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| Preface |
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| Supplements |
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| Prologue |
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| Part 1 The Origins of Civilizations |
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The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization |
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The Rise of Civilization in the Middle East and Africa |
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28 | (22) |
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Asia's First Civilizations: India and China |
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50 | (24) |
| Part 2 The Classical Period in World History |
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Nomadic Challenges and Sedentary Responses |
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80 | (20) |
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Unification and the Consolidation of Civilization in China |
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Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World |
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124 | (26) |
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150 | (20) |
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Religious Rivalries and India's Golden Age |
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170 | (26) |
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The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas |
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196 | (26) |
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The Spread of Peoples and Civilizations |
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222 | (28) |
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The End of the Classical Era: World History in Transition, 200--700 C.E. |
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250 | (18) |
| Part 3 The Postclassical Era |
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The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam |
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276 | (28) |
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Abbasid Decline and the Spread of Islamic Civilization to South and Southeast Asia |
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304 | (26) |
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African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam |
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330 | (22) |
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Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe |
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352 | (20) |
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A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe |
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372 | (26) |
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The Americas on the Eve of Invasion |
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398 | (24) |
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Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties |
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422 | (26) |
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The Spread of Chinese Civilization: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam |
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448 | (26) |
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The Last Great Nomadic Challenges: From Chinggis Khan to Timur |
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474 | (24) |
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The West and the Changing World Balance |
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498 | (16) |
| Part 4 The World Shrinks, 1450--1750 |
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The Transformation of the West, 1450--1750 |
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522 | (20) |
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542 | (22) |
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564 | (16) |
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580 | (28) |
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608 | (28) |
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Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade |
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636 | (26) |
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Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change |
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662 | (28) |
| Part 5 Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony, 1750--1914 |
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The Industrialization of the West, 1760--1914 |
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Industrialization and Imperialism: The Making of the European Global Order |
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The Consolidation of Latin America, 1830--1920 |
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726 | (28) |
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Civilizations in Crisis: The Ottoman Empire, The Islamic Heartlands, and Qing China |
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Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West |
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| Part 6 The 20th Century in World History |
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International Contacts and Conflicts, 1914--1999 |
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The West in the 20th Century |
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Russia and Eastern Europe |
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Japan and the Pacific Rim |
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Latin America: Revolution and Reaction in the 20th Century |
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Decolonization and the Decline of the European World Order |
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Africa and Asia in the Era of Independence |
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War and Revolution in China and Vietnam |
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A 21st-Century World: Trends and Prospects |
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| Glossary |
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| Credits |
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| Index |
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