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Full title: Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume I: To 1500: A Global History, 4th Edition
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2021
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Author: Craig A. Lockard
ISBN: 9780357639269, 9780357639276
Format: PDF
Description of Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume I: To 1500: A Global History, 4th Edition:
Exploring history in global framework, Lockard’s SOCIETIES, NETWORKS, AND TRANSITIONS, VOLUME l: TO 1500: A GLOBAL HISTORY, Fourth Edition, combines the accessibility and cultural richness of a regional approach with the rigor of comparative scholarship. Emphasizing culture, social change, gender issues, economic patterns, science and religion, it helps you unravel the connections, encounters, cooperation and conflicts of world and regional history. The author includes profiles of individuals from various walks of life as well as highlights social life and cultural artifacts such as music, literature and art. Extensively revised, the text incorporates recent scholarship throughout, examines various debates among historians and explains how historians use original documents. Insightful questions help you reflect on the historical significance of text material — and how it relates to you.Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Table of Contents of Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume I: To 1500: A Global History, 4th Edition PDF ebook:
Brief ContentsContentsMapsFeaturesPrefaceAbout the AuthorNote on Spelling and UsageIntroducing World HistoryPart I: Ancient Foundations of World History, to ca. 600 BCEChapter 1: The Origins of Human Societies, to ca. 2000 BCE1-1 Prehistory: The Cosmos, Earth, and the Roots of Humanity1-2 The Odyssey of Early Human Societies1-3 The Agricultural Transformation, 10,000-4000 BCE1-4 The Emergence of Cities and StatesChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 2: Ancient Societies in Mesopotamia, India, and Central Asia, 5000-600 BCE2-1 Early Mesopotamian Urbanized Societies, to 2000 BCE2-2 Later Mesopotamian Societies and Their Legacies, 2000-600 BCE2-3 The Earliest Indian and Central Asian Societies, 6000-1500 BCE2-4 The Aryans and a New Indian Society, 1500-600 BCEChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 3: Ancient Societies in Africa and the Mediterranean, 5000-600 BCE3-1 The Rise of Egyptian Society3-2 Egyptian Society, Economy, and Culture3-3 Ancient Sub-Saharan African Societies3-4 Early Societies and Networks of the Eastern MediterraneanChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 4: Around the Pacific Rim: Eastern Eurasia and the Americas, 5000-600 BCE4-1 The Formation of Chinese Society, 6000-1750 BCE4-2 The Reshaping of Ancient Chinese Society, 1750-600 BCE4-3 Ancient Southeast and Northeast Asians4-4 Ancient AmericansChapter SummaryKey TermsDebate the HistoriansPart II: The Classical Societies and Their Legacies, ca. 600 BCE-ca. 600 CEChapter 5: Classical Societies in Southern and Central Asia, 600 BCE-600 CE5-1 The Transformation of Indian Society, Religion, and Politics5-2 South and Central Asia after the Mauryas5-3 The Gupta Age in India5-4 The Development of Southeast Asian SocietiesChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 6: Eurasian Connections and New Traditions in East Asia, 600 BCE-600 CE6-1 Changing China and Axial Age Thought, 600-221 BCE6-2 Chinese Imperial Systems and the World6-3 China after the Han Empire: Continuity and Change6-4 Korea, Japan, and East Asian NetworksChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 7: Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Regional Systems, 600-200 BCE7-1 The Persians and Their Empire7-2 The Rise and Flowering of the Greeks7-3 Greeks, Persians, and the Regional System7-4 The Hellenistic Age and Its Afro-Eurasian LegaciesChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 8: Empires, Networks, and the Remaking of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, 500 BCE-608-1 Etruscans, Carthage, Egypt, and the Roman Republic8-2 The Rise and Decline of Imperial Rome8-3 Christianity: From Western Asian Sect to Transregional Religion8-4 Revival in the East: Byzantines, Persians, and ArabsChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 9: Classical Societies and Regional Networks in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, 600 BCE-69-1 Classical States and Connections in Northeast Africa9-2 The Blossoming of West and Bantu Africa9-3 Classical Societies and Networks in the Americas9-4 Populating the Pacific: Australian and Island SocietiesChapter SummaryKey TermsDebate the HistoriansPart III: Encounters and Transformations in the Intermediate Era, ca. 600-1500Chapter 10: The Rise, Power, and Connections of the Islamic World, 600-150010-1 Early Islam: The Origins and Spread of a Continuous Tradition10-2 Early Islamic States and Empires10-3 Cultural Hallmarks of Islam: Theology, Society, and Learning10-4 Globalized Islam and Middle Eastern Political ChangeChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 11: East Asian Traditions, Transformations, and Eurasian Encounters, 600-150011-1 Tang China: The Hub of the East11-2 Song China and Commercial Growth11-3 Mongol Conquest, Chinese Resurgence, and Eurasian Connections11-4 Cultural Adaptation in Korea and JapanChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 12: Expanding Horizons in Africa and the Americas, 600-150012-1 Diverse African States and Peoples12-2 African Societies, Thought, and Economies12-3 American Societies in Transition12-4 The American Empires and Their ChallengesChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 13: South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600-150013-1 Hinduism, Buddhism, and South Asian Society13-2 The Coming of Islam to India and Central Asia13-3 Cultural Adaptation and Kingdoms in Southeast Asia13-4 Buddhist, Confucian, and Islamic Southeast Asian SocietiesChapter SummaryKey TermsChapter 14: Christian Societies in Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Russia, 600-150014-1 Forming Christian Societies in Western Europe14-2 Medieval Societies, Thought, and Politics14-3 Eastern Europe: Byzantines, Slavs, and Mongols14-4 Late Medieval Europe and the Roots of ExpansionChapter SummaryKey TermsDebate the HistoriansIndex
