World Civilizations
Subtitle: the global experience
Edition: 6th ed., AP ed.
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, MA; Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780131360204
Copyright date: 2011
Notes: "Longman is an imprint of Pearson." - T.p. verso.
"Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall" - label on front cover.
Table of contents: title: Maps; title: AP course correlation; title: Supplements; title: About the authors; title: Prologue; title: Part I : From hunting and gathering to civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E. : origins.; title: From human prehistory to the early civilizations; title: Part II : The classical period, 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E. : uniting large regions.; title: Classical civilization : China; title: Classical civilization : India; title: Classical civilizations in the Mediterranean and Middle East; title: The classical period : directions, diversities, and declines by 500 C.E.; title: Part III : The postclassical period, 500-1450 : new faith and new commerce.; title: The first global civilization : the rise and spread of Islam; title: Abbasid decline and the spread of Islamic civilization to South and Southeast Asia; title: African civilizations and the spread of Islam; title: Civilization in Eastern Europe : Byzantium and Orthodox Europe; title: A new civilization emerges in Western Europe; title: The Americas on the eve of invasion; title: Reunification and renaissance in Chinese civilization : the era of the Tang and Song dynasties; title: The spread of Chinese civilization : Japan, Korea, and Vietnam; title: The last great nomadic challenges : from Chinggis Khan to Timur; title: The world in 1450 : changing balance of world power; title: Part IV : The early modern period, 1450-1750 : the world shrinks.; title: The world economy; title: The transformation of the West, 1450-1750; title: The rise of Russia; title: Early Latin America; title: Africa and the Africans in the age of the Atlantic slave trade; title: The Muslim empires; title: Asian transitions in an age of global change; title: Part V : The dawn of the Industrial Age, 1750-1914.; title: The emergence of industrial society in the West, 1750-1914; title: Industrialization and imperialism : the making of the European global order; title: The consolidation of Latin America, 1830-1920; title: Civilizations in crisis : the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic heartlands, and Qing China; title: Russia and Japan : industrialization outside the West; title: Part VI : The newest stage of world history : 1914-present.; title: Descent into the abyss : World War I and the crisis of the European global order; title: The world between the wars : revolutions, Depression, and authoritarian response; title: A second global conflict and the end of the European world order; title: Western society and Eastern Europe in the decades of the Cold War; title: Latin America : revolution and reaction into the 21st century; title: Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the era of independence; title: Rebirth and revolution : nation-building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim; title: Power, politics, and conflict in world history, 1990-2010; title: Globalization and resistance