Spinning World History: The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of World History and the Regional Challenges of Today PDF
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Sold to [email protected] ALSO BY ERIC BURNETT For Children Trapped in Tenochtitlan Skateboarder Steve Stops Falling Down Gymnastics Jenny Stands on Her Own For the Classroom Our World’s Story The 50 Questions Every Graduate Must Answer The Advisory Vault The Advisory Vault: 500 Questions to Get Students Talking History through Film: Volume I Aztec Plays for the Classroom Middle Ages for the Classroom 21st Century Voices The Best American History Book in the World SPINNING WORLD HISTORY The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of the Past and the Regional Challenges of Today ERIC BURNETT First published in the United States by CreateSpace. This edition published May 13,2017. Copyright © by Eric J. Burnett The right of Eric J. Burnett to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Cover Image: Mitransh Singh Parihar ISBN-13: 978-1546693840 http://www.spinningworldhistory.com/ Contents PART I: The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of World History 1 – The State of Our World 3 The Earth in 2017 2 – Humans Take the Stage 9 Early Hominids - 3,500,000 BC > 200,000 BC 3 – The Greatest Travelling Expedition Ever 13 Hunter-gatherers - 200,000 BC > 5000 BC 4 – We Farm 17 The Neolithic Revolution – 10,000 BC > 2000 BC 5 – What We Believe 23 Foundation of the World’s Religions – 200,000 BC > 1000 BC 6 – From River Valleys to Golden Ages 29 India – Harappa to Gupta - 3000 BC > 600 AD 7 – The Middle Kingdom Rises 41 China – Xia to Qin to Han Dynasties – 2200 BC > 220 AD 8 – The Middle East United 53 The Persian Empire – 800 BC > 300 BC 9 – It’s All Greek to Us 59 Golden Age of Greece – 500 BC > 300 BC 10 – Alexander the Very Good 71 The Macedonian Empire – 330 BC > 250 BC 11 – All Roads Lead to Rome 83 The Roman Empire – 500 BC > 500 AD 12 – Barbarians and Horse People 99 The Huns and the Goths – 300 > 600 13 – One Step Forward, Five Steps Back 107 The European Middle Ages – 400 > 1100 14 – All Eyes Turn to Mecca 119 Rise of Islam – 600 > 800 15 – Crusade for the Kingdom of Heaven 131 The Crusades – 1000 > 1300 16 – The Final Strike from the Steppe 141 The Mongols – 1200 > 1400 17 – The Dragon Never Sleeps 149 China – Tang to Song Dynasties – 600 > 1300 18 – The Land of the Rising Sun 159 Japan – Foundation to Feudalism - 300 > 1600 19 – A Light at the End of the Tunnel 169 Europe – High Middle Ages – 1200 > 1500 20 – Checking in From All Corners 177 Polynesia, Africa and the Americas – 400 > 1500 21 – Europe Reopens its Eyes 189 Europe - Renaissance, Exploration and Reformation – 1400 > 1700 22 – The Century of Death 205 Europe – Revolutionary Impact – 1550 > 1650 23 – The Cannon and the Crescent 213 Muslim Empires of the Near East – 1400> 1700 24 - Chinese Expansion and Withdrawal 225 China – The Ming Dynasty - 1400 > 1600 25 – Leave Us Alone 233 Japan – Tokugawa Shogunate and Isolationism - 1500 > 1700 26 - Goodbye to the Old World 245 Europe - Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment – 1600 > 1800 27 – The Beast of the East 255 Russia – Kiev Rus to Catherine the Great - 1400 > 1800 28 – The Documents Heard ‘Round the World 265 The United States of America – Founding – 1700 > 1800 29 – You Say You Want a Revolution? 273 France – Revolution to Napoleon – 1770 > 1850 30 – Latin America Stands On Its Own 291 South American Revolutions – 1800 > 1900 31 – Man and His Machines 303 Europe - Industrial Revolution – 1750 > 1900 32 – Europe Takes Over the World 317 Europe - Imperialism – 1750 > 1910 33 – The Last Emperor 327 China – Qing Dynasty – 1800 > 1910 34 – An Island on Overdrive 335 Japan – The Meiji Restoration – 1850 > 1910 35 – Taking Stock of Our Progress 345 The World at the Turn of the Century – 1880> 1910 36 – The War to End All Wars 353 World War I – 1900 > 1920 37 – Roaring into Chaos 373 The Interwar Period – 1920 > 1940 38 – Countdown to Horror 387 Causes of World War II – 1925 > 1940 39 - The Just War 397 World War II – 1935 > 1947 40 – Farewell to the Ages of Empires 423 Decolonization and Independence Movements – 1920 > 1970 41 – Avoiding Armageddon 437 The Cold War – 1945 > 1989 PART II: The Regional Challenges of Today 42 – Sub-Saharan Africa 461 43 - Latin America 487 44 - Japan 503 45 - China 519 46 - India 539 47 - The Middle East 559 48 - Russia 587 49 - Europe 597 50 – The United States of America 611 Index 646 To Beth, Becca and Jack Part I The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of our Past
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