Name: The Earth and Its Peoples, Brief: A Global History
ISBN: 9781285445519

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The Earth and Its Peoples, Brief: A Global History

Readable and concise, this Brief Edition of THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY provides the essential narrative of world history in an abbreviated format. This global text employs the fundamental themes of “environment and technology” and “diversity and dominance” to explore patterns of humans” interactions with their surroundings and with each other. The authors” approach shifts the focus away from political centers and power, revealing how humanity continues to shape and be shaped by our environments, and how dominant structures and traditions are balanced and challenged by alternate beliefs. Special emphasis is given to technological development and how it underlies all human activity. Available in the following split options: THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES, Brief Sixth Edition (Chapters 1-30), ISBN: 978-1-285-44551-9; Volume I: To 1550 (Chapters 1-15), ISBN: 978-1-285-44552-6; Volume II: Since 1500 (Chapters 15-30), ISBN: 978-1-285-44553-3.

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Part I: THE EMERGENCE OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES, TO 500 B.C.E. 
1. Nature, Humanity, and the First River-Valley Civilizations, to 1500 B.C.E.
2. The Middle East and the Mediterranean, from 2000 B.C.E.
3. New Civilizations in East Asia, Africa, and Europe, from 2200 B.C.E.
Part II: THE FORMATION OF NEW CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 1200 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
4. Greece and Iran, 1000–30 B.C.E.
5. An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 B.C.E.–330 C.E.
6. India and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.–1025 C.E.
7. Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, 1200 B.C.E.–1500 C.E. 
Part III: GROWTH AND INTERACTION OF CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, 600 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.  
8. Networks of Communication and Exchange, To 1100. 
9. The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam, 600–1200.
10. Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600–1200. 
11. Inner and East Asia, 400–1200. 
Part IV: INTERREGIONAL PATTERNS OF CULTURE AND CONTACT, 1200–1550. 
12. Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath, 1200–1500. 
13. Europe East and West, 1200–1500. 
14. Southern Lands and Seas, 1200-1500 
15. The Maritime Revolution, to 1550.
Part V: THE GLOBE ENCOMPASSED, 1500–1800. 
16. Transformations in Europe, 1500–1750. 
17. The Americas, the Atlantic, and Africa, 1530–1770. 
18. Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, 1500–1750. 
19. East Asia, 1500–1800. 
Part VI: REVOLUTIONS RESHAPE THE WORLD, 1750–1870.
20. Industrial Revolution and Global Impact, 1760–1851. 
21. Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World, 1750–1850. 
22. Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1870. 
Part VII: GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND DOMINANCE, 1850–1945. 
23. Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, 1750-1914 
24. The New Power Balance, 1850–1900. 
25. The Crisis of the Imperial Order, 1900–1929. 
26. Revolutions in Living, 1900–1950. 
27. The Collapse of the Old Order, 1929–1949. 
Part VIII: PERILS AND PROMISES OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY, 1945 TO THE PRESENT. 
28. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1945–1991. 
29. New Challenges in a New Millennium, 2001–Present.

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