The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History 7th Edition

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Part I: The Emergence of Human Communities, to 500 BCE
	Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History, to 3500 BCE
		1-1 African Genesis
		1-2 Technology and Culture in the Ice Age
		1-3 The Agricultural Revolutions
		1-4 Life in Neolithic Communities
		1-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 2: The First River-Valley Civilizations, 3500-1500 BCE
		2-1 Mesopotamia
		2-2 Egypt
		2-3 The Indus Valley Civilization
		2-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 3: The Mediterranean and Middle East, 2000-500 BCE
		3-1 The Cosmopolitan Middle East, 1700-1100 BCE
		3-2 The Aegean World, 2000-1100 BCE
		3-3 The Assyrian Empire, 911-612 BCE
		3-4 Israel, 2000-500 BCE
		3-5 Phoenicia and the Mediterranean,1200-500 BCE
		3-6 Failure and Transformation, 750-550 BCE
		3-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area, 2300 BCE-350 CE
		4-1 Early China, 2000-221 BCE
		4-2 Nubia, 2300 BCE-350 CE
		4-3 Pastoral Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes, 1000-100 BCE
		4-4 Celtic Europe, 1000-50 BCE
		4-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part II: The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000 BCE-400 CE
	Chapter 5: Greece and Iran, 1000-30 BCE
		5-1 Ancient Iran, 1000-500 BCE
		5-2 The Rise of the Greeks, 1000-500 BCE
		5-3 The Struggle of Persia and Greece, 546-323 BCE
		5-4 The Hellenistic Synthesis, 323-30 BCE
		5-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 6: An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 BCE-330 CE
		6-1 Rome's Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 BCE-330 CE
		6-2 The Origins of Imperial China, 221 BCE-220 CE
		6-3 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 7: India and Southeast Asia, 1500 BCE-1025 CE
		7-1 Foundations of Indian Civilization, 1500 BCE-300 CE
		7-2 Imperial Expansion and Collapse, 324 BCE-650 CE
		7-3 Southeast Asia, 50-1025 CE
		7-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 8: Peoples and
Civilizations
of
the Americas, from
1200 BCE
		8-1 Formative Civilizations of the Olmec and Chavin, 1200-200 BCE
		8-2 Classic-Era Culture and Society in Mesoamerica, 200-900
		8-3 The Postclassic Period in Mesoamerica, 900-1300
		8-4 Northern Peoples
		8-5 Andean Civilizations, 200-1400
		8-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part III: Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities, 300 BCE-1200 CE
	Chapter 9: Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300 BCE-1100 CE
		9-1 The Silk Road
		9-2 The Indian Ocean Maritime System
		9-3 Routes across the Sahara
		9-4 Sub-Saharan Africa
		9-5 The Spread of Ideas
		9-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 10: The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 200-1200
		10-1 The Sasanid Empire, 224-651
		10-2 The Origins of Islam
		10-3 The Rise and Fall of the Caliphate, 632-1258
		10-4 Islamic Civilization
		10-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 11: Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200
		11-1 The Byzantine Empire, 600-1200
		11-2 Early Medieval Europe, 600-1000
		11-3 The Western Church
		11-4 Kievan Russia, 900-1200
		11-5 Western Europe Revives, 1000-1200
		11-6 The Crusades, 1095-1204
		11-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 12: Central and East Asia, 400-1200
		12-1 The Sui and Tang Empires, 581-755
		12-2 China and Its Rivals
		12-3 New Kingdoms in East Asia
		12-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part IV: Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact, 1200-1550
	Chapter 13: Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200-1500
		13-1 The Rise of the Mongols, 1200-1260
		13-2 The Mongols and Islam, 1260-1500
		13-3 Regional Responses in Western Eurasia
		13-4 Mongol Domination in China, 1271-1368
		13-5 The Early Ming Empire, 1368-1500
		13-6 Centralization and Militarism in East Asia, 1200-1500
		13-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 14: Latin Europe, 1200-1500
		14-1 Rural Growth and Crisis
		14-2 Urban Revival
		14-3 Learning, Literature, and the Renaissance
		14-4 Political and Military Transformations
		14-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 15: Southern Empires, Southern Seas, 1200-1500
		15-1 Tropical Africa and Asia
		15-2 New Islamic Empires
		15-3 Indian Ocean Trade
		15-4 Social and Cultural Change
		15-5 The Western Hemisphere
		15-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 16: The Maritime
Revolution,
to 1550
		16-1 Global Maritime Expansion before 1450
		16-2 European Expansion, 1400-1550
		16-3 Encounters with Europe, 1450-1550
		16-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part V: The Globe Encompassed, 1500-1750
	Chapter 17: Transformations in Europe, 1500-1750
		17-1 Culture and Ideas
		17-2 Social and Economic Life
		17-3 Political Innovations
		17-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies, 1530-1770
		18-1 The Columbian Exchange
		18-2 Spanish America and Brazil
		18-3 English and French Colonies in North America
		18.4 Colonial Expansion and Conflict
		18-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 19: The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800
		19-1 Plantations in the West Indies
		19-2 Plantation Life in the Eighteenth Century
		19-3 Creating the Atlantic Economy
		19-4 Africa, the Atlantic, and Islam
		19-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 20: Between Europe and China, 1500-1750
		20-1 The Ottoman Empire, to 1750
		20-2 The Safavid Empire, 1502-1722
		20-3 The Mughal Empire, 1526-1739
		20-4 The Russian Empire, 1500-1725
		20-5 The Maritime Worlds of Islam, 1500-1750
		20-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 21: East Asia in Global Perspective
		21-1 East Asia and Europe
		21-2 The Imjin War and Japanese Unification
		21-3 Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea to 1800
		21-4 From Ming to Qing
		21-5 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part VI: Revolutions Reshape the World, 1750-1870
	Chapter 22: The Early Industrial Revolution, 1760-1851
		22-1 Causes of the Industrial Revolution
		22-2 The Technological Revolution
		22-3 The Impact of the Early Industrial Revolution
		22-4 New Economic and Political Ideas
		22-5 The Limits of Industrialization Outside the West
		22-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 23: Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750-1850
		23-1 Prelude to Revolution: The Eighteenth-Century Crisis
		23-2 The American Revolution, 1775-1800
		23-3 The French Revolution, 1789-1815
		23-4 Revolution Spreads, Conservatives Respond, 1789-1850
		23-5-Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 24: Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1870
		24-1 The Ottoman Empire
		24-2 The Russian Empire
		24-3 The Qing Empire
		24-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800-1890
		25-1 Independence in Latin America, 1800-1830
		25-2 The Problem of Order, 1825-1890
		25-3 The Challenge of Social and Economic Change
		25-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part VII: Global Diversity and Dominance, 1750-1945
	Chapter 26: Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, 1750-1914
		26-1 Changes and Exchanges in Africa
		26-2 India under British Rule
		26-3 Southeast Asia and the Pacific
		26-4 Imperialism in Latin America
		26-5 The World Economy and the Global Environment
		26-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 27: The New Power Balance, 1850-1900
		27-1 New Technologies and the World Economy
		27-2 Social Changes
		27-3 Socialism and Labor Movements
		27-4 Nationalism and the Rise of Italy, Germany, and Japan
		27-5 The Great Powers of Europe, 1871-1900
		27-6 China, Japan, and the Western Powers
		27-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 28: The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900-1929
		28-1 Origins of the Crisis in Europe and the Middle East
		28-2 The "Great War" and the Russian Revolutions, 1914-1918
		28-3 Peace and Dislocation in Europe, 1919-1929
		28-4 China and Japan: Contrasting Destinies
		28-5 The New Middle East
		28-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 29: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929-1949
		29-1 The Stalin Revolution
		29-2 The Depression
		29-3 The Rise of Fascism
		29-4 East Asia, 1931-1945
		29-5 The Second World War
		29-6 The Character of Warfare
		29-7 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 30: Revolutions in Living, 1900-1950
		30-1 New Technology Outside the Industrialized World
		30-2 New Ways of Living in The Industrialized World
		30-3 A New India, 1905-1947
		30-4 Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, 1917-1949
		30-5 Sub-Saharan Africa, 1900-1945
		30-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Part VIII: Perils and Promises of a Global Community, 1945 to the Present
	Chapter 31: The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1975
		31-1 The Cold War
		31-2 Decolonization and Nation Building
		31-3 Beyond a Bipolar World
		31-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 32: The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration, 1975-2000
		32-1 Postcolonial Crises and Asian Economic Expansion
		32-2 The End of the Bipolar World
		32-3 The Challenge of Population Growth
		32-4 Unequal Development and the Movement of Peoples
		32-5 Technological and Environmental Change
		32-6 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
	Chapter 33: Leaving the Twentieth Century
		33-1 The Question of Values
		33-2 Globalization and Economic Crisis
		33-3 Global Culture
		33-4 Conclusion
		Key Terms
		Review Questions
Index