The Earth and It's People :??A Global History : Since 1500, Vol. 2 2nd BK&CDR

Contents I. The Emergence of Human Communities, to 600 BCE 1. Human Origins and the First River-Valley Civilizations, to 1500 BCE African Genesis History and Culture in the Ice Age The Agricultural Revolutions Life in Neolithic Communities The First River-Valley Civilizations Environment & Technology: Environmental Stress in the Indus Valley 2. The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Hemisphere, 2200-500 BCE Early China The Cosmopolitan Middle East Nubia The Aegean World The Fall of Late Bronze Age Civilizations Voices & Visions: The Amarna Letters II. The Formation of New Cultural Communities, 1000 BCE-500 CE 3. The Early Iron Age in Western Eurasia, 1000-300 BCE Celtic Europe The First Empire: The Rise of Assyria Israel Phoenicia and the Mediterranean The End of an Era: The Fall of Assyria Environment & Technology: Ancient Textiles and Dyes 4. Greece and Iran, 1000-30 BCE Ancient Iran Rise of the Greeks The Struggle of Persia and Greece The Hellenistic Synthesis Voices & Visions: Conceptions of Identity in Greece and Persia 5. An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753 BCE-330 CE Imperial Parallels Rome''s Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 BCE-330 CE Origins of Imperial China, 221 BCE-220 CE Environment & Technology: Writing as an Imperial Technology 6. India and Southeast Asia, 1500 BCE-1100 CE Foundations of Indian Civilization Imperial Expansion and Collapse Southeast Asia Voices & Visions: Tamil Culture III. Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities, 300-1200 7. Christian Europe Emerges, 300-1200 The Post-Roman Transformation The Western Church The Byzantium Empire Western Europe Revives Environment & Technology: Castles and Fortifications 8. Expanding Networks of Communication and the Rise of Islam, 300 BCE-1200 CE The Silk Road Indian Ocean Trade Routes Across the Sahara Sub-Saharan Africa The Spread of Ideas Origins of Islam The Caliphate in Power Islamic Civilization Voices & Visions: Saba, a Caravan City 9. Central and Eastern Asia, 400-1200 The Tang Empire and the Power of Transmission Localism and Specialization During the Centuries of Disunion Environment and Technology: Writing in East Asia, 600-1200 10. Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas, to 1500 Mesoamerica, to 800 CE Mesoamerica, from 800 to 1500 Northern Peoples Andean Civilizations Voices & Visions: Acllas IV. Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact, 1200-1500 11. Eurasia, 1200-1500 Central Asia in the Thirteenth Century The Fall and Rise of Islam National Definition in Response to the Mongols The Shaping of Eastern Eurasia Social Change and National Definition in East Asia Environment & Technology: Explosive Power 12. Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200-1500 Tropical Lands and Peoples New Islamic Empires Indian Ocean Trade Social and Cultural Change Voices & Visions: Personal Styles of Rule in India 13. The Latin West, 1200-1500 Rural Growth and Crisis Urban Revival Cultural Advances and the Renaissance The Rise of New Monarchies Environment & Technology: Cannon V. The Globe Encompassed, 1500-1800 14. Global Expansion and Encounters, to 1500 European Expansion, 1450-1550 Encounters with Europe, 1450-1550 Voices & Visions: European Male Sexual Dominance Overseas: A Metaphor? 15. The Transformation of Europe, 1500-1750 Religious and Political Innovations Building State Power: War and Diplomacy Urban Society and Commercial Technology Rural Society and the Environment The Realm of Ideas Environment & Technology: New Cosmologies 16. American Colonial Societies and the Atlantic System, 1530-1800 The Columbian Exchange Spanish America and Brazil English and French Colonies in North America The Atlantic System Creating the Atlantic Economy Africa and the Atlantic System Voices & Visions: Society in Colonial Mexico 17. Southwest Asia and the Muslim Empires, 1500-1750 The Ottoman Empire The Safavid Empire The Mughal Empire Environment & Technology: Textile Production 18. Central and Eastern Asia, 1500-1800 The Ming to Qing Transition Consolidation of the Qing Empire Decentralization and Innovation: Tokugawa Japan Voices & Visions: The Macartney Mission VI. Revolutions Reshape the World, 1750-1870 19. The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1870 Britain: A Society Open to Innovation The Technological Revolution The Industrial Revolution Spreads Environmental Impact of the Industrial Revolution Social Transformations Ideological and Political Responses to Industrialization Industrialization and Nonindustrial World Before 1870 Environment & Technology: "The Annihilation of Time and Space" 20. Revolutionary Changes and Nation Building, 1750-1890 Prelude to Revolution: The Crisis of the Old Order The American Revolution The French Revolution Revolution Spreads, Conservatives Respond Nation Building in the Americas The Problem of Order The Challenge of Economic and Social Change Voices & Visions: Opportunities for Freedom Within the Cuban Slave System 21. Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750-1870 Changes and Exchanges in Africa India Under Company Rule Britain''s Eastern Empire Environment & Technology: Whaling 22. The Ottoman Empire and East Asia, 1800-1870 The Ottoman Empire and the European Model The Qing Empire and Foreign Coercion Japan, from Shogunate to Empire Voices & Visions: Lin Zexu VII. Global Dominance and Diversity, 1850-1945 23. The New Power Balance, 1850-1914 New Technologies and the World Economy Social Transformations Women and Gender Relations in the Victorian Age Nationalism and the Unification of Germany The Great Powers of Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century Great Powers Overseas Environment & Technology: Railroads and Immigration 24. The New Imperialism, 1869-1914 The New Imperialism: Motives and Methods The Scramble for Africa Asia and Western Dominance Imperialism in Latin America The World Economy and Tropical Environments Voices & Visions: A Nigerian Woman Remembers Her Childhood 25. The First and Second World Wars, 1914-1945 The "Great War" War and Revolution in Russia War in the Middle East Europe and America in the Twenties Aftermath of War in the Middle East The Depression The Stalin Revolution Japan Goes to War Fascism in Europe The Second World War The Character of Warfare Environment & Technology: Birth of the Computer 26. Revolutions and National Independence, 1900-1950 The Chinese Revolution The Indian Independence Movement The Mexican Revolution Voices & Visions: Revolutionary Art VIII. The Perils and Promises of a Global Community, 1945 to the Present 27. Decolonization and the Cold War, 1945-1991 Decolonization and Nation Building The Cold War Limits to Superpower Influence The End of the Bipolar World Environment & Technology: Rocketry and Space Exploration 28. The Global Contest for Resources after 1945 Competition and Integration in a Global Economy Population Growth The Movement of People Technological and Environmental Change Voices & Visions: China''s Family Planning Needs 29. The World at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Global Culture? Toward a Global Culture? Toward a Global Government? Toward a Fragmented World? The Endurance of Cultural Diversity Environment & Technology:Bulliet, Richard W. is the author of 'The Earth and It's People :??A Global History : Since 1500, Vol. 2 2nd BK&CDR' with ISBN 9780618003242 and ISBN 061800324X.