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China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
Autore Wallech Steven
Pubbl/distr/stampa West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (339 p.)
Disciplina 303.48/25104
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-118-87996-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The paradox of agriculture and its impact on China and western civilization -- Ancient philosophy : Chinese versus western -- The nomads -- Contrasting medieval China and Europe -- China and medieval Europe : cultural orthodoxy and creativity -- The nomad apogee of power -- Modernization.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460562403321
Wallech Steven  
West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
Autore Wallech Steven
Pubbl/distr/stampa West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Disciplina 303.48/25104
ISBN 9781118879962
1118879961
Classificazione 209
222.01
230
303.48/25104
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910795802203321
Wallech Steven  
West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
China and the west to 1600 : empire, philosophy, and the paradox of culture / / Steven Wallech
Autore Wallech Steven
Pubbl/distr/stampa West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Disciplina 303.48/25104
ISBN 9781118879962
1118879961
Classificazione 209
222.01
230
303.48/25104
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910822320703321
Wallech Steven  
West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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World history [[electronic resource] ] : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech ... [et al.]
World history [[electronic resource] ] : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech ... [et al.]
Autore Wallech Steven
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (430 p.)
Disciplina 909
Collana World history
Soggetto topico World history
Civilization - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-299-15820-X
1-118-53269-4
1-118-53267-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis; Table of Contents; Introduction; UNIT ONE The Ancient World; THEMES; The artificial existence of civilization; The biology of civilization; The geography of civilization; The climate of civilization; The relationship between belief and action; MAPS; Original Agricultural Sites; CHAPTER 1 BIOLOGY AND WORLD HISTORY: Civilization and Nomads; Climate; The Geography of Cultivation; The Domestication of Animals; Urban Development; The Nomads; Disease History; Suggested Reading; The World from 200 BCE-200 CE
CHAPTER 2 MESOPOTAMIA: The Land between the RiversA Temple Economy; The Causes of Trade; Kings, War, and Ecocide; The Art of Writing and Hammurabi's Code; The General Matrix of Civilization; The Dawn of Religion: Creation Myths; Iron and Mesopotamia; The Hebrews; The Emergence of Monotheism; Suggested Readings; CHAPTER 3 PRE-ISLAMIC AFRICA: Egyptian, Nilotic, and Sub-Saharan Africa; Egypt, the Gift of the Nile; The Archaic Period (ca. 3100-2700 BCE) and the Pyramid Age of the Old Kingdom (ca. 2700-2200 BCE)
The First Intermediate Period (ca. 2200-2000 BCE) and the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2000-1786 BCE)The Hyksos and Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1786-1575 BCE) and the New Kingdom (ca. 1575-1050 BCE); SPECIAL TOPIC: The Distant but Powerful Link between Pacific Currents and Egyptian Floods; Egypt and the Iron Age; Nilotic Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Iron; Suggested Reading; CHAPTER 4 INDIA: From the Indus to the Ganges; Iron, Rice, and India; Indian Religions; Religious Opposition; The Maturation of India's Faiths; Suggested Reading; CHAPTER 5 CHINA: The Yellow River Civilization
The Land and the PeopleMythological China; The Bronze Age: The Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynsties; The Iron Age: Economic, Military, and Commercial Revolutions; The Golden Age of Classical Chinese Philosophy; China's First Empire: The Qin and Han Dynasties; Centers of Power within and beyond the Han Empire; special topic: Lady Lu: Empress Dowager; Suggested Reading; CHAPTER 6 THE NOMADS' TRADE: and the Great Migrations; The First Wave of Mass Migrations: The Wheel, the Chariot, and Nomads; A Second Wave of Migrations: The Iron Age; Cavalry: The Third Wave of Migrations; Suggested Reading
CHAPTER 7 GREECE: The Rainfall ZoneNetwork Cities and the Special Case of Athens; The Role of Coins in Athenian History; The Limits of Democracy; Sparta; The Failure of Greek Politics; Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great, and the Hellenistic World; Greek Philosophy; Physics; Math and Logic: Metaphysics; Socrates and his Followers; Drama; The Origins of History; Suggested Reading; CHAPTER 8 THE HELLENISTIC EAST AND PERSIA: A Cultural Bridge; The Hellenistic East; Diffusion of Hellenism to the East; Kings, Cities, and Soldiers; Hellenistic Philosophy; The Stoics; One God, One Lord
The Persians
Record Nr. UNINA-9910463423603321
Wallech Steven  
Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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World history : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech, Long Beach City College [and five others] ; Brenda Farrington, developmental editor, Chapman University
World history : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech, Long Beach City College [and five others] ; Brenda Farrington, developmental editor, Chapman University
Autore Wallech Steven
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 370, 3, 42 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 909
Collana World history
Soggetto topico World history
Civilization - History
ISBN 1-118-53267-8
1-299-15820-X
1-118-53269-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto unit one. The ancient world -- unit two. The middle years.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910795962903321
Wallech Steven  
Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
World history : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech, Long Beach City College [and five others] ; Brenda Farrington, developmental editor, Chapman University
World history : a concise thematic analysis. Volume I / / Steven Wallech, Long Beach City College [and five others] ; Brenda Farrington, developmental editor, Chapman University
Autore Wallech Steven
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 370, 3, 42 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina 909
Collana World history
Soggetto topico World history
Civilization - History
ISBN 1-118-53267-8
1-299-15820-X
1-118-53269-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto unit one. The ancient world -- unit two. The middle years.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808959203321
Wallech Steven  
Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui