World in the Making
Volume One to 1500
2nd Edition
Published on 28. October 2022
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Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship, World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and images, along with other special pedagogical features that highlight the lives and voices of the world's peoples, make this synthesis accessible and memorable for students--all at an affordable low price.
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Bonnie G. Smith (AB Smith College, PhD University of Rochester) is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History Emerita, Rutgers University.
Marc Van De Mieroop (PhD Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at Columbia University.
Richard von Glahn (PhD Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles.
Kris Lane (PhD University of Minnesota, 1996) holds the France V. Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Marc Van De Mieroop (PhD Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at Columbia University.
Richard von Glahn (PhD Yale University, 1983) is Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles.
Kris Lane (PhD University of Minnesota, 1996) holds the France V. Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Content
- List of Maps
- Studying with Maps
- Features
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Spelling
- About the Authors
- PART 1 The Ancient World, from Human Origins to 500 CE
- CHAPTER 1 Peopling the World, to 4000 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The adaptation of early humans to their environment and their eventual domestication of plants and animals.
- Backstory
- Human Origins
- Evolution of the Human Species
- Out of Africa
- Paleolithic Food Gatherers 2,000,000-9000 BCE
- The Gatherer-Hunter Economy
- Life in Paleolithic Communities
- The First Neolithic Farmers 9000-4000 BCE
- The Origins of Agriculture
- Life in Neolithic Communities
- COUNTERPOINT Gatherer-Hunters by Choice: Aborigines of Australia
- Understanding the History of Aborigines
- A Lifestyle in Harmony with the Natural World
- The Conscious Choice to Gather and Hunt
- Religious Life and Social Organization
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Paleolithic Statuettes of Women
- Seeing the Past: A Stone Age Sanctuary?
- Lives and Livelihoods: The People of Çatal Höyük
- Doing History: Perspectives
- CHAPTER 2 Temples and Palaces: Birth of the City 5000-1200 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of urban society and the creation of states in Southwest Asia.
- Backstory
- Origins of Urban Society: Mesopotamia 5000-3200 BCE
- The Environmental Challenge
- Irrigation and Its Impact
- The First Cities 3200-1600 BCE
- The Power of the Temple
- The Might of the Palace
- The New Order of Society
- City Life and Learning
- The Invention of Writing
- The Expansion of Knowledge
- The First International Order 1600-1200 BCE
- From City-States to Territorial States in the Eastern Mediterranean
- International Relations
- Kings and Commoners: An Unequal System
- COUNTERPOINT Egypt's Distinct Path to Statehood
- Egypt's Geography and Early History
- Egyptian Ideology of Kingship
- The New Culture of Statehood
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Uruk Vase
- Reading the Past: Royal Inscriptions from Early Mesopotamia
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Pyramid Builders of the Pharaohs
- Doing History: Developments and Processes
- CHAPTER 3 Settlers and Migrants: The Creation of States in Asia 5000-500 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of large urban states in Asia and the interactions between nomadic and settled peoples that profoundly shaped them.
- Backstory
- Early Agricultural Societies of South and East Asia 5000-1000 BCE
- Settled Farmers of the River Valleys
- Nomadic Herders of the Steppe
- The Indus Valley Culture 2600-1900 BCE
- Urban Society in the Indus Valley
- Harappan Crafts and Long-Distance Trade
- The End of the Indus Valley Culture
- The Indo-Europeans 3000-1000 BCE
- Indo-European Languages
- Indo-European Migrations
- Indo-European Speakers and Eurasian History
- India's Vedic Age 1500-500 BCE
- Vedic Origins
- Rise of a New Society: Families, Clans, and Castes
- Vedic Religion
- Developments in Vedic Ideas
- The Early Chinese Dynasties 2000-771 BCE
- Re-creating Early China: Literary Traditions and the Archaeological Record
- The Growth of States 2000-1570 BCE
- The Shang Dynasty and the Consolidation of Power 1570-1027 BCE
- The Early Zhou Dynasty and the Extension of Power 1027-771 BCE
- COUNTERPOINT The Oxus People: A Short-Lived Culture in Central Asia 2250-1700 BCE
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Inscribed Seals from the Indus Valley
- Lives and Livelihoods: Chinese Diviners
- Reading the Past: Book of Poetry
- Doing History: Sourcing and Situation
- CHAPTER 4 Empire and Resistance in the Mediterranean 1550-330 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of empires and the variety and consequences of imperial rule.
- Backstory
- Imperial Egypt and Nubia 1550 BCE-350 CE
- The Imperial Might of New Kingdom Egypt 1550-1070 BCE
- Nubia's Rise and Rule of Egypt 1000-660 BCE
- The Nubian Kingdom of Meroe 400 bce-350 CE
- Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire 900-612 BCE
- Assyria: A Society as War Machine
- Imperial Governance
- Culture and Identity in the Assyrian Empire
- Failure of the Assyrian System
- The Persian Empire 550-330 BCE
- The Course of Empire
- Administering a Multicultural Empire
- Zoroastrianism in a Polytheistic World
- COUNTERPOINT On the Edge of Empire: The People of Ancient Greece 800-500 BCE
- Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean 800-500 BCE
- Growth of the City-State in Early Greece 800-500 BCE
- Struggle Between Persia and Greece 500-479 BCE
- The Peloponnesian War and the End of Athenian Supremacy 431-404 BCE
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Queen of Meroe in Battle
- Lives and Livelihoods: Mesopotamian Astronomers
- Reading the Past: Pericles Praises the Democratic Ideal
- Doing History: Making Connections
- CHAPTER 5 Thinkers and World Empires of Eurasia 500 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The revolutionary religious and cultural developments in India, China, and Greece that took place between 500 BCE and 500 CE and that remained fundamental to the history of Eurasia.
- Backstory
- India: Sages, Traders, and Courtly Cultures 500 BCE-500 CE
- Religious Ferment: The Rise of Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
- Unity and Fragmentation: The Mauryan and Gupta Empires
- A Crossroads of Trade
- Literary and Scientific Flowering
- China: Intellectuals and the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE
- Intellectual Churning: Confucians, Daoists, and Legalists
- Unification and Centralization: The Worlds of Qin and Han
- Preserving and Spreading the Written Word
- Greece: Philosophers, Scholars, and Poets, 500-30 BCE
- Athens's Golden Age 500-400 BCE
- Hellenism: The Expansion of Greek Ideals and Institutions 323-30 BCE
- COUNTERPOINT The Prophets of Israel and Judah
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Women in Han China
- Lives and Livelihoods: Philosophers of Athens's Golden Age
- Seeing the Past: The Fasting Buddha
- Doing History: Claims and Evidence in Sources
- CHAPTER 6 The Unification of Western Eurasia 500 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The unification of western Eurasia under the Roman Empire.
- Backstory
- Rome: A Republican Center of Power 500-27 BCE
- Society and Politics in the Republic
- From Village to World Empire
- Failure of the Republic
- Rome: The Empire 27 BCE-212 CE
- Emperors and Armies
- The Provincial System and the Diffusion of Roman Culture
- Christianity: From Jewish Sect to Imperial Religion
- Religions in the Roman Empire
- Christianity's Spread Outside the Jewish Community
- Toward a State Religion 50-324 CE
- Institutionalization of the Christian Church
- Transformation of the Roman Empire 200-500 CE
- Division Between East and West
- Economic Strains and Social Tensions
- Collapse in the West and Revitalization in the East
- COUNTERPOINT Rome's Iranian Rivals in the Middle East
- The Parthians 247 BCE-224 CE
- The Sasanids 224-651 CE
- A Tapestry of Cultures and Religions
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Roman Engineers
- Seeing the Past: The Augustan Cameo Gem
- Reading the Past: A Young Woman Laments Her Premature Death
- Doing History: Contextualization
- CHAPTER 7 Reading the Unwritten Record: Peoples of Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands 3000 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The evolution of ancient cultures without writing and their fundamental role in world history.
- Backstory
- Peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Early Hunters and Herders
- Bantu Migrations
- Bantu Society and Culture
- Peoples of the Americas
- The Olmecs 1200-400 BCE
- The Early Maya 400 BCE-250 CE
- Andean Peoples 900 BCE-600 CE
- Gatherer-Hunters of North America 800 BCE-400 CE
- Peoples of the Pacific Islands
- Agricultural Livelihoods
- Peopling the Islands
- COUNTERPOINT The Voiced and Voiceless in Ancient Literate Societies
- Uses of the Written Record
- The Voiceless Many
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Potters of Antiquity
- Reading the Past: The La Mojarra Stele
- Seeing the Past: The Archaeological Site of Talepakemalai
- Doing History: Argument
- Part 2 Crossroads and Cultures 500-1450 CE
- CHAPTER 8 The Worlds of Christianity and Islam 400-1000
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The spread of Christianity and Islam and the profound impact of these world religions on the societies of western Eurasia and North Africa.
- Backstory
- Multiple Christianities 400-850
- The Christian Church in Byzantium
- Christianity in Asia and Africa
- Christian Communities in Western Europe
- Social and Political Renewal in the Post-Roman World 400-850
- Crisis and Survival of the Byzantine Empire
- The Germanic Successor States in Western Europe
- Economic Contraction and Renewal in Christendom
- Origins of the Slavs and the Founding of Rus
- The Rise and Spread of Islam 610-750
- The Prophet Muhammad and the Faith of Islam
- The Islamic Empire of the Umayyad Caliphs 661-750
- From Unified Caliphate to Islamic Commonwealth 750-1000
- Rise of the Abbasid Caliphs
- Rise of the Religious Scholars
- Collapse of the Unified Caliphate
- COUNTERPOINT The Norse Vikings: The New Barbarians
- The Viking Raids 790-1020
- Norse Emigration and Colonization
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Franks Casket: Interweaving Christian Belief and Germanic Folklore
- Lives and Livelihoods: Constantinople's Silk Producers
- Reading the Past: Women and Property in Islam
- Doing History: Perspectives
- CHAPTER 9 Religion and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Asia 400-1000
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The cultural and commercial exchanges during the heyday of the Silk Road that transformed Asian peoples, cultures, and states.
- Backstory
- Steppe Peoples and Settled Societies of Central Asia
- Nomad Conquerors of China: The Northern Wei 386-534
- Rise of the Turks
- A Turkic Khanate in the West: The Khazars
- The Shaping of East Asia
- The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism
- Reunification of the Chinese Empire: The Sui Dynasty 581-618
- The Power of Tang China 618-907
- China and Its Neighbors
- The Consolidation of Hindu Society in India
- Land and Wealth
- Devotional Worship in Hinduism
- New Economic and Social Trends
- Court Society and Culture
- The Spread of Indian Traditions to Southeast Asia
- Commerce and Religious Change in Southeast Asia
- Religion and State Power
- Indian Religions in Southeast Asia: A Summing-Up
- COUNTERPOINT Sogdian Traders in Central Asia and China
- A Robust Commercial Economy
- Breakdown of the Trade Network
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Tea Drinkers in Tang China
- Reading the Past: A Copper-Plate Land Grant
- Seeing the Past: Borobudur, the World's Largest Buddhist Monument
- Doing History: Making Connections
- CHAPTER 10 Societies and Networks in the Americas and the Pacific 300-1200
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The formation of distinctive regional cultures in the Americas and the Pacific Islands between 300 and 1200.
- Backstory
- The Classical Age of Mesoamerica and Its Aftermath
- Political Power and Ideology in Mesoamerica
- The City-State of Teotihuacán
- The Maya City-State Network
- The Passing of Mesoamerica's Classical Age
- City and State Building in the Andean Region
- States and Societies in the Coastal Lowlands
- States and Societies in the Andean Highlands
- Agrarian Societies in North America
- Pueblo Societies in the Southwestern Deserts
- Mound-Building Societies in the Eastern Woodlands
- Habitat and Adaptation in the Pacific Islands
- Polynesian Expansion
- Subsistence and Survival in the Pacific Islands
- COUNTERPOINT Social Complexity in Bougainville
- Bougainville's Diverse Peoples
- The Historical Roots of Social Difference
- Conclusion
- Review X
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Maya Hero Twins Vanquish the Lords of the Underworld
- Seeing the Past: Images of Power in Tiwanaku Art
- Lives and Livelihoods: Ecology, Production, and Power in the Hawaiian Islands
- Doing History: Sourcing and Situation
- CHAPTER 11 The Rise of Commerce in Afro-Eurasia 900-1300
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The sustained economic expansion that spread across Eurasia and Africa between the tenth and fourteenth centuries.
- Backstory
- Agricultural Innovation and Diffusion
- Retrenchment and Renewal in Europe and Byzantium
- Agricultural Transformation in the Islamic World
- Rice Economies in Monsoon Asia
- Industrial Growth and the Money Economy
- Technological Change and Industrial Enterprise
- Expanding Circulation of Money
- Credit and the Invention of Paper Money
- Merchants and Trade Networks in Afro-Eurasia
- Merchant Partnerships and Long-Distance Trade
- Merchants and Rulers
- Maritime Traders in the Indian Ocean
- Trans-Saharan Traders
- Mediterranean and European Traders
- COUNTERPOINT Jewish Moneylenders in Latin Christendom
- England
- Aragon
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Imitation and Innovation in Islamic Coinage
- Reading the Past: A Byzantine Gentleman's Advice on Providing for One's Family
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Mande Blacksmiths
- Doing History: Developments and Processes
- CHAPTER 12 Centers of Learning and the Transmission of Culture 900-1300
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The expansion of learning and education across Eurasia from 900 to 1300 and its relationship to the rise of regional and national identities.
- Backstory
- Church and Universities in Latin Christendom
- Monastic Learning and Culture
- The Rise of Universities
- Vernacular Language and Literature
- Students and Scholars in Islamic Societies
- The Rise of Madrasas
- Sufi Mysticism and Sunni Orthodoxy
- Oral and Written Cultures in Islam
- The Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Realms in India and Southeast Asia
- The Cosmopolitan Realm of Sanskrit
- Rival States and Regional Identity
- Persianate Literary and Artistic Culture Under the Delhi Sultanate
- Learning, Schools, and Print Culture in East Asia
- Civil Service Examinations and Schooling in Song China
- The Culture of Print in Song China
- Classical and Vernacular Traditions in East Asia
- COUNTERPOINT Writing and Political Power in Mesoamerica
- Mesoamerican Languages: Time, History, and Rulership
- The Legacy of Mesoamerican Languages
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Medical Professionals of Latin Christendom
- Seeing the Past: Alexander the Great (Iskandar) in Christian and Islamic Legends
- Reading the Past: Lady Murasaki on Her Peers Among Women Writers
- Doing History: Contextualization
- CHAPTER 13 Crusaders, Mongols, and Eurasian Integration 1050-1350
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The Eurasian integration fostered by the clashes of culture known as the Crusades and the Mongol conquests.
- Backstory
- The Crusades and the Imperial Papacy 1050-1350
- The Papal Monarchy
- The Crusades 1095-1291
- Papal Supremacy and the Christian People
- The Making of Christian Europe 1100-1350
- The Reconquest of Spain 1085-1248
- Christianizing Eastern Europe 1150-1350
- The Mongol World Empire 1100-1368
- Rise of the Mongols
- Creation and Division of the Mongol Empire 1206-1259
- Qubilai Khan and the Yuan Empire in China 1260-1368
- The Mongol Khanates and the Islamic World 1240-1350
- Mongol Rule in Iran and Mesopotamia
- The Golden Horde and the Rise of Muscovy
- Retrenchment in the Islamic World: The Mamluk and Ottoman States
- COUNTERPOINT Sufism in South Asia
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Bernard of Clairvaux's Summons to the Wendish Crusade
- Seeing the Past: The Mappaemundi of Latin Christendom
- Lives and Livelihoods: Mongol Women in the Household Economy and Public Life
- Doing History: Claims and Evidence in Sources
- CHAPTER 14 Collapse and Revival in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1450
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: Crisis and recovery in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Afro-Eurasia.
- Backstory
- Fourteenth-Century Crisis and Renewal in Eurasia
- The "Great Mortality": The Black Death of 1347-1350
- Rebuilding Societies in Western Europe 1350-1492
- Ming China and the New Order in East Asia 1368-1500
- Islam's New Frontiers
- Islamic Spiritual Ferment in Central Asia 1350-1500
- Ottoman Expansion and the Fall of Constantinople 1354-1453
- Commerce and Culture in Islamic West Africa
- Advance of Islam in Maritime Southeast Asia
- The Global Bazaar
- Economic Prosperity and Maritime Trade in Asia 1350-1450
- China's Overseas Overture: The Voyages of Zheng He 1405-1433
- Commerce and Culture in the Renaissance
- COUNTERPOINT Age of the Samurai in Japan 1185-1450
- "The Low Overturning the High"
- The New Warrior Order
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: A Genoese Merchant on Commercial Prospects in a Saharan Oasis Town
- Lives and Livelihoods: Urban Weavers in India
- Seeing the Past: Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks
- Doing History: Argument
- Part 3 The Early Modern World 1450-1750
- CHAPTER 15 Empires and Alternatives in the Americas 1430-1530
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The diversity of societies and states in the Americas prior to European invasion.
- Backstory
- Many Native Americas
- Tributes of Blood: The Aztec Empire 1325-1521
- Humble Origins, Imperial Ambitions
- Enlarging and Supplying the Capital
- Holy Terror: Aztec Rule, Religion, and Warfare
- Daily Life Under the Aztecs
- The Limits of Holy Terror
- Tributes of Sweat: The Inca Empire 1430-1532
- From Potato Farmers to Empire Builders
- The Great Apparatus: Inca Expansion and Religion
- Daily Life Under the Incas
- The Great Apparatus Breaks Down
- COUNTERPOINT The Peoples of North America's Eastern Woodlands 1450-1530
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: An Aztec Map of Tenochtitlán
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Aztec Midwife
- Reading the Past: An Andean Creation Story
- Doing History: Making Connections
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index
- Studying with Maps
- Features
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Spelling
- About the Authors
- PART 1 The Ancient World, from Human Origins to 500 CE
- CHAPTER 1 Peopling the World, to 4000 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The adaptation of early humans to their environment and their eventual domestication of plants and animals.
- Backstory
- Human Origins
- Evolution of the Human Species
- Out of Africa
- Paleolithic Food Gatherers 2,000,000-9000 BCE
- The Gatherer-Hunter Economy
- Life in Paleolithic Communities
- The First Neolithic Farmers 9000-4000 BCE
- The Origins of Agriculture
- Life in Neolithic Communities
- COUNTERPOINT Gatherer-Hunters by Choice: Aborigines of Australia
- Understanding the History of Aborigines
- A Lifestyle in Harmony with the Natural World
- The Conscious Choice to Gather and Hunt
- Religious Life and Social Organization
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Paleolithic Statuettes of Women
- Seeing the Past: A Stone Age Sanctuary?
- Lives and Livelihoods: The People of Çatal Höyük
- Doing History: Perspectives
- CHAPTER 2 Temples and Palaces: Birth of the City 5000-1200 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of urban society and the creation of states in Southwest Asia.
- Backstory
- Origins of Urban Society: Mesopotamia 5000-3200 BCE
- The Environmental Challenge
- Irrigation and Its Impact
- The First Cities 3200-1600 BCE
- The Power of the Temple
- The Might of the Palace
- The New Order of Society
- City Life and Learning
- The Invention of Writing
- The Expansion of Knowledge
- The First International Order 1600-1200 BCE
- From City-States to Territorial States in the Eastern Mediterranean
- International Relations
- Kings and Commoners: An Unequal System
- COUNTERPOINT Egypt's Distinct Path to Statehood
- Egypt's Geography and Early History
- Egyptian Ideology of Kingship
- The New Culture of Statehood
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Uruk Vase
- Reading the Past: Royal Inscriptions from Early Mesopotamia
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Pyramid Builders of the Pharaohs
- Doing History: Developments and Processes
- CHAPTER 3 Settlers and Migrants: The Creation of States in Asia 5000-500 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of large urban states in Asia and the interactions between nomadic and settled peoples that profoundly shaped them.
- Backstory
- Early Agricultural Societies of South and East Asia 5000-1000 BCE
- Settled Farmers of the River Valleys
- Nomadic Herders of the Steppe
- The Indus Valley Culture 2600-1900 BCE
- Urban Society in the Indus Valley
- Harappan Crafts and Long-Distance Trade
- The End of the Indus Valley Culture
- The Indo-Europeans 3000-1000 BCE
- Indo-European Languages
- Indo-European Migrations
- Indo-European Speakers and Eurasian History
- India's Vedic Age 1500-500 BCE
- Vedic Origins
- Rise of a New Society: Families, Clans, and Castes
- Vedic Religion
- Developments in Vedic Ideas
- The Early Chinese Dynasties 2000-771 BCE
- Re-creating Early China: Literary Traditions and the Archaeological Record
- The Growth of States 2000-1570 BCE
- The Shang Dynasty and the Consolidation of Power 1570-1027 BCE
- The Early Zhou Dynasty and the Extension of Power 1027-771 BCE
- COUNTERPOINT The Oxus People: A Short-Lived Culture in Central Asia 2250-1700 BCE
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Inscribed Seals from the Indus Valley
- Lives and Livelihoods: Chinese Diviners
- Reading the Past: Book of Poetry
- Doing History: Sourcing and Situation
- CHAPTER 4 Empire and Resistance in the Mediterranean 1550-330 BCE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The rise of empires and the variety and consequences of imperial rule.
- Backstory
- Imperial Egypt and Nubia 1550 BCE-350 CE
- The Imperial Might of New Kingdom Egypt 1550-1070 BCE
- Nubia's Rise and Rule of Egypt 1000-660 BCE
- The Nubian Kingdom of Meroe 400 bce-350 CE
- Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire 900-612 BCE
- Assyria: A Society as War Machine
- Imperial Governance
- Culture and Identity in the Assyrian Empire
- Failure of the Assyrian System
- The Persian Empire 550-330 BCE
- The Course of Empire
- Administering a Multicultural Empire
- Zoroastrianism in a Polytheistic World
- COUNTERPOINT On the Edge of Empire: The People of Ancient Greece 800-500 BCE
- Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean 800-500 BCE
- Growth of the City-State in Early Greece 800-500 BCE
- Struggle Between Persia and Greece 500-479 BCE
- The Peloponnesian War and the End of Athenian Supremacy 431-404 BCE
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Queen of Meroe in Battle
- Lives and Livelihoods: Mesopotamian Astronomers
- Reading the Past: Pericles Praises the Democratic Ideal
- Doing History: Making Connections
- CHAPTER 5 Thinkers and World Empires of Eurasia 500 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The revolutionary religious and cultural developments in India, China, and Greece that took place between 500 BCE and 500 CE and that remained fundamental to the history of Eurasia.
- Backstory
- India: Sages, Traders, and Courtly Cultures 500 BCE-500 CE
- Religious Ferment: The Rise of Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
- Unity and Fragmentation: The Mauryan and Gupta Empires
- A Crossroads of Trade
- Literary and Scientific Flowering
- China: Intellectuals and the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE
- Intellectual Churning: Confucians, Daoists, and Legalists
- Unification and Centralization: The Worlds of Qin and Han
- Preserving and Spreading the Written Word
- Greece: Philosophers, Scholars, and Poets, 500-30 BCE
- Athens's Golden Age 500-400 BCE
- Hellenism: The Expansion of Greek Ideals and Institutions 323-30 BCE
- COUNTERPOINT The Prophets of Israel and Judah
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Women in Han China
- Lives and Livelihoods: Philosophers of Athens's Golden Age
- Seeing the Past: The Fasting Buddha
- Doing History: Claims and Evidence in Sources
- CHAPTER 6 The Unification of Western Eurasia 500 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The unification of western Eurasia under the Roman Empire.
- Backstory
- Rome: A Republican Center of Power 500-27 BCE
- Society and Politics in the Republic
- From Village to World Empire
- Failure of the Republic
- Rome: The Empire 27 BCE-212 CE
- Emperors and Armies
- The Provincial System and the Diffusion of Roman Culture
- Christianity: From Jewish Sect to Imperial Religion
- Religions in the Roman Empire
- Christianity's Spread Outside the Jewish Community
- Toward a State Religion 50-324 CE
- Institutionalization of the Christian Church
- Transformation of the Roman Empire 200-500 CE
- Division Between East and West
- Economic Strains and Social Tensions
- Collapse in the West and Revitalization in the East
- COUNTERPOINT Rome's Iranian Rivals in the Middle East
- The Parthians 247 BCE-224 CE
- The Sasanids 224-651 CE
- A Tapestry of Cultures and Religions
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Roman Engineers
- Seeing the Past: The Augustan Cameo Gem
- Reading the Past: A Young Woman Laments Her Premature Death
- Doing History: Contextualization
- CHAPTER 7 Reading the Unwritten Record: Peoples of Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands 3000 BCE-500 CE
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The evolution of ancient cultures without writing and their fundamental role in world history.
- Backstory
- Peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Early Hunters and Herders
- Bantu Migrations
- Bantu Society and Culture
- Peoples of the Americas
- The Olmecs 1200-400 BCE
- The Early Maya 400 BCE-250 CE
- Andean Peoples 900 BCE-600 CE
- Gatherer-Hunters of North America 800 BCE-400 CE
- Peoples of the Pacific Islands
- Agricultural Livelihoods
- Peopling the Islands
- COUNTERPOINT The Voiced and Voiceless in Ancient Literate Societies
- Uses of the Written Record
- The Voiceless Many
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Potters of Antiquity
- Reading the Past: The La Mojarra Stele
- Seeing the Past: The Archaeological Site of Talepakemalai
- Doing History: Argument
- Part 2 Crossroads and Cultures 500-1450 CE
- CHAPTER 8 The Worlds of Christianity and Islam 400-1000
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The spread of Christianity and Islam and the profound impact of these world religions on the societies of western Eurasia and North Africa.
- Backstory
- Multiple Christianities 400-850
- The Christian Church in Byzantium
- Christianity in Asia and Africa
- Christian Communities in Western Europe
- Social and Political Renewal in the Post-Roman World 400-850
- Crisis and Survival of the Byzantine Empire
- The Germanic Successor States in Western Europe
- Economic Contraction and Renewal in Christendom
- Origins of the Slavs and the Founding of Rus
- The Rise and Spread of Islam 610-750
- The Prophet Muhammad and the Faith of Islam
- The Islamic Empire of the Umayyad Caliphs 661-750
- From Unified Caliphate to Islamic Commonwealth 750-1000
- Rise of the Abbasid Caliphs
- Rise of the Religious Scholars
- Collapse of the Unified Caliphate
- COUNTERPOINT The Norse Vikings: The New Barbarians
- The Viking Raids 790-1020
- Norse Emigration and Colonization
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: The Franks Casket: Interweaving Christian Belief and Germanic Folklore
- Lives and Livelihoods: Constantinople's Silk Producers
- Reading the Past: Women and Property in Islam
- Doing History: Perspectives
- CHAPTER 9 Religion and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Asia 400-1000
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The cultural and commercial exchanges during the heyday of the Silk Road that transformed Asian peoples, cultures, and states.
- Backstory
- Steppe Peoples and Settled Societies of Central Asia
- Nomad Conquerors of China: The Northern Wei 386-534
- Rise of the Turks
- A Turkic Khanate in the West: The Khazars
- The Shaping of East Asia
- The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism
- Reunification of the Chinese Empire: The Sui Dynasty 581-618
- The Power of Tang China 618-907
- China and Its Neighbors
- The Consolidation of Hindu Society in India
- Land and Wealth
- Devotional Worship in Hinduism
- New Economic and Social Trends
- Court Society and Culture
- The Spread of Indian Traditions to Southeast Asia
- Commerce and Religious Change in Southeast Asia
- Religion and State Power
- Indian Religions in Southeast Asia: A Summing-Up
- COUNTERPOINT Sogdian Traders in Central Asia and China
- A Robust Commercial Economy
- Breakdown of the Trade Network
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Tea Drinkers in Tang China
- Reading the Past: A Copper-Plate Land Grant
- Seeing the Past: Borobudur, the World's Largest Buddhist Monument
- Doing History: Making Connections
- CHAPTER 10 Societies and Networks in the Americas and the Pacific 300-1200
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The formation of distinctive regional cultures in the Americas and the Pacific Islands between 300 and 1200.
- Backstory
- The Classical Age of Mesoamerica and Its Aftermath
- Political Power and Ideology in Mesoamerica
- The City-State of Teotihuacán
- The Maya City-State Network
- The Passing of Mesoamerica's Classical Age
- City and State Building in the Andean Region
- States and Societies in the Coastal Lowlands
- States and Societies in the Andean Highlands
- Agrarian Societies in North America
- Pueblo Societies in the Southwestern Deserts
- Mound-Building Societies in the Eastern Woodlands
- Habitat and Adaptation in the Pacific Islands
- Polynesian Expansion
- Subsistence and Survival in the Pacific Islands
- COUNTERPOINT Social Complexity in Bougainville
- Bougainville's Diverse Peoples
- The Historical Roots of Social Difference
- Conclusion
- Review X
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Maya Hero Twins Vanquish the Lords of the Underworld
- Seeing the Past: Images of Power in Tiwanaku Art
- Lives and Livelihoods: Ecology, Production, and Power in the Hawaiian Islands
- Doing History: Sourcing and Situation
- CHAPTER 11 The Rise of Commerce in Afro-Eurasia 900-1300
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The sustained economic expansion that spread across Eurasia and Africa between the tenth and fourteenth centuries.
- Backstory
- Agricultural Innovation and Diffusion
- Retrenchment and Renewal in Europe and Byzantium
- Agricultural Transformation in the Islamic World
- Rice Economies in Monsoon Asia
- Industrial Growth and the Money Economy
- Technological Change and Industrial Enterprise
- Expanding Circulation of Money
- Credit and the Invention of Paper Money
- Merchants and Trade Networks in Afro-Eurasia
- Merchant Partnerships and Long-Distance Trade
- Merchants and Rulers
- Maritime Traders in the Indian Ocean
- Trans-Saharan Traders
- Mediterranean and European Traders
- COUNTERPOINT Jewish Moneylenders in Latin Christendom
- England
- Aragon
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: Imitation and Innovation in Islamic Coinage
- Reading the Past: A Byzantine Gentleman's Advice on Providing for One's Family
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Mande Blacksmiths
- Doing History: Developments and Processes
- CHAPTER 12 Centers of Learning and the Transmission of Culture 900-1300
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The expansion of learning and education across Eurasia from 900 to 1300 and its relationship to the rise of regional and national identities.
- Backstory
- Church and Universities in Latin Christendom
- Monastic Learning and Culture
- The Rise of Universities
- Vernacular Language and Literature
- Students and Scholars in Islamic Societies
- The Rise of Madrasas
- Sufi Mysticism and Sunni Orthodoxy
- Oral and Written Cultures in Islam
- The Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Realms in India and Southeast Asia
- The Cosmopolitan Realm of Sanskrit
- Rival States and Regional Identity
- Persianate Literary and Artistic Culture Under the Delhi Sultanate
- Learning, Schools, and Print Culture in East Asia
- Civil Service Examinations and Schooling in Song China
- The Culture of Print in Song China
- Classical and Vernacular Traditions in East Asia
- COUNTERPOINT Writing and Political Power in Mesoamerica
- Mesoamerican Languages: Time, History, and Rulership
- The Legacy of Mesoamerican Languages
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Lives and Livelihoods: Medical Professionals of Latin Christendom
- Seeing the Past: Alexander the Great (Iskandar) in Christian and Islamic Legends
- Reading the Past: Lady Murasaki on Her Peers Among Women Writers
- Doing History: Contextualization
- CHAPTER 13 Crusaders, Mongols, and Eurasian Integration 1050-1350
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The Eurasian integration fostered by the clashes of culture known as the Crusades and the Mongol conquests.
- Backstory
- The Crusades and the Imperial Papacy 1050-1350
- The Papal Monarchy
- The Crusades 1095-1291
- Papal Supremacy and the Christian People
- The Making of Christian Europe 1100-1350
- The Reconquest of Spain 1085-1248
- Christianizing Eastern Europe 1150-1350
- The Mongol World Empire 1100-1368
- Rise of the Mongols
- Creation and Division of the Mongol Empire 1206-1259
- Qubilai Khan and the Yuan Empire in China 1260-1368
- The Mongol Khanates and the Islamic World 1240-1350
- Mongol Rule in Iran and Mesopotamia
- The Golden Horde and the Rise of Muscovy
- Retrenchment in the Islamic World: The Mamluk and Ottoman States
- COUNTERPOINT Sufism in South Asia
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: Bernard of Clairvaux's Summons to the Wendish Crusade
- Seeing the Past: The Mappaemundi of Latin Christendom
- Lives and Livelihoods: Mongol Women in the Household Economy and Public Life
- Doing History: Claims and Evidence in Sources
- CHAPTER 14 Collapse and Revival in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1450
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: Crisis and recovery in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Afro-Eurasia.
- Backstory
- Fourteenth-Century Crisis and Renewal in Eurasia
- The "Great Mortality": The Black Death of 1347-1350
- Rebuilding Societies in Western Europe 1350-1492
- Ming China and the New Order in East Asia 1368-1500
- Islam's New Frontiers
- Islamic Spiritual Ferment in Central Asia 1350-1500
- Ottoman Expansion and the Fall of Constantinople 1354-1453
- Commerce and Culture in Islamic West Africa
- Advance of Islam in Maritime Southeast Asia
- The Global Bazaar
- Economic Prosperity and Maritime Trade in Asia 1350-1450
- China's Overseas Overture: The Voyages of Zheng He 1405-1433
- Commerce and Culture in the Renaissance
- COUNTERPOINT Age of the Samurai in Japan 1185-1450
- "The Low Overturning the High"
- The New Warrior Order
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Reading the Past: A Genoese Merchant on Commercial Prospects in a Saharan Oasis Town
- Lives and Livelihoods: Urban Weavers in India
- Seeing the Past: Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks
- Doing History: Argument
- Part 3 The Early Modern World 1450-1750
- CHAPTER 15 Empires and Alternatives in the Americas 1430-1530
- The Major Global Development in this Chapter: The diversity of societies and states in the Americas prior to European invasion.
- Backstory
- Many Native Americas
- Tributes of Blood: The Aztec Empire 1325-1521
- Humble Origins, Imperial Ambitions
- Enlarging and Supplying the Capital
- Holy Terror: Aztec Rule, Religion, and Warfare
- Daily Life Under the Aztecs
- The Limits of Holy Terror
- Tributes of Sweat: The Inca Empire 1430-1532
- From Potato Farmers to Empire Builders
- The Great Apparatus: Inca Expansion and Religion
- Daily Life Under the Incas
- The Great Apparatus Breaks Down
- COUNTERPOINT The Peoples of North America's Eastern Woodlands 1450-1530
- Conclusion
- Review
- FEATURES
- Seeing the Past: An Aztec Map of Tenochtitlán
- Lives and Livelihoods: The Aztec Midwife
- Reading the Past: An Andean Creation Story
- Doing History: Making Connections
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Credits
- Index