Contemporary's world history
By: Matthew T. Downey
Contributors: Wright Group/McGraw-Hill
Publisher: Wright Group/McGraw Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780077045203; 9780077044497; 9780077044947; 9780077044503; 9780077044480; 9780077044473; 9780077045197
Other titles: World history
Notes: Texts include student CD-ROM in pocket.

Includes index.

Grades 7-8.
Table of contents: title: Beginning of civilization: Earliest humans, prehistory to 2500 B.C.; Southwest Asia, beginnings, 1200 B.C.-500 B.C.; title: First civilizations: Ancient civilizations of North Africa, 2700 B.C.-500 B.C.; Indian subcontinent, 2500 B.C.-A.D. 500; Early Chinese civilizations, 1750 B.C.-A.D. 200; Ancient Greek city-states, 1750-133 B.C.; Ancient Rome, 500 B.C.-A.D. 500; title: Later world civilizations: Byzantine Empire, 330-1618; Islam and Muslim civilizations, 622-1699; Civilizations of Africa, 750 B.C.-A.D. 1570; Americas, 1400 B.C.-A.D. 1570; Spread of cultures in Asia, 500-1650; title: Global age: Medieval Europe, 500-1300; Renaissance and Reformation, 1300-1650; Age of European explorations, 1415-1800; title: Monarchies and revolutions: Political revolutions, 1600-1815; Social revolutions, 1750-1910; title: New age: Nationalism in Europe, 1815-1914; Imperialism and modernization, 1800-1914; title: World at war: World War I and the Russian Revolution, 1914-1919; Between the wars, 1919-1939; World War II and the Cold War, 1931-1955; title: World today: World enters the 21st century, 1945-; World, opportunities and challenges; title: Historical documents and maps: Declaration of Independence; United States Constitution; Universal Declaration of Human Rights.