with Buddhist Comparisons
139
The Lives of the Founders
·
The Spread of New Religions
·
Institutions,
Controversies, and Divisions
Reflections: Religion and Historians
147
Second Thoughts
148
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Thinkers and Philosophies of the Second-Wave Era
120
Portrait:
Perpetua,
Christian Martyr
144
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CONTENTS
5.
Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa,
500
B.C.E.-SOO C.E
151
Society and the State in China
152
An Elite of Officials
·
Vie Landlord Class
·
Peasants
·
Merchants
Class and Caste in India
158
Caste as Varna
·
Caste as
Jati
·
The Functions of Caste
Slavery: The Case of the Roman Empire
163
Slavery and Civilization
·
The Making of Roman Slavery
·
Resistance
and Rebellion
Comparing Patriarchies
167
A Changing Patriarchy: The Case of China
·
Contrasting Patriarchies:
Athens and Sparta
Reflections: Arguing with Solomon and the Buddha
174
Second Thoughts
175
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Social Life and Duty in Classical India
160
Portrait: Ge Hong, A Chinese Scholar in Troubled Times
156
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Commonalities and Variations: Africa and the
Americas,
500
Β.αΕ,-ΐζοο
C.E.
179
Continental Comparisons
180
Civilizations of Africa
183
Meroë:
Continuing a Nile Valley Civilization
·
Axum: The Making of a
Christian Kingdom
·
Along the Niger River: Cities without States
Civilizations of Mesoamerica
190
The Maya: Writing and Warfare
·
Teotihuacan: The Americas Greatest City
Civilizations of the Andes
195
Chavin-.A Pan-Andean Religious Movement
·
Moche: A
Civilization of
the Coast
·
Wari and Tiwanaku: Empires of the Interior
Alternatives to Civilization: Bantu Africa
200
Cultural Encounters
·
Society and Religion
Alternatives to Civilization: North America
203
The Ancestral Pueblo: Pit Houses and Great Houses
·
Peoples of the Eastern
Woodlands: The Mound Builders
Reflections: Deciding What s Important: Balance in World History
207
Second Thoughts
208
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
CONTENTS XXV
Snapshot: Continental Population in the Second-Wave Era
182
Portrait: Piye, Kushite Conqueror of Egypt
186
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PART THREE An Age of Accelerating
Connections, 5OO-I5OO
210
THE BIG PICTURE Defining a Millennium
211
Third-Wave Civilizations: Something New, Something Old, Something
Blended
·
The Ties That Bind:
Transregional
Interaction in the
Third-Wave Era
Mapping Part Three
216
7.
Commerce and Culture,
500-1500 219
Silk Roads: Exchange across Eurasia
222
The Growth of the Silk Roads
·
Goods in Transit
·
Cultures in Transit
•
Disease in Transit
Sea Roads: Exchange across the Indian Ocean
228
Weaving the Web of an Indian Ocean World
·
Sea Roads as a Catalyst for
Change: Southeast Asia
·
Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: East Africa
Sand Roads: Exchange across the Sahara
238
Commercial Beginnings in West Africa
·
Gold, Salt, and Slaves: Trade and
Empire in West Africa
An American Network: Commerce and Connection in the
Western Hemisphere
241
Reflections: Economic Globalization
—
Ancient and Modern
245
Second Thoughts
246
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Economic Exchange along the Silk Roads
224
Snapshot: Economic Exchange in the Indian Ocean Basin
231
Portrait: Thorfinn Karlsfeni, Viking Voyager
242
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China and the World: East Asian Connections,
500-1300 249
Together Again: The Reemergence of a Unified China
250
A Golden Age of Chinese Achievement
·
Women in the Song Dynasty
XXVI
CONTENTS
China and the Northern Nomads: A Chinese World Order in the Making
257
The Tribute System in Theory
*
The Tribute System in Practice
*
Cultural
Influence across an Ecological Frontier
Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, and Japan
261
Korea and China
·
Vietnam and China
·
Japan and China
China and the Eurasian World Economy
268
Spillovers: China s Impact on Eurasia
·
On the Receiving End: China as
Economic Beneficiary
China and Buddhism
272
Making Buddhism Chinese
· L·siпg
State Support: The Crisis of Chinese
Buddhism
Reflections: Why Do Things Change?
276
Second Thoughts
277
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Chinese Technological Achievements
270
Portrait:
Izumi Shikibu,
Japanese Poet and Lover
268
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9.
The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian
Connections,
600-1500 281
The Birth of a New Religion
282
The Homeland ofhlam
·
The Messenger and the Message
·
The
Transformation of Arabia
The Making of an Arab Empire
288
War, Conquest, and Tolerance
·
Conversion
*
Divisions and Controversies
•
Women and Men in Early Islam
Islam and Cultural Encounter: A Four-Way Comparison
298
The Case of India
·
The Case of Anatolia
·
The Case of West Africa
•
The Case of Spain
The World of Islam as a New Civilization 3°6
Networks of Faith
·
Networks of Exchange
Reflections: Past and Present: Choosing Our History 3n
Second Thoughts
312
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Key Achievements in Islamic Science and Scholarship 310
Portrait:
Mansa
Musa, West
African Monarch and Muslim Pilgrim 3°4
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CONTENTS XXVII
10.
The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction,
Expansion, and Division,
500-1300 315
Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa
317
Asian Christianity
·
African Christianity
Byzantine Christendom: Building on the Roman Past
321
The Byzantine State
·
The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence
•
Byzantium and the World
·
The Conversion of Russia
Western Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman Collapse
328
Political Life in Western Europe
*
Society and the Church
·
Accelerating
Change in the West
·
Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition
The West in Comparative Perspective
340
Catching Up
·
Pluralism in Politics
·
Reason and Faith
Reflections: Remembering and Forgetting: Continuity and Surprise in
the Worlds of Christendom
348
Second Thoughts
349
What s the Significance?
*
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: European Borrowing
342
Portrait: Cecilia Penifader, An English Peasant and Unmarried Woman
336
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Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage:
The Mongol Moment, 1200-1500
353
Looking Back and Looking Around: The Long History of Pastoral Nomads
354
The World of Pastoral Societies
*
Before the Mongols:
Pastoralists
in History
Breakout: The Mongol Empire
361
From Temujin to Chinggis Khan: The Rise of the Mongol Empire
·
Explaining the Mongol Moment
Encountering the Mongols: Comparing Three Cases
367
China and the Mongols
·
Persia and the Mongols
·
Russia and the Mongols
The Mongol Empire as a Eurasian Network
374
Toward a World Economy
·
Diplomacy on a Eurasian Scale
·
Cultural
Exchange in the Mongol Realm
·
The Plague: An Afro-Eurasian Pandemic
Reflections: Changing Images of Pastoral Peoples
379
Second Thoughts
380
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Varieties of Pastoral Societies
356
Portrait: Khutulun, A Mongol Wrestler Princess
370
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XXVIII
CONTENTS
12.
The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century
383
The Shapes of Human Communities
384
Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America
·
Agricultural Village
Societies: The Igbo and the Iroquois
·
Pastoral Peoples: Central Asia and
West Africa
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: Comparing China and Europe
390
Ming Dynasty China
·
European Comparisons: State Building and Cultural
Renewal
·
European Comparisons: Maritime Voyaging
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Islamic World
400
In the Islamic Heartland: The Ottoman and Safauid Empires
·
On the
Frontiers of Islam: The Songhay and Mughal Empires
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Americas
404
The Aztec Empire
·
The
Inca
Empire
Webs of Connection
410
A Preview of Coming Attractions: Looking Ahead to the Modern Era,
1500-2012
412
Reflections: What If? Chance and Contingency in World History
415
Second Thoughts
416
What s the Significance?
·
Big Picture Questions
·
Next Steps: For
Further Study
Snapshot: Major Developments around the World in the Fifteenth Century
386
Snapshot: World Population Growth,
1000-2000 414
Portrait: Zheng He, China s Non-Chinese Admiral
396
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Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
417
427
429
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