Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World: From the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present Edition 3

The most global approach to world history, now more streamlined and accessible.Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is organized around major world history stories and themes: the emergence of cities, the building of the Silk Road, the spread of major religions, the spread of the Black Death, the Age of Exploration, alternatives to 19th-century capitalism, the rise of modern nation-states and empires, and more. In the Third Edition, the text has been compressed and streamlined to heighten emphasis on world history stories and themes throughout. Chapter 1 Becoming Human 55 Precursors to Modern Humans 56 The First Modern Humans 67 Art and Language 73 The Beginnings of Food Production 76 Emergence of Argiculture in Other Areas 77 Revolutions in Social Organization 88 Conclusion 92 Key Terms 92 Study Questions 93 Chapter 2 Rivers, Cities, and First States 4000–2000 BCE 95 Settlement, Pastoralism, and Trade 96 Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Mesopotamia 101 The Indus River Valley: A Parallel Culture 110 "The Gift of the Nile": Egypt 114 The Yellow and Yangzi River Basins: East Asia 123 Life on the Margins of Afro-Eurasia 127 Conclusion 134 Key Terms 135 Study Questions 135 Chapter 3 Nomads, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000–1200 BCE 137 Nomadic Movement and the Emergence of Territorial States 138 The Rise of Territorial States in Egypt and Southwest Asia 143 Nomads and the Indus River Valley 153 Rise of the Shang State (1600–1045 BCE) 158 The South Pacific (2500 BCE–400 CE) 163 Microsocieties in the Aegean World 165 Europe—The Northern Frontier 169 Early States in the Americas 171 Conclusion 173 Key Terms 174 Study Questions 174 Chapter 4 First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250–325 BCE 177 Forces of Upheaval and the Rise of Early Empires 178 The Neo-Assyrian Empire 182 The Persian Empire 187 Imperial Fringes in Western Afro-Eurasia 193 Foundations of Vedic Culture in South Asia (1500–400 BCE) 199 The Early Zhou Empire in East Asia (1045–771 BCE) 204 Conclusion 210 Key Terms 211 Study Questions 211 Chapter 5 Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000–350 BCE 213 Alternative Pathways and Ideas 214 Eastern Zhou China 218 The New Worlds of South Asia 225 Common Cultures in the Americas 234 Common Cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa 239 Warring Ideas in the Mediterranean World 242 Conclusion 251 Key Terms 252 Study Questions 253 Chapter 6 Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 BCE–250 CE 255 Political Expansion and Cultural Diffusion 256 The Emergence of a Cosmopolitian World 260 Converging Influences in Central and South Asia 268 The Transformation of Buddhism 276 The Formation of the Silk Road 280 Taking to the Seas: Commerce on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean 288 Key Terms 291 Study Questions 291 Chapter 7 Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 BCE–300 CE 293 China and Rome: How Empires are Built 294 The Qin Dynasty 296 The Han Dynasty 302 The Roman Empire 313 Conclusion 329 Key Terms 330 Study Questions 331 Chapter 8 The Rise of Universal Religions, 300–600 CE 333 Universal Religions and Common Cultures 334 Empires and Religious Change in Western Afro-Eurasia 338 The Silk Road 351 Political and Religious Change in South Asia 355 Political and Religious Change in East Asia 358 Faith and Cultures in the Worlds Apart 362 Conclusion 369 Key Terms 370 Study Questions 371 Chapter 9 New Empires and Common Cultures, 600–1000 CE 373 Religions and Empires 374 The Origins and Spread of Islam 375 The Tang State 392 Early Korea and Japan 400 The Christian West 404 Conclusion 411 Key Terms 412 Study Questions 413 Chapter 10 Becoming "The World," 1000–1300 CE 415 Commercial Connections 416 Sub-Saharan Africa Comes Together 421 Islam in a Time of Political Fragmentation 426 India as a Cultural Mosaic 430 Song China: Insiders Versus Outsiders 434 China's Neighbors Adapt to Change 437 Christian Europe 441 The Americas 448 The Mongol Transformation of Afro-Eurasia 453 Conclusion 459 Key Terms 460 Study Questions 461 Chapter 11 Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300–1500 463 Collapse and Integration 464 Islamic Dynasties 469 Western Christendom 480 Ming China 488 Conclusion 495 Key Terms 497 Study Questions 497 Chapter 12 Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450–1600 499 The Old Trade and the New 500 European Exploration and Expansion 504 The Atlantic World 509 Portugal's New World Colony 520 The Transformation of Europe 522 Prosperity in Asia 527 Conclusion 532 Key Terms 533 Study Questions 533 Chapter 13 Worlds Entangled, 1600–1750 535 Economic and Political Effects of Global Commerce 536 New Colonies in the Americas 541 The Slave Trade and Africa 547 Asia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 553 Transformations in Europe 566 Conclusion 573 Key Terms 574 Study Questions 575 Chapter 14 Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500–1780 577 Trade and Culture 578 Culture in the Islamic World 580 Culture and Politics in East Asia 588 The Enlightenment in Europe 594 African Cultural Flourishing 601 Hybrid Cultures in the Americas 602 Imperialism in Oceania 605 Conclusion 609 Key Terms 610 Study Questions 611 Chapter 15 Reordering the World, 1750–1850 613 Revolutionary Transformations and New Languages of Freedom 614 Political Reorderings 615 Change and Trade in Africa 630 Economic Reordering 632 Persistence and Change in Afro-Euarasia 637 Conclusion 648 Key Terms 649 Study Questions 649 Chapter 16 Alternative Visions of the Ninteenth Century 651 Reactions to Social and Political Change 652 Prophecy and Revitalization in the Islamic World and Africa 654 Prophecy and Rebeliion in China 660 Socialists and Radicals in Europe 664 Insurgencies Against Colonizing and Centralizing States 670 Conclusion 680 Key Terms 681 Study Questions 681 Chapter 17 Nations and Empires, 1850–1914 683 Consolidating Nations and Constructing Empires 684 Expansion and Nation Builing in the Americas 686 Consolidation of Nation-States in Europe 693 Industry, Science, and Technology 697 Global Expansion and an Age of Imperialism 700 Pressures of Expansion in Japan, Russia, and China 710 Conclusion 717 Key Terms 718 Study Questions 719 Chapter 18 An Unsettled World, 1890–1914 721 Progress, Upheaval, and Movement 722 Discontent with Imperialism 726 Worldwide Insecurities 733 Cultural Modernism 742 Rethinking Race and Reimagining Nations 747 Conclusion 755 Key Terms 756 Study Questions 757 Chapter 19 Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910–1939 759 The Quest for the Modern 760 The Great War 761 Mass Society: Culture, Production, and Consumption 769 Mass Politics: Competing Visions for Building Modern States 773 Conclusion 793 Key Terms 794 Study Questions 795 Chapter 20 The Three-World Order, 1940–1975 797 Competing Blocs 798 World War II and its Aftermath 799 The Beginning of the Cold War 805 Decolonization 808 Three Worlds 821 Tensions in the Three-World Order 830 Conclusion 834 Key Terms 835 Study Questions 835 Chapter 21 Globalization, 1970–2000 837 Global Intergration 838 Removing Obstacles to Globalization 839 Unleashing Globalization 846 Characteristics of the New Global Order 856 Citizenship in the Global World 865 Conclusion 872 Key Terms 873 Study Questions 873 Epilogue 2001–The Present 875 The United States, The European Union, and Japan 876 Russia, China, and India 883 The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America 890 Shared Concerns 893 Further Readings 896 Glossary 918 Photo Credits 942 Index 946 "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is organized around major world history stories and themes: the emergence of cities, the building of the Silk Road, the spread of major religions, the spread of the Black Death, the Age of Exploration, alternatives to 19th-century capitalism, the rise of modern nation-states and empires, and more. In the Third Edition, the text has been compressed and streamlined to heighten emphasis on world history stories and themes throughout."--Publisher description