Traditions & encounters : a global perspective on the past.
Bentley, Jerry H.,1949-
Ziegler, Herbert F.,1949-
New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill,
c2006.
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System requirements for accompanying disc: Macintosh; Power PC or higher processor; MAC OS 9.2 or OS X.
Accompanying disc in pocket attached to inside front cover ; Timelines chart tipped into inside back cover.
This book is part of the modular book, Traditions & encounters : a global perspective on the past / Jerry H. Bentley, Herbert F. Ziegler. 3rd ed. Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2006.
Also published: v. A. From the beginning to 1000 -- v. C. From 1750 to the present.
Volume A concludes with Chapter 17, The foundations of Christian society in Western Europe.  Volume B begins with Chapter 13, Commonwealth of Byzantium, resulting in a five chapter overlap with Volume A.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The postclassical era, 500 to 1000 C.E.: The commonwealth of Byzantium; The expansive realm of Islam; The resurgence of empire in East Asia; India and the Indian Ocean basin; The foundations of Christian society in Western Europe -- An age of cross-cultural interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E.: Nomadic empires and Eurasian integration; States and societies of sub-Saharan Africa; Western Europe during the high Middle Ages; Worlds apart, the Americas and Oceania; Reaching out, cross-cultural interactions -- The origins of global interdependence, 1500-1800: Transoceanic encounters and global connections; The transformation of Europe; New worlds, the Americas and Oceania; Africa and the Atlantic world; Tradition and change in East Asia; The Islamic empires -- Glossary.
World history.
Intercultural communication
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