Heritage of World Civilizations : Combined Volume

• Autore: Craig Albert M
• Pubblicazione: , : Pearson Education UK, , 2013; ©2014
• Edizione: 9th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1191 pages)
• Altri autori: GrahamWilliam A KaganDonald M
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- The Birth of Civilization -- Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion -- Religions of the World: Judaism -- Greek and Hellenistic Civilization -- Iran, India, and Inner Asia to 200 C.E. -- Religions of the World: Hinduism -- Africa: Early History to 1000 C.E. -- Republican and Imperial Rome -- China's First Empire, 221 B.C.E.-589 C.E. -- Imperial China, 589-1368 -- Early Japanese History -- Religions of the World: Buddhism -- The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 622-100 -- The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe to 1000 -- The Islamic World, 1000-1500 -- Ancient Civilizations of the Americas -- Africa ca. 1000--1700 -- Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance -- Europe 1500-1650: Expansion, Reformation, and Religious Wars -- Religions of the World: Christianity -- Conquest and Exploitation: The Development of the Transatlantic Economy -- East Asia in the Late Traditional Era -- State Building and Society in Early Modern Europe -- The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500-1800 -- The Age of European Enlightenment -- Revolutions in the Transatlantic World -- Political Consolidation in Nineteenth-Century Europe and North America, 1815-1880 -- Northern Transatlantic Economy and Society, 1815-1914 -- Latin America from Independence to the 1940s -- India, the Islamic Heartlands, and Africa, 1800-1945 -- Religions of the World: Islam -- Modern East Asia -- Imperialism and World War I -- Depression, European Dictators, and the American New Deal -- World War II -- The West Since World War II -- Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East -- East Asia: The Recent Decades -- Glossary -- World Political Map -- World Geographical Map -- Index -- A -- B. ; C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: For an introductory level survey of world history, from Human Origins to the Present. The unique heritage of world civilizations, and their great religious and philosophical traditions. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, The Heritage of World Civilizations offers compelling and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, European, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. This comprehensive yet accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. &nbsp.
• Altri titoli varianti: Heritage of World Civilizations
• Titolo autorizzato: Heritage of World Civilizations
• ISBN: 1-292-05253-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910153083303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II