Traditions & encounters
Subtitle: a brief global history
By: Jerry H. Bentley, Herbert F. Ziegler, Heather E. Streets-Salter.
Contributors: Ziegler, Herbert F., 1949-; Streets-Salter, Heather E.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education; McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780073385518
Subjects: World history -- Textbooks; Intercultural communication -- History -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks.
Other titles: Traditions and encounters
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : The early complex societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E.; title: The foundations of complex societies; title: Early African societies and the Bantu migrations; title: Early societies in south and east Asia; title: Early societies in the Americas and Oceania; title: Part 2 : The formation of classical societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.; title: The empires of Persia; title: The unification of China; title: State, society, and the quest for salvation in India; title: Mediterranean society under the Greeks and the Romans; title: Cross-cultural exchanges on the silk roads; title: Part 3 : The postclassical era, 500 to 1000 C.E.; title: The Christian commonwealth of Byzantium; title: The expansive realm of Islam; title: The resurgence of empire in east Asia; title: India and the Indian Ocean basin; title: Part 4 : An age of cross-cultural interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E.; title: Nomadic empires and Eurasian integration; title: States and societies of sub-Saharan Africa; title: Christian western Europe during the Middle Ages; title: Worlds apart : the Americas and Oceania; title: Reaching out : cross-cultural interactions; title: Part 5 : The origins of global interdependence, 1500-1800.; title: Transoceanic encounters and global connections; title: The transformation of Europe; title: New worlds : the Americas and Oceania; title: Africa and the Atlantic world; title: Tradition and change in east Asia; title: The Islamic empires; title: Part 6 : An age of revolution, industry, and empire, 1750-1914.; title: Revolutions and national states in the Atlantic world; title: The making of industrial society; title: The Americas in the age of independence; title: The building of global empires; title: Part 7 : Contemporary global realignments.; title: The Great War : the world in upheaval; title: An age of anxiety; title: Nationalism and political identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin Ameria; title: New conflagrations : World War II; title: The Cold War and decolonization; title: A world without borders