Worlds together, worlds apart : a history of the world from the beginnings of humankind to the present

"A compelling global storytelling approach to world history. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart provides a compelling chronological foundation for world history. A global story frames each chapter, making thousands of years of history less daunting for students and instructors. New lead authors and master teachers Jeremy Adelman and Elizabeth Pollard distill cutting-edge scholarship with a focus on introductory students. By supporting students in making comparisons and connections across the narrative, primary sources, images, maps, and in the text and online resources, Worlds Together is global history's most effective teaching tool"-- Provided by publisher Publisher’s Notice World Map Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents in Brief Contents Current Trends in World History Analyzing Global Developments Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Maps Preface About the Authors Geography in the Ancient and Modern Worlds Chapter 10: Becoming “The World,” 1000–1300 CE Development of Maritime Trade The Islamic World in a Time of Political Fragmentation India as a Cultural Mosaic Song China: Insiders versus Outsiders Christian Europe Worlds Coming Together: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas The Mongol Transformation of Afro-Eurasia Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 11: Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300–1500 Collapse and Consolidation The Islamic Heartland Western Christendom Ming China Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 12: Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450–1600 The Old Expansionism and the New Ottoman Expansion European Exploration and Expansion The Atlantic World From Conquest to Colonization in the Atlantic World Religious Turmoil in Europe The Revival of the Asian Economies Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 13: Worlds Entangled, 1600–1750 Global Commerce and Climate Change Exchanges and Expansions in North America The Slave Trade and Africa Comparative Perspectives on Climate Change: The Ottoman Empire and Ming China Other Parts of Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Transformations in Europe Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 14: Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500–1780 Trade and Culture Culture in the Islamic World Culture and Politics in East Asia African Cultural Flourishing The Enlightenment in Europe Creating Hybrid Cultures in the Americas The Influence of European Culture in Oceania Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 15: Reordering the World, 1750–1850 Revolutionary Transformations and New Languages of Freedom Political Reorderings Change and Trade in Africa Economic Reorderings Persistence and Change in Afro-Eurasia Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 16: Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century Reactions to Social and Political Change Prophecy and Revitalization in the Islamic World and Africa Prophecy and Rebellion in China Socialists and Radicals in Europe Insurgencies Against Colonizing and Centralizing States Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 17: Nations and Empires, 1850–1914 Consolidating Nations and Constructing Empires Expansion and Nation Building in the Americas Consolidation of Nation-States in Europe Industry, Science, and Technology Imperialism and the Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism Pressures of Expansion in Japan, Russia, and China Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 18: An Unsettled World, 1890–1914 Progress, Upheaval, and Movement Discontent with Imperialism Worldwide Insecurities Cultural Modernism Rethinking Race and Reimagining Nations Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 19: Global Crisis, 1910–1939 The Great War Mass Society: Culture, Production, and Consumption Mass Politics: Competing Visions for Building Modern States Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 20: The Three-World Order, 1940–1975 Competing Blocs World War II and Its Aftermath The Beginning of the Cold War Decolonization Three Worlds Tensions within the Three Worlds Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 21: Globalization, 1970–2000 Global Integration Removing Obstacles to Globalization Unleashing Globalization Characteristics of the New Global Order Citizenship in the Global World Conclusion Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Chapter 22: Twenty-First-Century Global Challenges, 2001–the Present Global Challenges The United States, the European Union, and Japan Russia, China, and India The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America A Global Trend Toward Populist Politics and Authoritarian Regimes Conclusion: Globalization and Its Discontents Global Themes and Sources Interpreting Visual Evidence Further Readings Glossary Credits Index Endpaper