World history : the human experience

Abstract

Includes index

Rise of civilizations: Human beginnings (prehistory-1000 B.C); Early civilizations (4000-1000 B.C.); Kingdoms and empires in the Middle East (2000-480 B.C.) -- Flowering of civilizations: Rise of ancient Greece (200-350 B.C.); Triumph of Greek civilization (750-150 B.C.); Legacy of Rome (750 B.C.-A.D. 500); India's great civilization (1200 B.C.-A.D. 500); China' s flourishing civilization (1100 B.C.-A.D. 250) -- Regional civilizations: Byzantines and Slavs (A.D. 400-1500); Islam (A.D. 600-1300); Rise of Medieval Europe (A.D. 500-1300); Medieval Europe at its height (A.D. 1050-1500); East and South Asia (500 B.C.-A.D. 1400); Africa and the Americas (1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500) -- Emergence of the modern world: Renaissance and reformation (1400-1600); Exploration and empire (1400-1750); Royal power and conflict (1500-1750); Empires of Asia (1350-1850) --

[Cont.] Age of revolution: Scientific revolution (1600-1830); French Revolution (1700-1830) -- Age of industry and nationalism: Age of industry (1700-1914); Cultural revolution (1750-1914); Democracy and reform (1800-1914); Reaction and nationalism (1815- 1914); Age of imperialism (1800-1914) -- World in conflict: World War I (1914-1920); Between two fires (1919-1939); Nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (1919-1939); World War II (1930-1945) -- Contemporary world: Cold War (1945-1968); Asia and the Pacific (1945-present); Africa and Middle East (1945-present); Latin America (1945-present); Changes in North America and Europe (1968-present); Interdependent world (1945-present) -- Glossary