World Civilizations. Sixth Edition

820 Pages·2012·48.78 MB·English

by  Philip J. Adler

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W
ORLD
SIXTH
C EDITION
IVILIZATIONS
Philip J. Adler
East Carolina University
Randall L. Pouwels
University of Central Arkansas
Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States
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For Gracie, an historical event
—Philip Adler
To Claire Haney Pouwels, in loving memory
—Randall L. Pouwels
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Brief Contents
Preface xxi 12. Classical India 155
About the Authors xxix 13. Imperial China in Its Golden Age 169
Introduction to the Student 1 WORLDVIEW TWO: Classical Civilizations
Of The World,  bce– ce 
PART ONE
PART THREE
From Human Origins to Agrarian
Communities, c. 100,000–500 BCE 2 The Post-Classical Era, 800-1400 CE 184
14. Th e Americas to the Fifteenth
1. Th e Earliest Human Societies 5
Century 187
2. Mesopotamia 17
15. Islam 200
3. Early Africa and Egypt 30
16. Mature Islamic Society and the First
4. India’s Beginnings 43 Global Civilization 212
5. Warriors and Deities in the Near 17. Africa from Axum, to 1400 223
East 55
18. Th e Mongols Unify Eurasia 237
6. Ancient China to 221 BCE 67
19. Japan and Southeast Asia 249
7. Th e Agrarian Revolution in the
20. Th e European Middle Ages 265
Americas 79
WORLDVIEW ONE: From Human Origins 21. Th e Late European Middle Ages and the
To Agrarian Communities, Renaissance 283
,– bce 
WORLDVIEW THREE: The Post-Classical
Era, – ce 
PART TWO
Classical Civilizations of the World, PART FOUR
500 BCE–800 CE 92
Expanding Webs of Interaction,
8. Th e Greek Adventure 94 1400–1700 CE 302
9. Greek Humanism, 800–100 BCE 106 22. A Larger World Opens 304
10. Rome from City-State to Empire 119 23. Religious Division and Political
Consolidation in Europe 317
11. Th e Roman Empire and the Rise
of Christianity in the West, 24. Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder
31 BCE – 600 CE 136 Empires 337
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PART SIX
25. Africa in the Era of Expansion 350
Towards a Globalized World,
26. China from the Ming Th rough the Early
1914–Present 554
Qing Dynasty 367
27. Japan in the Era of European 41. World War I and Its Disputed
Expansion 378 Settlement 557
28. From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic 42. A Fragile Balance: Europe in the
America 389 Twenties 573
WORLDVIEW FOUR: Expanding Webs of 43. Th e Soviet Experiment to World War II 584
Interaction, – ce 
44. Totalitarianism Refi ned: Th e Nazi State 596
PART FIVE
45. East Asia in a Century of Change 606
Revolutions and the Age of Empire,
46. World War II 616
1600–1914 404
47. Th e Cold World War 630
29. Th e Scientifi c Revolution and Its
Enlightened Aftermath 407 48. Decolonization of the Non-Western
World 641
30. Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute
Monarchy 420 49. Th e New Asia 650
31. Th e French Revolution and the Empire 50. Africa’s Decolonization and
of Napoleon 428 Independence 664
32. Th e Early Industrial Revolution 441 51. Latin America in the Twentieth
Century 676
33. Advanced Industrial Society 456
52. Th e Reemergence of the Muslim World 689
34. Europe: New Ideas and New Nations 468
53. Collapse and Reemergence in Communist
35. Th e Islamic World, 1600–1917 485 Europe 703
36. European Imperialism and Africa During 54. A New Millennium 714
the Age of Industry 497
WORLDVIEW SIX: Towards A Globalized
37. India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial World, –Present 
Rule 508
Glossary G-1
38. China in the Age of Imperialism 519
Answers to Test Your Knowledge A-1
39. Latin America from Independence to
Index I-1
Dependent States 528
40. Modern Science and its Implications 540
WORLDVIEW FIVE: Revolutions And The
Age of Empire, – 
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