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World History

William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel - World History (2010)

PART I THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND THE RISE OF EMPIRES (PREHISTORY TO 500 C.E.)

Ch 1: The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and Egypt
- The First Humans
- The Emergence of Civilization
- Civilization in Mesopotamia
- Egyptian Civilization: “The Gift of the Nile”
- New Centers of Civilization
- The Rise of New Empires
- Timeline
- Conclusion
- Chapter Notes
- Suggested Reading
CHAPTER 2 ANCIENT INDIA
- The Emergence of Civilization in India: Harappan Society
- The Arrival of the Aryans
- Escaping the Wheel of Life: The Religious World of Ancient India
- The Rule of the Fishes: India After the Mauryas
- The Exuberant World of Indian Culture
CHAPTER 3 CHINA IN ANTIQUITY
- The Dawn of Chinese Civilization
- The Zhou Dynasty
- Th e First Chinese Empire: Th e Qin Dynasty
- Daily Life in Ancient China
- Chinese Culture
CHAPTER 4 THE CIVILIZATION OF THE GREEKS
- Early Greece
- Th e Greek City-States (c. 750–c. 500 b.c.e.)
- Th e High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- The Rise of Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander
- The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
- FILM & HISTORY
CHAPTER 5 THE FIRST WORLD CIVILIZATION: ROME, CHINA, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE SILK ROAD
- Early Rome and the Republic
- The Roman Empire at Its Height
- FILM & HISTORY
- Crisis and the Late Empire
- Transformation of the Roman World: The Development of Christianity
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- The Glorious Han Empire (202 b.c.e.–221 c.e.)
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS

PART II NEW PATTERNS OF CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER 6 THE AMERICAS
- The Peopling of the Americas
- Early Civilizations in Central
- America
- The First Civilizations in South
- America
- Stateless Societies in the Americas
CHAPTER 7 FERMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THERISEOFISLAM
- The Rise of Islam
- FILM & HISTORY
- The Arab Empire and Its Successors
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- Islamic Civilization
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 8 EARLY CIVILIZATIONS IN AFRICA
- The Emergence of Civilization
- The Coming of Islam
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- States and Stateless Societies in Central and Southern Africa
- African Society
- African Culture
CHAPTER 9 THE EXPANSION OF CIVILIZATION IN SOUTHERN ASIA
- The Silk Road
- India After the Mauryas
- The Arrival of Islam
- Society and Culture
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- The Golden Region: Early Southeast Asia
CHAPTER 10 THE FLOWERING OF TRADITIONAL CHINA
- China After the Han
- China Reunifi ed: The Sui, the Tang, and the Song
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Explosion in Central Asia: Th e Mongol Empire
- FILM & HISTORY
- The Ming Dynasty
- In Search of the Way
- The Apogee of Chinese Culture
CHAPTER 11 THE EAST ASIAN RIMLANDS: EARLY JAPAN, KOREA, AND VIETNAM
- Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- FILM & HISTORY
- Korea: Bridge to the East
- Vietnam: The Smaller Dragon
CHAPTER 12 THE MAKING OF EUROPE
- The Emergence of Europe in the Early Middle Ages
- Europe in the High Middle Ages
- FILM & HISTORY
- Medieval Europe and the World
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 13 THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND CRISIS AND RECOVERY IN THE WEST
- From Eastern Roman to Byzantine Empire
- The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization (750–1025)
- The Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1025–1453)
- The Crises of the Fourteenth Century
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Recovery: The Renaissance

PART III THE EMERGENCE OF NEW WORLD PATTERNS (1500–1800)

CHAPTER 14 NEW ENCOUNTERS: THE CREATION OF A WORLD MARKET
- An Age of Exploration and Expansion
- The Portuguese Maritime Empire
- Spanish Conquests in the ‘‘New World’’
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- The Impact of European Expansion
- Africa in Transition
- Southeast Asia in the Era of the Spice Trade
- FILM & HISTORY
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
CHAPTER 15 EUROPE TRANSFORMED: REFORM AND STATE BUILDING
- The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
- Europe in Crisis, 1560–1650
- Response to Crisis: The Practice of Absolutism
- England and Limited Monarchy
- The Flourishing of European Culture
CHAPTER 16 THE MUSLIM EMPIRES
- The Ottoman Empire
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- The Safavids
- The Grandeur of the Mughals
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
CHAPTER 17 THE EAST ASIAN WORLD
- China at Its Apex
- Changing China
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Tokugawa Japan
- Korea and Vietnam
CHAPTER 18 THE WEST ON THE EVE OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
- Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: An Intellectual Revolution in the West
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Economic Changes and the Social Order
- Colonial Empires and Revolution in the Western Hemisphere
- Toward a New Political Order and Global Conflict
- FILM & HISTORY
- The French Revolution
- The Age of Napoleon

PART IV MODERN PATTERNS OF WORLD HISTORY (1800–1945)

CHAPTER 19 THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERNIZATION: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND NATIONALISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
- Reaction and Revolution: The Growth of Nationalism
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- National Unification and the National State, 1848–1871
- The European State, 1871–1914
CHAPTER 20 THE AMERICAS AND SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE WEST
- Latin America in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- The North American Neighbors: The United States and Canada
- The Emergence of Mass Society
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Cultural Life: Romanticism and Realism in the Western World
- Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments
CHAPTER 21 THE HIGH TIDE OF IMPERIALISM
- The Spread of Colonial Rule
- The Colonial System
- India Under the British Raj
- Colonial Regimes in Southeast Asia
- Empire Building in Africa
- FILM & HISTORY
- The Emergence of Anticolonialism
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 22 SHADOWS OVER THE PACIFIC: EAST ASIA UNDER CHALLENGE
- The Decline of the Manchus
- FILM & HISTORY
- Chinese Society in Transition
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- A Rich Country and a Strong State: The Rise of Modern Japan
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
CHAPTER 23 THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY CRISIS: WAR AND REVOLUTION
- The Road to World War I
- The Great War
- FILM & HISTORY
- War and Revolution
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- An Uncertain Peace
- In Pursuit of a New Reality: Cultural and Intellectual Trends
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 24 NATIONALISM, REVOLUTION, AND DICTATORSHIP: ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND LATIN AMERICA FROM 1919 TO 1939
- The Rise of Nationalism
- FILM & HISTORY
- Revolution in China
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Japan Between the Wars
- Nationalism and Dictatorship in Latin America
CHAPTER 2 5THE CRISIS DEEPENS: WORLD WAR II
- Retreat from Democracy: Dictatorial Regimes
- The Path to War
- World War II
- The New Order
- FILM & HISTORY
- The Home Front
- Aftermath of the War

PART V TOWARD A GLOBAL CIVILIZATION? THE WORLD SINCE 1945

CHAPTER 26 EAST AND WEST IN THE GRIP OF THE COLD WAR
- The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- Cold War in Asia
- From Confrontation to Coexistence
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- FILM & HISTORY
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- An Era of Equivalence
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 27 BRAVE NEW WORLD: COMMUNISM ON TRIAL
- The Postwar Soviet Union
- The Disintegration of the Soviet Empire
- The East Is Red: China Under Communism
- ‘‘Serve the People’’: Chinese
- Society Under Communism
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 28 EUROPE AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SINCE 1945
- Recovery and Renewal in Europe
- FILM & HISTORY
- Emergence of the Superpower: The United States
- The Development of Canada
- Latin America Since 1945
- Society and Culture in the Western World
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
CHAPTER 29 CHALLENGES OF NATION-BUILDING IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- Uhuru: The Struggle for Independence in Africa
- The Era of Independence
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Continuity and Change in Modern African Societies
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- Crescent of Conflict
- Society and Culture in the Contemporary Middle East
CHAPTER 30 TOWARD THE PACIFIC CENTURY?
- South Asia
- OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS
- COMPARATIVE ESSAY
- Southeast Asia
- FILM & HISTORY
- Japan: Asian Giant
- The Little Tigers