This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity

Praise for This Fleeting World......Page 2
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Diamond Sutra Quote......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Publisher's Note......Page 19
Introduction......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 21
Prequel: Before the Beginning......Page 23
Beginnings: The Era of Foragers......Page 34
Studying the Era of Foragers......Page 35
Beginnings of Human History......Page 38
Foraging Lifeways......Page 42
Major Changes during the Era of Foragers......Page 46
The Era of Foragers in World History......Page 55
Acceleration: The Agrarian Era......Page 56
Origins of Agriculture......Page 57
General Characteristics and Long Trends......Page 65
Agrarian Communities before Cities: 8000–3000 BCE......Page 70
The Earliest Cities and States: 3000–500 BCE......Page 74
Agriculture, Cities, and Empires: 500 BCE–1000 CE......Page 80
Agricultural Societies on the Eve of the Modern Revolution: 1000–1750......Page 85
Agrarian Era in World History......Page 90
Our World: The Modern Era......Page 91
Major Features and Trends of the Modern Era......Page 92
Explaining the Modern Revolution......Page 97
Industrial Revolution: 1750–1914......Page 101
Twentieth-century Crisis: 1914–1945......Page 107
Contemporary Period: 1945–Present......Page 116
Modern Era in World History......Page 124
Resources & Further Reading......Page 126
Online Resources......Page 129
Periodization in World History......Page 130
Problems of Periodization in World History......Page 131
Schemes of Periodization......Page 133
A Periodization for World History as a Whole......Page 135
Further Reading......Page 138
A......Page 139
A-D......Page 140
E–G......Page 141
H–M......Page 142
M–P......Page 143
P–T......Page 144
T–Z......Page 145
About the Author......Page 146