
Global History
Cultural Encounters from Antiquity to the Present
Sharpe Reference (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. March 2004
Book
Hardback
720 pages
978-0-7656-8043-3 (ISBN)
Description
Written in a lively, engaging style and designed to complement the high school social studies curriculum, this reference vividly recreates and analyzes pivotal encounters, exchanges, and conflicts between cultures and civilizations that profoundly influenced the course of human history. It covers all regions of the globe - Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and the Pacific - and all time periods and forms of encounters - from the early trade networks of the Fertile Crescent in 5,000 B.C.E to the spread of monotheism in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, through Columbus's arrival in the Americas, and up to the expansion of the World Wide Web. Each article details one encounter, highlighting the historical background of the civilizations or cultures involved; describing the exchange; and analyzing its social, political, economic, and cultural significance. Each entry includes a timeline; a map; primary source documents related to the exchange; a sidebar summarizing the proliferation of goods, practices, and ideas; bibliographic citations; black-and-white and four-color illustrations; and cross-references. Other features include a general introduction, glossary, and special indexes in each volume.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Armonk
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Illustrations
b&w colour illustrations, bibliog index
Weight
4216 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-8043-3 (9780765680433)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
David W. Del Testa, Florence Lemoine, John Strickland
Content
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