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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I: THE EMERGENCE OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES, TO 500 B.C.E. 1. Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 B.C.E. 2. The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500���1500 B.C.E. 3. The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000���500 B.C.E. 4. New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area, 2300 B.C.E.���350 C.E. Part II: THE FORMATION OF NEW CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 1000 B.C.E.���400 C.E. 5. Greece and Iran, 1000���30 B.C.E. 6. An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.���330 C.E. 7. India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.���1025 C.E. 8. Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, from 1200 B.C.E. Part III: GROWTH AND INTERACTION OF CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 300 B.C.E.���1200 C.E. 9. Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 B.C.E.���1100 C.E. 10. The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200���1200. 11. Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600���1200. 12. Inner and East Asia, 400���1200. Part IV: INTERREGIONAL PATTERNS OF CULTURE AND CONTACT, 1200���1550. 13. Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200���1550. 14. Latin Europe, 1200���1500. 15. Southern Empires, Southern Seas, 1200���1500. 16. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550. Part IV: INTERREGIONAL PATTERNS OF CULTURE AND CONTACT, 1200���1550. 16. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550. Part V: THE GLOBE ENCOMPASSED, 1500���1750. 17. Transformations in Europe, 1500���1750. 18. The Diversity of American Colonial Societies, 1530���1770. 19. The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550���1800. 20. Between Europe and China, 1500���1750. 21. East Asia in Global Perspective, 1500���1800. Part VI: REVOLUTIONS RESHAPE THE WORLD, 1750���1870. 22. The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760���1851. 23. Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750���1850. 24. Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800���1870. 25. Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1810���1890. Part VII: GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND DOMINANCE, 1750���1945. 26. Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, 1750���1914. 27. The New Power Balance, 1850���1900. 28. The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900���1929. 29. The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929���1949. 30. Revolutions in Living, 1900���1950. Part VIII: PERILS AND PROMISES OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, 1945 TO THE PRESENT. 31. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945���1975. 32. The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration, 1975���2000. 33. New Challenges in a New Millennium.
