PrefaceVersions and Supplements
Maps
Special Features
Working with Primary Sources
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
The History of the Universe
The History of a Planet
The History of the Human Species… in a Single Paragraph
Why World History?
Comparison, Connection, and Change: The Three Cs of World History
Snapshot: A History of the Universe as a Cosmic Calendar
Part One: First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 500 b.c.e.
The Big Picture
Turning Points in Early World History
The Emergence of Humankind
The Globalization of Humankind
The Revolution of Farming and Herding
The Turning Point of Civilization
A Note on Dates
*Mapping Part One
1 Chapter One: First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, To 4000 b.c.e.
Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations
Into Eurasia
Into Australia
Into the Americas
Into the Pacific
The Ways We Were
The First Human Societies
Economy and the Environment
The Realm of the Spirit
Settling Down: The Great Transition
Breakthroughs to Agriculture
Common Patterns
Variations
The Globalization of Agriculture
Triumph and Resistance
The Culture of Agriculture
Social Variation in the Age of Agriculture
Pastoral Societies
Agricultural Village Societies
Chiefdoms
Reflections: The Uses of the Paleolithic
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Paleolithic Era in Perspective
*Portrait: Ishi, The Last of His People
Considering the Evidence
*Visual and Documentary Sources:
History before Writing: How Do We Know?Document: A Paleolithic Woman in the Twentieth Century: Nisa: The Life and Words of an !Kung Woman, 1969-1976
Visual Sources: Lascaux Rock Art
Women, Men, and Religion in Çatalhüyük
Otzi the Iceman
Stonehenge
Using the Evidence
2 First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 b.c.e.–500 b.c.e.
Something New: The Emergence of Civilizations
Introducing the First Civilizations
The Question of Origins
An Urban Revolution
The Erosion of Equality
Hierarchies of Class
Hierarchies of Gender
Patriarchy in Practice
The Rise of the State
Coercion and Consent
Writing and Accounting
The Grandeur of Kings
Comparing Mesopotamia and Egypt
Environment and Culture
Cities and States
Interaction and Exchange
Reflections: “Civilization”: What’s in a Word?
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Writing in Ancient Civilizations
*Portrait: Paneb of Egypt
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Life and Afterlife in Mesopotamia and Egypt 2.1—In Search of Eternal Life: The Epic of Gilgamesh
, ca. 2700 B.C.E.–2500 b.c.e.
2.2–Law and Justice in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Law Code of Hammurabi
, ca. 1800 b.c.e.
2.3—The Afterlife of a Pharaoh: A Pyramid Text, 2333 b.c. e.
2.4—A New Basis for Egyptian Immortality:
Book of the Dead, ca. 1550-1064 b.c.e.
2.5—The Occupations of Old Egypt:
Be a Scribe, ca. 2066-1650 b.c.e.
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Indus Valley Civilization A Seal from the Indus Valley
Man from Mohenjo Daro
Dancing Girl
Using the Evidence
Part Two: Second Wave Civilizations in World History, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
The Big Picture
After the First Civilizations: What Changed and What Didn’t?
Continuities in Civilization
Changes in Civilization
Snapshot: World Population during the Age of Agricultural Civilization
*Mapping Part Two
3 State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
Empires and Civilizations in Collision: The Persians and the Greeks
The Persian Empire
The Greeks
Collision: The Greco-Persian Wars
Collision: Alexander and the Hellenistic Era
Comparing Empires: Roman and Chinese
Rome: From City-State to Empire
China: From Warring States to Empire
Consolidating the Roman and Chinese Empires
The Collapse of Empires
Intermittent Empire: The Case of India
Reflections: Enduring Legacies of Second-Wave Empires
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Distinctive Features of Second-Wave Eurasian Civilizations
*Portrait: Trung Trac, Resisting the Chinese Empire
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Political Authority in Second Wave Civilizations 3.1—In Praise of Athenian Democracy: Pericles,
Funeral Oration, 431-430 b.c.e.
3.2—In Praise of the Roman Empire: Aelius Aristides,
The Roman Oration, 155 c.e.
3.3—Governing a Chinese Empire:
The Writings of Master Han Fei, third century b.c.e.
3.4—Governing an Indian Empire: Ashoka, The Rock Edicts, ca. 268-232 b.c.e.
Using the Evidence
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Visual Sources: Representing Political Authority
Bihustun Inscription
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
Qin Shihuangdi Funerary Complex
Augustus
Using the Evidence
4 Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
China and the Search for Order
The Legalist Answer
The Confucian Answer
The Daoist Answer
Cultural Traditions of Classical India
South Asian Religion: From Ritual Sacrifice to Philosophical Speculation
The
Buddhist Challenge Hinduism as a Religion of Duty and Devotion
Moving toward Monotheism: The Search for God in the Middle East
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
The Cultural Tradition of Classical Greece: The Search for a Rational Order
The Greek Way of Knowing
The Greek Legacy
The Birth of Christianity…with Buddhist Comparisons
The Lives of the Founders
The Spread of New Religions
Institutions, Controversies, and Divisions
Reflections: Religion and Historians
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Thinkers and Philosophies of the Second-Wave Era
*Portrait: Perpetua, Christian Martyr
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
The Good Life in Eurasian Civilizations 4.1—Reflections from Confucius: Confucius,
The Analects, ca. 479-221 b.c.e.
4.2—Reflections from the Hindu Scriptures: Bhagavad Gita, ca. fifth to second century b.c.e.
4.3—Reflections from Socrates: Plato,
Apology, ca. 399 b.c.e.
4.4—Reflections from Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew, ca. 70-100 c.e.
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Representations of the BuddhaFootprints of the Buddha
A Gandhara Buddha
A Bodhisattva of Compassion: Kannon of 1,000 Arms
The Chinese Maitreya Buddha
Using the Evidence
5 Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
Society and the State in China
An Elite of Officials
The Landlord Class
Peasants
Merchants
Class and Caste in India
Caste as
Varna Caste as
Jati The Functions of Caste
Slavery: The Case of the Roman Empire
Slavery and Civilization
The Making of Roman Slavery
Resistance and Rebellion
Comparing Patriarchies
A Changing Patriarchy: The Case of China
Contrasting Patriarchies in Athens and Sparta
Reflections: Arguing with Solomon and the Buddha
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Social Life and Duty in India
*Portrait: Ge Hong, a Chinese Scholar in Troubled Times
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Patriarchy and Women’s Voices 5.1—A Chinese Woman’s Instructions to Her Daughters: Ban Zhao,
Lessons for Women, Late First century c.e.
5.2—An Alternative to Patriarchy in India:
Psalms of the Sisters, First Ccentury b.c.e.
5.3—Roman Women in Protest: Livy,
History of Rome, Late First Century b.c.e. to Early First Century c.e.
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Pompeii as a Window on the Roman WorldTerentius Neo and His Wife
A Pompeii Banquet
Scenes in a Pompeii Tavern
A Domestic Shrine
Mystery Religions: The Cult of Dionysus
Using the Evidence
6 Commonalities and Variations: Africa and the Americas, 500 b.c.e.–1200 c.e.
Continental Comparisons
African Civilizations
Meroë: Continuing a Nile Valley Civilization
Axum: The Making of a Christian Kingdom
Along the Niger River: Cities without States
Civilizations of Mesoamerica
The Maya: Writing and Warfare
Teotihuacán: The Americas’ Greatest City
Civilizations of the Andes
Chavín: A Pan-Andean Religious Movement
Moche: A Civilization of the Coast
Wari and Tiwanaku: Empires of the Interior
Alternatives to Civilization: Bantu Africa
Cultural Encounters
Society and Religion
Alternatives to Civilization: North America
The Ancestral Pueblo: Pit Houses and Great Houses
Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands: The Mound Builders
Reflections: Deciding What’s Important: Balance in World History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Continental Population in the Second-Wave Era
*Portrait: Piye, Kushite Conqueror of Egypt
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Axum and the World 6.1—A Guidebook to the World of Indian Ocean Commerce:
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, First Century c.e.
6.2—The Making of an Axumite Empire: Inscription on a Stone Throne, Second or Third century c.e.
6.3—The Coming of Christianity to Axum: Rufinus,
On the Evangelization of Abyssinia, Late Fourth Century c.e.
6.4—Axum and the Gold Trade: Cosmas,
The Christian Topography, Sixth Century c.e.
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Art and the Maya EliteShield Jaguar and Lady Xok: A Royal Couple of Yaxchilan
The Presentation of Captives
A Bloodletting Ritual
The Ball Game
Using the Evidence
Part Three: An Age of Accelerating Connections, 500–1500
The Big Picture
Defining a Millennium
Third-Wave Civilizations: Something New, Something Old, Something Blended
The Ties That Bind: Transregional Interaction in the Third Wave Era
*Mapping Part Three
7 Commerce and Culture, 500–1500
Silk Roads: Exchange across Eurasia
The Growth of the Silk Roads
Goods in Transit
Cultures in Transit
Disease in Transit
Sea Roads: Exchange across the Indian Ocean
Weaving the Web of an Indian Ocean World
Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: Southeast Asia
Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change: East Africa
Sand Roads: Exchange across the Sahara
Commercial Beginnings in West Africa
Gold, Salt, and Slaves: Trade and Empire in West Africa
An American Network: Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere
Reflections: Economic Globalization—Ancient and Modern
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Economic Exchange along the Silk Roads
Snapshot: Economic Exchange in the Indian Ocean Basin
*Portrait: Thorfinn Karlsefni, Viking Voyager
Considering the Evidence
Documents: Travelers’ Tales and Observations
7.1—A Chinese Buddhist in India: Huili,
A Biography of the Tripitaka Master and Xuanzang,
Record of the Western Region, Seventh Century c.e.
7.2—A European Christian in China: Marco Polo,
The Travels of Marco Polo, 1299
7.3—A Arab Muslim in West Africa: Ibn Battuta,
Travels in Asia and Africa, 1354
Using the Evidence
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Visual Sources: Traveling the Silk Road
Silk Road Merchants Encounter Bandits
A Stop at a Caravanserai
A Buddhist Monk on the Silk Road
Greek Culture, Buddhism, and the Kushans
Islam, Shamanism, and the Turks
Using the Evidence
8 China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500–1300
Together Again: The Reemergence of a Unified China
A “Golden Age” of Chinese Achievement
Women in the Song Dynasty
China and the Northern Nomads: A Chinese World Order in the Making
The Tribute System in Theory
The Tribute System in Practice
Cultural Influence across an Ecological Frontier
Coping with China: Comparing Korea, Vietnam, and Japan
Korea and China • Vietnam and China • Japan and China
China and the Eurasian World Economy
Spillovers: China’s Impact on Eurasia
On the Receiving End: China as Economic Beneficiary
China and Buddhism
Making Buddhism Chinese
Losing State Support: The Crisis of Chinese Buddhism
Reflections: Why Do Things Change?
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
*Snapshot: Chinese Technological Achievements
*Portrait: Izumi Shikibu, Japanese Poet and Lover
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
The Making of Japanese Civilization 8.1—Japanese Political Ideals: Shotoku, The Seventeen Article
Constitution, 604
8.2—The Uniqueness of Japan: Kitabatake Chikafusa,
The Chronicle of the Direct Descent of Gods and Sovereigns, 1339
8.3—Social Life at Court: Sei Shonagon,
Pillow Book, ca. 1000
8.4—The Way of the Warrior: Shiba Yosimasa, Advice to Young Samurai, ca. 1400 and Imagawa Ryoshun,
The Imagawa Letter, 1412
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
The Leisure Life of China’s Elites A Banquet with the Emperor
At Table with the Empress
A Literary Gathering
An Elite Night Party
Using the Evidence
9 The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
The Birth of a New Religion
The Homeland of Islam
The Messenger and the Message
The Transformation of Arabia
The Making of an Arab Empire
War, Conquest, and Tolerance
Conversion
Divisions and Controversies
Women and Men in Early Islam
Islam and Cultural Encounter: A Four-Way Comparison
The Case of India
The Case of Anatolia
The Case of West Africa
The Case of Spain
The World of Islam as a New Civilization
Networks of Faith
Networks of Exchange
Reflections: Past and Present: Choosing Our History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Key Achievements in Islamic Science and Scholarship
*Portrait: Mansa Musa, West African Monarch and Muslim Pilgrim
Considering the Evidence
Documents: Voices of Islam
9.1—The Voice of Allah:
The Quran, Seventh Century c.e.
9.2—The Voice of the Prophet Muhammad: The
Hadith, Eighth and Ninth centuries
9.3—The Voice of the Law: The
Sharia, ninth century
9.4—The Voice of the Sufis: Inscription on Rumi’s Tomb, Thirteenth Century, Rumi,
Poem, Thirteenth Century, and
Rumi,
Mathnawi, Thirteenth Century
Using the Evidence
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Visual Sources: The Life of the Prophet Muhammad and the Archangel Gabriel
The Night Journey of Muhammad
The Battle at Badr
The Destruction of the Idols
Using the Evidence
10 The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction, Expansion, and Division, 500–1300
Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa
Asian Christianity
African Christianity
Byzantine Christendom: Building on the Roman Past
The Byzantine State
The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence
Byzantium and the World
The Conversion of Russia
Western Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman Collapse
Political Life in Western Europe, 500–1000
Society and the Church, 500–1000
Accelerating Change in the West, 1000–1300
Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition
The West in Comparative Perspective
Catching Up
Pluralism in Politics
Reason and Faith
Reflections: Remembering and Forgetting: Continuity and Surprise in the Worlds of Christendom
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
*Snapshot: European Borrowing
*Portrait: Cecilia Penifader, An English Peasant and Unmarried Woman
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
The Making of Christian Europe 10.1—The Conversion of Clovis: Gregory of Tours,
History of the Franks, Late Sixth Century
10.2—Advice on Dealing with “Pagans”: Pope Gregory, Advice to the English Church, 603
10.3—Charlemagne and the Saxons: Charlemagne,
Capitulary on Saxony, 785
10.4— The Persistence of Tradition:
Willibald,
Life of Boniface, ca. 760 and
10.5—
The Leechbook, Tenth Century
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Reading Byzantine IconsChrist Pantokrator
The Nativity
Ladder of Divine Ascent
Using the Evidence
11: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200–1500
Looking Back and Looking Around: The Long History of Pastoral Nomads
The World of Pastoral Societies
Before the Mongols: Pastoralists in History
Breakout: The Mongol Empire
From Temujin to Chinggis Khan: The Rise of the Mongol Empire
Explaining the Mongol Moment
Encountering the Mongols: Comparing Three Cases
China and the Mongols
Persia and the Mongols
Russia and the Mongols
The Mongol Empire as a Eurasian Network
Toward a World Economy
Diplomacy on a Eurasian Scale
Cultural Exchange in the Mongol Realm
The Plague: An Afro-Eurasian Pandemic
Reflections: Changing Images of Nomadic Peoples
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Varieties of Pastoral Societies
*Portrait, Khutulun, A Mongol Wrestler Princess
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Perspectives on the Mongols 11.1—Mongol History from a Mongol Source:
The Secret History of the Mongols, ca. 1240
11.2—A Letter from Chinggis Khan: Chinggis Khan,
Letter to Changchun, 1219
11.3—A Russian View of the Mongols:
The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1238
11.4—Chinese Perceptions of the Mongols:
Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, 1274
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
The Black Death and Religion in Western Europe The Flagellants
Burying the Dead
A Culture of Death
In the Face of Catastrophe—Questioning or Affirming the Faith
• Using the Evidence
12 The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century
The Shapes of Human Communities
Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America
Agricultural Village Societies: The Igbo and the Iroquois
Herding Peoples: Central Asia and West Africa
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: Comparing China and Europe
Ming Dynasty China
European Comparisons: State Building and Cultural Renewal
European Comparisons: Maritime Voyaging
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Islamic World
In the Islamic Heartland: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires
On the Frontiers of Islam: The Songhay and Mughal Empires
Civilizations of the Fifteenth Century: The Americas
The Aztec Empire
The Inca Empire
Webs of Connection
A Preview of Coming Attractions: Looking Ahead to the Modern Era, 1500–2012
Reflections: What If? Chance and Contingency in World History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Major Developments around the World in the Fifteenth Century
Snapshot: World Population Growth, 1000–2000
*Portrait: Zheng He, China’s Non-Chinese Admiral
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
The Aztecs and the Incas through Spanish Eyes 12.1—Diego Duran on the Aztecs: King Moctezuma I,
Laws, Ordinances and Regulations, ca. 1450 and Diego Duran,
Book of the Gods and Rites, 1574-1576
12.2— Pedro de Cieza de Léon on the Incas: Pedro de Cieza de Léon,
Chronicles of the Incas, ca. 1550
Using the Evidence
*
Visual Sources: Islam and Renaissance Europe Gentile Bellini, Portrait of Mehmed II
The Venetian Ambassador Visits Damascus
Aristotle and Averroes
St. George Baptizes the Pagans of Jerusalem
Giovanni da Modena, Muhammad in Hell
Using the Evidence
Part Four: The Early Modern World, 1450–1750
The Big Picture
Debating the Character of an Era
An Early Modern Era?
A Late Agrarian Era?
*Mapping Part Four
13 Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750
European Empires in the Americas
The European Advantage
The Great Dying
The Columbian Exchange
Comparing Colonial Societies in the Americas
In the Lands of the Aztecs and the Incas
Colonies of Sugar
Settler
Colonies in North AmericaThe Steppes and Siberia: The Making of a Russian Empire
Experiencing the Russian Empire
Russians and Empire
Asian Empires
Making China an Empire
Muslims and Hindus in the Mughal Empire
Muslims and Christians in the Ottoman Empire
Reflections: The Centrality of Context in World History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For
Further StudyLearningCurve
Snapshot: Ethnic Composition of Colonial Societies in Latin America
*Portrait: Doña Marina, Between Two Worlds
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
State Building in the Early Modern Era 13.1—The “Self-Portrait” of a Chinese Emperor: The Emperor Kangxi,
Reflections, 1671-1722
13.2—The Memoirs of Emperor Jahangir: Jahangir,
Memoirs, 1605-1627
13.3—An Outsider’s View of Suleiman I: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq,
The Turkish Letters, 1555-1562
13.4—French State-Building and Louis XIV:
Louis XIV,
Memoirs, 1670
• Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
The Conquest of Mexico through Aztec Eyes Disaster Foretold
Moctezuma and Cortés
The Massacre of the Nobles
The Spanish Retreat from Tenochtitlán
Using the Evidence
14 Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750
Europeans and Asian Commerce
A Portuguese Empire of Commerce
Spain and the Philippines
The East India Companies
Asian Commerce
Silver and Global Commerce
The “World Hunt”: Fur in Global Commerce
Commerce in People: The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Slave Trade in Context
The Slave Trade in Practice
Consequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa
Reflections: Economic Globalization—Then and Now
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions Next Steps: For
Further StudyLearningCurve
Snapshot: The Slave Trade in Numbers (1501-1866)
*Portrait: Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, To Slavery and Back
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Voices from the Slave Trade 00
14.1—The Journey to Slavery: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789
14.2—The Business of the Slave Trade: Thomas Phillips, “A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal of London,” 1694
14.3—The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo: King Affonso I, Letters to King Jao of Portugal, 1526
14.4—The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante: Osei Bons, Conversation with Joseph Dupuis, 1820
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources: Exchange and Status in the Early Modern World
Tea and Porcelain in Europe
A Chocolate Party in Spain
An Ottoman Coffeehouse
Clothing and Status in Colonial Mexico
Using the Evidence
15 Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750
The Globalization of Christianity
Western Christendom Fragmented: The Protestant Reformation
Christianity Outward Bound
Conversion and Adaptation in Spanish America
An Asian Comparison: China and the Jesuits
Persistence and Change in Afro-Asian Cultural Traditions
Expansion and Renewal in the Islamic World
China: New Directions in an Old Tradition
India: Bridging the Hindu/Muslim Divide
A New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern Science
The Question of Origins: Why Europe?
Science as Cultural Revolution
• Science and EnlightenmentLooking Ahead: Science in the Nineteenth Century
European Science beyond the West
Reflections: Cultural Borrowing and Its Hazards
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For
Further StudyLearningCurve
Snapshot: Catholic/Protestant Differences in the Sixteenth Century
Snapshot: Major Thinkers and Achievements of the Scientific Revolution
*Portrait: Ursula de Jesus, An Afro-Peruvian Slave and Christian Visionary
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Renewal and Reform in the Early Modern World 15.1—Luther’s Protest: Martin Luther,
Table Talk, early sixteenth century
15.2—Progress and Enlightenment: Marquis de Condorcet,
Sketch of the Progress of the Human Mind, 1793-1794
15.3—The Wahhabi Perspective on Islam: Abdullah Wahhab, “History and Doctrines of the Wahhabis,” 1803
15.4—The Poetry of Kabîr: Kabîr, Poetry, ca. late fifteenth century
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources: Global Christianity in the Early Modern World
Pieter Seanredam, Interior of a Dutch Reformed Church
Catholic Baroque: Interior of Pilgrimage Church, Mariazell, Austria
Cultural Blending in Andean Christianity
Making Christianity Chinese
Christian Art at the Mughal Court
Using the Evidence
Part Five: The European Moment In World History, 1750–1914
The Big Picture European Centrality and the Problem of Eurocentrism
Eurocentric Geography and History
Countering Eurocentrism
*Mapping Part Five
16 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1914
Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context
Comparing Atlantic Revolutions
The North American Revolution, 1775–1787
The French Revolution, 1789–1815
The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
Spanish American Revolutions, 1810–1825
Echoes of Revolution
The Abolition of Slavery
Nations and Nationalism
Feminist Beginnings
Reflections: Revolutions Pro and Con
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Key Moments in the Growth of Nationalism
*Portrait: Kartini, Feminism and Nationalism in Java
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Claiming Rights 16.1—The French Revolution and the “Rights of Man”:
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789
16.2—Rights and National Independence: Simón Bolívar, The Jamaica Letter, 1815
16.3—Rights and Slavery: Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”, 1852
16.4—The Rights of Women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
The Solitude of Self, 1892
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources: Representing the French Revolution
The Early Years of the French Revolution: “The Joyous Accord”
A Reversal of Roles: The Three Estates of Revolutionary France
Revolution and Religion: “Patience, Monsignor, your turn will come”
An English Response to Revolution: “Hell Broke Loose or The Murder of Louis”
Using the Evidence
17 Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750–1914
Explaining the Industrial Revolution
Why Europe?
Why Britain?
The First Industrial Society
The British Aristocracy
The Middle Classes
The Laboring Classes
Social Protest
Europeans in Motion
Variations on a Theme: Comparing Industrialization in the United States and Russia
The United States: Industrialization without Socialism
Russia:
Industrialization and Revolution The Industrial Revolution and Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
After Independence in Latin America
Facing the World Economy
Becoming like Europe?
Reflections: History and Horse Races
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Measuring the Industrial Revolution
Snapshot: The Industrial Revolution and the Global Divide
*Portrait: Ellen Johnston, Factory Girl and Poet
Considering the Evidence
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Documents: Experiencing Industrialization 17.1— The Experience of an English Factory Worker: Elizabeth Bentley, Factory Worker,
Testimony, 1831 and William Harter, Mill Owner,
Testimony, 1832
17.2—A Weaver’s Lament:
Only a Weaver, 1860s
17.3—A Middle-Class Understanding of the Industrial Poor: Samuel Smiles,
Thrift, 1875
17.4—Socialism According to Marx: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels,
The Communist Manifesto, 1848
17.5—Socialism in Song: Eugene Pottier (trans. Charles Kerr),
The Internationale, 1871
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Art and the Industrial Revolution The Machinery Department of the Crystal Palace
The Railroad as a Symbol of the Industrial Era
Outside the Factory: Eyre Crowe, The Dinner Hour, Wigan
Inside the Factory: Lewis Hine, Child Labor, 1912
John Leech, Capital and Labour
Using the Evidence
18 Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa, 1750–1950
Industry and Empire
A Second Wave of European Conquests
Under European Rule
Cooperation and Rebellion
Colonial Empires with a Difference
Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial Economies
Economies of Coercion: Forced Labor and the Power of the State
Economies of Cash-Crop Agriculture: The Pull of the Market
Economies of Wage Labor: Migration for Work
Women and the Colonial Economy: Examples from Africa
Assessing Colonial Development
Believing and Belonging: Identity and Cultural Change in the Colonial Era
Education
Religion
“Race” and “Tribe”
Reflections: Who Makes History?
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions • Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Long-Distance Migration in an Age of Empire, 1846–1940
*Portrait: Wanjiku of Kenya, An Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Indian Responses to Empire 18.1—Seeking Western Education: Ram Mohan Roy,
Letter to Lord Amherst, 1823
18.2—The Indian Rebellion: Prince Feroze Shah,
The Azamgarh Proclamation, 1857
18.3—The Credits and Debits of British Rule in India: Dadabhai Naoroji,
Speech to a London Audience, 1871
18.4—Gandhi on Modern Civilization: Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian Home Rule, 1908
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources: The Scramble for Africa
Prelude to the Scramble
Conquest and Competition
From the Cape to Cairo
British and French in North Africa
The Ethiopian Exception
Using the Evidence
19 Empire in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800–1914
Reversal of Fortune: China’s Century of Crisis
The Crisis Within
Western Pressures
The Failure of Conservative
ModernizationThe Ottoman Empire and the West in the Nineteenth Century
“The Sick Man of Europe”
Reform and Its Opponents
Outcomes: Comparing China and the Ottoman Empire
The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power
The Tokugawa Background
American Intrusion and the Meiji Restoration
Modernization Japanese Style
Japan and the World
Reflections: Success and Failure in History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Chinese/British Trade at Canton, 1835–1836
*Portrait: Commissioner Lin, Confronting the Opium Trade
Considering the Evidence
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Documents: Changing China 19.1—Towards a Constitutional Monarchy: Kang Youwei,
Memorial to Emperor Guangxu, 1898
19.2—Education and Examination: Anonymous,
Editorial on China’s Examination System, 1898, and Emperor Guangxu,
Edict on Education, 1898
19.3—Gender, Reform, and Revolution: Qiu Jin,
An Address to Two Hundred Million Fellow Countrywomen, 1904
19.4—Prescriptions for a Revolutionary China: Sun Yat-sen,
The Three People’s Principles and the Future of the Chinese People, 1906
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Japanese Perceptions of the West The Black Ships
Women and Westernization
Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Critique of Wholesale Westernization
Japan, China, and Europe: A Reversal of Roles
Using the Evidence
Part Six: The Most Recent Century, 1914–2012
The Big Picture
Since World War I: A New Period in World History?
*Mapping Part Six
20: Collapse at the Center: World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of Global Power, 1914–1970s
The First World War: European Civilization in Crisis, 1914–1918
An Accident Waiting to Happen
Legacies of the Great War
Capitalism Unraveling: The Great Depression
Democracy Denied: Comparing Italy, Germany, and Japan
The Fascist Alternative in Europe
Hitler and the Nazis
Japanese Authoritarianism
A Second World War
The Road to War in Asia
The Road to War in Europe
The
Outcomes of Global ConflictThe Recovery of Europe
Reflections: War and Remembrance: Learning from History
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: Comparing the Impact of the Depression
*Portrait: Etty Hillesum, Witness to the Holocaust
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Ideologies of the Axis Powers20.1—Hitler on Nazism: Adolph Hitler,
Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 1925-1926
20.2—The Japanese Way:
Cardinal Principles of the National Entity of Japan, 1937
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Propaganda and Critique in World War I Defining the Enemy
War and the Colonies
Women and the War
War and the Colonies
The Battlefield
The Aftermath of War
Using the Evidence
21 Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict: The Rise and Fall of World Communism, 1917–Present
Global Communism
Comparing Revolutions as a Path to Communism
Russia: Revolution in a Single Year
China: A Prolonged Revolutionary Struggle
Building Socialism in Two Countries
Communist Feminism
Socialism in the Countryside
Communism and Industrial Development
The Search for Enemies
East versus West: A Global Divide and a Cold War
Military Conflict and the Cold War
Nuclear Standoff and Third World Rivalry
Paths to the End of Communism
China: Abandoning Communism and Maintaining the Party
The Soviet Union: The Collapse of Communism and Country
Reflections: To Judge or Not to Judge
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: China under Mao, 1949–1976
*Portrait: Anna Dubova, A Peasant Woman and Soviet Communist
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Experiencing Stalinism 21.1—Stalin on Stalinism: Joseph Stalin, “The Results of the First Five-Year Plan,” 1933
21.2—Living through Collectivization: Maurice Hindus,
Red Bread, 1931
21.3—Living through Industrialization: Personal Accounts of Soviet Industrialization, 1930s
21.4—Living through the Terror: Personal Accounts of the Terror, 1930s
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Poster Art in Mao’s China Smashing the Old Society
Building the New Society: The People’s Commune
Women, Nature, and Industrialization
The Cult of Mao
Using the Evidence
22 The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage, 1914–Present
Toward Freedom: Struggles for Independence
The End of Empire in World History
Explaining African and Asian Independence
Comparing Freedom Struggles
The Case of India: Ending British Rule
The Case of South Africa: Ending Apartheid
Experiments with Freedom
Experiments in Political Order: Party, Army, and the Fate of Democracy
Experiments in Economic Development: Changing Priorities, Varying Outcomes
Experiments with Culture: The Role of Islam in Turkey and Iran
Reflections: History in the Middle of the Stream
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
Snapshot: World Population Growth, 1950-2011
*Portrait: Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Muslim Pacifist
Considering the Evidence
Documents:
Contending for Islam 22.1—A Secular State for an Islamic Society in Turkey: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,
Speech to the General Congress of the Republican Party, 1927
22.2—Political Islam: Ayatollah Khomeini,
Sayings of the Ayatollah Khomeini, 1980
22.3—Progressive Islam: Kabir Helminski,
“Islam and Human Values,” 2009
22.4—Abandoning Islam: Ayaan Hirsi Ail,
From Islam to America, 2010
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources: Representing Independence
African National Congress
Vietnamese Independence and Victory over the United States
Winning a Jewish National State
A Palestinian Nation in the Making
Using the Evidence
23 Capitalism and Culture: A New Phase of Global Interaction, since 1945
The Transformation of the World Economy
Reglobalization
Growth, Instability, and Inequality
Globalization and an American Empire
The Globalization of Liberation: Focus on Feminism
Feminism in the West
Feminism in the Global South
International Feminism
Religion and Global Modernity
Fundamentalism on a Global Scale
Creating Islamic Societies: Resistance and Renewal in the World of Islam
Religious Alternatives to Fundamentalism
Experiencing the Anthropocene Era: Environment and Environmentalism
The Global Environment Transformed
Green and Global
Final Reflections: Pondering the OAR
Second Thoughts
What’s the Significance?
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
LearningCurve
*Snapshot: Global Development and Inequality: 2011
*Portrait: Rachel Carson, Pioneer of Environmentalism
Considering the Evidence
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Documents: Voices of Global Feminism 23.1—Communist Feminism: Alexandra Kollotai,
“Communism and the Family,” 1920
23.2—Western Feminism: Andrea Dworkin,
“Remember, Resist, Do Not Comply,” 1995
23.3—Black American Feminism: Combahee River Collective,
A Black Feminist Statement, 1977
23.4—Islamic Feminism: Benzair Bhutto,
Politics and the Muslim Woman, 1985
23.5—Mexican Zapatista Feminists:
Indigenous Women’s Petition, March 1, 1994 and
The Women’s Revolutionary Law, January 1, 1994
Using the Evidence
Visual Sources:
Experiencing Globalization Globalization and Work
Globalization and Consumerism
Globalization and Protest
Globalization: One World or Many?
Using the Evidence
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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