The earth and its peoples : a global history

[This edition] is a compact version of the complete fourth edition . abbreviated to maintain the essential narrative . balanced perspective on world history. The authors use their wide array of expertise to compare different times, places, and societies through two distinctive and fundamental global themes in the text: the interaction between human beings and their environment, and diversity and dominance. The text also gives special emphasis to technology and how technological development underlies all human activity--P. [4] of covers

Colored maps also on end papers

Both volumes contain [chapter] 14: The maritime revolution, to 1550

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 1. To 1550. pt. 1. The emergence of human communities, to 500 B.C.E. From the origins of agriculture to the first river-valley civilizations, 8000-1500 B.C.E. ; New civilizations in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, 2200-250 B.C.E. ; The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 B.C.E. -- pt. 2. The formation of new cultural communities, 1000 B.C.E.-600 C.E. Greece and Iran, 1000-30 B.C.E./India, 1500 B.C.E.-550 C.E. ; An age of empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.-330 C.E. ; Networks of communication and exchange, 300 B.C.E.-600 C.E. -- pt. 3. Growth and interaction of cultural communities, 600-1200. The rise of Islam, 600-1200 ; Christian Europe emerges, 600-1200 ; Inner and East Asia, 400-1200 ; Peoples and civilizations of the Americas, 200-1500 -- pt. 4. Interregional patterns of culture and contact, 1200-1550. Mongol Eurasia and its aftermath, 1200-1500 ; Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500 ; The Latin West, 1200-1500 ; The maritime revolution, to 1550 -- Glossary

v. 2. Since 1500. Introduction: the world before 1500 -- The maritime revolution, to 1550 -- pt. 5. The globe encompassed, 1500-1800. Transformations in Europe, 1500-1750 ; The Americas, the Atlantic, and Africa, 1530-1770 ; Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1750 ; Northern Eurasia, 1500-1800 -- pt. 6. Revolutions reshape the world, 1750-1870. Revolutionary changes in the Atlantic world, 1750-1850 ; The early industrial revolution, 1760-1851 ; Land empires in the age of imperialism, 1800-1870 ; Africa, India, and the New British empire, 1750-1870 -- pt. 7. Global diversity and dominance, 1850-1949. The new power balance, 1850-1900 ; The new imperialism, 1869-1914 ; The crisis of the imperial order, 1900-1929 ; The collapse of the old order, 1929-1949 ; Striving for independence: India, Africa, and Latin America, 1900-1949 -- pt. 8. Perils and promises of a global community, 1945 to the present. The Cold War and decolonization, 1945-1975 ; The end of the Cold War and the challenge of economic development and immigration, 1975-2000 ; Globalization in the new millennium -- Glossary

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