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Trade Review"Patterns of World History is a solid textbook that utilizes patterns of civilization instead of a massive scatter shot of information, which helps students to learn concepts instead of extraneous detailed information."--Joshua Shriver, Auburn University "Patterns of World History is truly a global history. Its overall organization combines both thematic and regional elements flexibly, allowng some chapters to cover broad swaths of cultures in comparison while other chapters delve deeply into only one or two. Each chapter includes multiple supports to student learning, including broad comparative questions, maps, timelines, bold vocabulary terms with definitions in the margins, and a mix of textual and visual primary sources."--Lore Kuehnert, Hagerstown Community College
Table of ContentsSTUDYING WITH MAPS PREFACE NOTE ON DATES AND SPELLINGS ABOUT THE AUTHORS WORLD PERIOD ONE. FROM HUMAN ORIGINS TO EARLY AGRICULTURAL CENTERS, PREHISTORY-600 BCE 2 Chapter 1. The African Origins of Humanity, Prehistory-10,000 BCE The Origins of Humanity Hominins: No Longer Chimpanzees, but Not Yet Human Human Adaptations: From Africa to Eurasia and Australia The African Origins of Human Culture Migration from South Asia to Australia Migration from Asia to Europe The Ice Age Crisis and Human Migration to the Americas The Ice Age Putting It All Together Chapter 2. Agrarian-Urban Centers of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, 11,500-600 BCE Agrarian Origins in the Fertile Crescent, ca. 11,500-1500 BCE Sedentary Foragers and Foraging Farmers The Origin of Urban Centers in Mesopotamia and Egypt Interactions among Multiethnic and Multireligious Empires, ca. 1500-600 BCE The Hittite and Assyrian Empires, 1600-600 BCE Small Kingdoms on the Imperial Margins, 1600-600 BCE Religious Experience and Cultural Achievements Putting It All Together Chapter 3. Shifting Agrarian Centers in India, 3000-600 BCE The Vanished Origins of Harappa, 3000-1500 BCE The Region and People Adapting to Urban Life in the Indus Valley The Collapse of the Cities Interactions in Northern India, 1500-600 BCE The Vedic World, 1750-800 BCE Statecraft and the Ideology of Power, 800-600 BCE Indian Society, Culture, and Religion, 1500-600 BCE Society and Family in Ancient India Cultural Interactions to 600 BCE Putting It All Together Chapter 4. Agrarian Centers and the Mandate of Heaven in Ancient China, 5000-481 BCE The Origins of Yellow River Cultures, 5000-1766 BCE Geography and Climate The Origins of Neolithic Cultures The Age of Myth and the Xia Dynasty, 2852-1766 BCE The Interactions of Shang and Zhou History and Politics, 1766-481 BCE The Shang Dynasty, 1766-1122 BCE The Mandate of Heaven: The Zhou Dynasty to 481 BCE Economy, Society, and Family Adaptation in Ancient China Shang Society Interactions of Zhou Economy and Society Gender and the Family Interactions of Religion, Culture, and Intellectual Life in Ancient China Oracle Bones and Early Chinese Writing Adaptations of Zhou Religion, Technology, and Culture Putting It All Together Chapter 5. Origins Apart: The Americas and Oceania, 16,000-600 BCE The Americas: Hunters and Foragers, 16,000-600 BCE The Environment Human Migrations Agriculture, Villages, and Urban Life The Neolithic Revolution in the New World The Origins of Urban Life The First Mesoamerican Settlements The Origins of Pacific Island Migrations Lapita and Cultural Origins Creating Polynesia Putting It All Together WORLD PERIOD TWO. THE AGE OF EMPIRES AND VISIONARIES, 600 BCE-600 CE Chapter 6. Chiefdoms and Early States in Africa and the Americas, 600 BCE-600 CE Agriculture and Early African Kingdoms Saharan Villages, Towns, and Kingdoms The Kingdom of Aksum The Spread of Villages in Sub-Saharan Africa West African Savanna and Rain-Forest Agriculture The Spread of Village Life to East and South Africa Patterns of African History, 600 BCE-600 CE Early States in Mesoamerica: Maya Kingdoms and Teotihuacan The Maya Kingdoms in Southern Mesoamerica The Kingdom of Teotihuacan in the Mexican Basin The Andes: Moche and Nazca The Moche in Northern Peru Paracas and the Nazca in Southern Peru Putting It All Together Chapter 7. Interaction and Adaptation in Western Eurasia: Persia, Greece, and Rome, 550 BCE-600 CE Interactions between Persia and Greece The Origins of the Achaemenid Persian Empire Greek City-States in the Persian Shadow Alexander's Empire and Its Successor Kingdoms Interactions between the Persian and Roman Empires Parthian Persia and Rome The Sasanid Persian and Late Roman Empires Adaptations to Monotheism and Monism in the Middle East Challenge to Polytheism: The Origins of Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and Greek Philosophy Toward Religious Communities and Philosophical Schools The Beginnings of Science and the Cultures of Kings and Citizens The Sciences at the Library of Alexandria Royal Persian Culture and Arts Greek and Roman Civic Culture and Arts Putting It All Together Chapter 8. Empires and Visionaries in India, 600 BCE-600 CE Patterns of State Formation in India: Republics, Kingdoms, and Empires The Road to Empire: The Mauryas The Classical Age: The Gupta Empire The Southern Kingdoms, ca. 300-600 CE The Vedic Tradition and Its Visionary Reformers Reforming the Vedic Tradition The Maturity of Hinduism: From the Abstract to the Devotional Stability amid Disorder: Economy, Family, and Society Tax and Spend: Economy and Society Caste, Family Life, and Gender Strength in Numbers: Art, Literature, and Science Putting It All Together Chapter 9. China: Imperial Unification and Perfecting the Moral Order, 722 BCE-618 CE Visionaries and Empire Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism The Qin Dynasty The Han Dynasty The Domestic Economy: Society, Family, and Gender Industry and Commerce Gender Roles Intellectual Trends, Aesthetics, Science, and Technology Confucianism, Education, and History during the Han Buddhism in China Intellectual Life Putting It All Together WORLD PERIOD THREE: THE FORMATION OF RELIGIOUS CIVILIZATIONS, 600-1450 CE Chapter 10. Islamic Civilization and Byzantium, 600-1300 CE The Formation of Islamic Religious Civilization The Beginnings of Islam Islamic Theology, Law, and Politics Eastern Christian Civilization in Byzantium Byzantium's Difficult Beginnings The Seljuk Invasion and the Crusades Islamic and Eastern Christian Civilizations at Their Height State and Society in Mamluk Egypt Byzantine Provincial and Central Organization Commercial Relations from the Atlantic to the South China Sea Religion, Sciences, and the Arts in Two Religious Civilizations Islamic Culture: Intellectual and Scientific Expressions Artistic Expressions in Islamic Civilization Learning and the Arts in Byzantium Putting It All Together Chapter 11. Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600-1450 CE The Formation of Christian Europe, 600-1000 Frankish Gaul and Latin Christianity Recovery, Reform, and Innovation, 1000-1300 The Political Recovery of Europe The Economic and Social Recovery of Europe Religious Reform and Expansion Intellectual and Cultural Developments Crisis and Creativity, 1300-1415 The Calamitous Fourteenth Century Signs of a New Era in the Fifteenth Century Putting It All Together Chapter 12. Sultanates, Tang to Ming, and The Mongol Superpower, 600-1600 CE India: The Clash of Cultures Buddhist and Hindu India after the Guptas Islam in India, 711-1398 Toward the Mughal Era, 1398-1450 Interactions and Adaptations: From Buddhism to Neo-Confucian Synthesis in China Creating a Religious Civilization under the Tang The Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960-1368 The Ming to 1450: The Quest for Stability Society, Family, and Gender Perceptions of Perfection: Intellectual, Scientific, and Cultural Life Putting It All Together Chapter 13. Religious Civilizations Interacting: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, 550-1500 CE Korea to 1450: Innovation from Above People and Place: The Korean Environment Conquest and Competition: History and Politics to 1450 Economy, Society, and Family Religion, Culture, and Intellectual Life Japan to 1450: Selective Interaction and Adaptation The Island Refuge Adaptation at Arm's Length: History and Politics Economy, Society, and Family Religion, Culture, and Intellectual Life Vietnam: Human Agency and State Building The Setting and Neolithic Cultures Economy, Society, and Family Religion, Culture, and Intellectual Life Putting It All Together Chapter 14. Patterns of State Formation in Africa, 600-1450 CE Christians and Muslims in the Northeast Nubia in the Middle Nile Valley Ethiopia in the Eastern Highlands Adaptation to Islam: City-States and Kingdoms in East and Southern Africa The Swahili City-States on the East African Coast Traditional Kingdoms in Southern and Central Africa Central African Chiefdoms and Kingdoms Cultural Encounters: West African Traditions and Islam The Kingdom of Ancient Ghana The Empire of Mali Rain-Forest Kingdoms Putting It All Together Chapter 15. The Rise of Empires in the Americas, 600-1550 CE The Legacy of Teotihuacan and the Toltecs in Mesoamerica Militarism in the Mexican Basin Late Maya States in Yucatan The Legacy of Tiwanaku and Wari in the Andes The Expanding State of Tiwanaku The Expanding City-State of Wari American Empires: Aztec and Inca Origins and Dominance The Aztec Empire of Mesoamerica The Inca Empire of the Andes Imperial Society and Culture Imperial Capitals: Tenochtitlan and Cuzco Power and Its Cultural Expressions Putting It All Together WORLD PERIOD FOUR. INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE, 1450-1750 Chapter 16. The Western European Overseas Expansion and the Ottoman-Habsburg Struggle, 1450-1650 The Muslim-Christian Competition in the East and West, 1450-1600 Iberian Christian Expansion, 1415-1498 Rise of the Ottomans and Struggle with the Habsburgs for Dominance, 1300-1609 The Centralizing State: Origins and Interactions State Transformation, Money, and Firearms Imperial Courts, Urban Festivities, and the Arts The Ottoman Empire: Palaces, Festivities, and the Arts The Spanish Habsburg Empire: Popular Festivities and the Arts Putting It All Together Chapter 17. The Renaissance, New Sciences, and Religious Wars in Europe, 1450-1750 Cultural Transformations: Renaissance, Baroque, and New Sciences The Renaissance and Baroque Arts The New Sciences The New Sciences and Their Social Impact The New Sciences: Philosophical Interpretations Centralizing States and Religious Upheavals The Rise of Centralized Kingdoms The Protestant Reformation, State Churches, and Independent Congregations Religious Wars and Political Restoration Putting It All Together Chapter 18. New Patterns in New Worlds: Colonialism and Indigenous Responses in the Americas, 1500-1800 The Colonial Americas: Europe's Warm-Weather Extension The Conquest of Mexico and Peru The Establishment of Colonial Institutions The Making of American Societies: Origins and Transformations Exploitation of Mineral and Tropical Resources Social Strata, Castes, and Ethnic Groups The Adaptation of the Americas to European Culture Putting It All Together FURTHER RESOURCES CREDITS SUBJECT INDEX
