World History, Volume 1: to 1500 (Age 18, US Bachelor’s 1)
About This Textbook
This textbook is designed to support both semesters of the world history course offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Serving a student base of both majors and non-majors in the field, the course introduces students to a global perspective of history conveyed within an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments are presented in ways to help students think critically about the issues they encounter so they can broaden their perspective of global history and how the topics studied apply to their current life as citizens of the world.
Textbook Details
| Author | Ann Kordas (Johnson & Wales University), Ryan J. Lynch (Columbus State University), Brooke Nelson (Formerly California State University), Julie Tatlock (Mount Mary University) |
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| Age / Grade | Age 18 / US Bachelor's 1 |
| Original Language | English |
| License Type | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This means users are free to copy, redistribute, remix, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, as long as they provide appropriate attribution. Learn more about this license at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. |
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Table of Contents
Early Human Societies (Understanding the Past — Early Humans — Early Civilizations and Urban Societies Introduction — The Near East — Asia in Ancient Times) — States And Empires, 1000 BCE–500 CE (Mediterranean Peoples — Experiencing the Roman Empire — The Americas in Ancient Times — Africa in Ancient Times) — An Age Of Religion, 500–1200 CE (Empires of Faith — The Rise of Islam and the Caliphates — India, the Indian Ocean Basin, and East Asia — The Post-Roman West and the Crusading Movement) — A Global Middle Ages, 1200–1500 CE (Pax Mongolica: The Steppe Empire of the Mongols — States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa — Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century — The Ottomans, the Mamluks, and the Ming