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Achieve Read & Practice for A History of World Societies, Value (1-Term Access)
Eleventh EditionMerry E. Wiesner-Hanks; Patricia Buckley Ebrey; Roger B. Beck; Jerry Dávila; Clare Haru Crowston; John P. McKay
©2018ISBN:9781319194154
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The Combined Volume includes all chapters.
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16.
Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-33.
NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, quizzes for sources and features, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader Sources for World Societies, and quizzes for each of the documents in the companion reader – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.
Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Special Features
1. The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 B.C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
Evolution and Migration
Understanding the Early Human Past
Hominid Evolution
Homo Sapiens, "Thinking Humans"
Migration and Differentiation
Later Paleolithic Society, ca. 200,000–9000 B.C.E.
Foraging for Food
Family and Kinship Relationships
Cultural Creations and Spirituality
The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 B.C.E.
The Development of Horticulture
Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism
Agriculture
Neolithic Society
Social Hierarchies and Slavery
Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance
Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve LaunchPad
REVIEW AND EXPLORE
Chapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Human Migration in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Paleolithic Venus Figures LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Paleolithic Hand Markings LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Bison and Human in Lascaux Cave LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Stone Age Houses in Chile and China LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints LaunchPad
Individuals in Society The Iceman LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 1
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Origin Stories
Document 1-1: An Indian View of Creation from the Rig Veda, ca. 600 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 1-1 LaunchPad
Document 1-2: The Yuchi People Explain Their Origins, ca. 1929
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Document 1-3: A Greek Description of the Elemental Forces, Hesiod, From Theogony, ca. 700 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 1-3 LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 1-4: Clues about Early Human History in a Neolithic Grave, Double Burial from Mantua, Italy, ca. 6000-5000 B.C.E.
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Document 1-5: Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Era, Cave Painting of a Male and Female Deer, ca. 13,000 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 1-5 LaunchPad
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 1 LaunchPad
2. Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800–500 B.C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
Writing, Cities, and States
Written Sources and the Human Past
Cities and the Idea of Civilization
The Rise of States, Laws, and Social Hierarchies
Mesopotamia from Sumer to Babylon
Environmental Challenges, Irrigation, and Religion
Sumerian Politics and Society
Writing, Mathematics, and Poetry
Empires in Mesopotamia
Life Under Hammurabi
The Egyptians
The Nile and the God-King
Egyptian Society and Work
Migrations, Revivals, and Collapse
Iron and the Emergence of New States
The Hebrews
The Hebrew State
The Jewish Religion
Hebrew Society
The Assyrians and Persians
Assyria, the Military Monarchy
The Rise and Expansion of the Persian Empire
The Religion of Zoroaster
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Gilgamesh’s Quest for Immortality LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Addressing the Gods LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Egyptian Families LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Hatshepsut and Nefertiti LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Rulers and Divine Favorfor Babylonians and Hebrews LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 2
Introduction to the Documents
Document 2-1: A Mesopotamian Quest for Immortality, From The Epic of Gilgamesh, ca. 2700-2500 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 2-1 LaunchPad
Document 2-2: Law and Order in Ancient Babylonia, Hammurabi, Hammurabi’s Code: Laws on Society and Family Life, ca. 1800 B.C.E.,
Quiz for Document 2-2 LaunchPad
Document 2-3: Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt, Book of Exodus, ca. 950-450 B.C.E.
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VIEWPOINTS: Imperial Propaganda in the Ancient near East
Document 2-4: Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, An Assyrian Emperor’s Resume, ca. 875 B.C.E.
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Document 2-5: Cyrus of Persia, Righteous Rule, ca. 470 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 2-5 LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 2 LaunchPad
3. The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 C.E.
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The Land and Its First Settlers, ca. 3000–1500 B.C.E.
The Aryans During the Vedic Age, ca. 1500–500 B.C.E.
Aryan Dominance in North India
Life in Early India
Brahmanism
India’s Great Religions
Jainism
Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism
Hinduism
Western Contact and the Mauryan Unification of North India, ca. 513–185 B.C.E.
Encounters with the West
Chandragupta and the Founding of the Mauryan Empire
The Reign of Ashoka, ca. 269–232 B.C.E.
Small States and Trading Networks, 185 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve LaunchPad
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Chapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Harappan Artifacts LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Divine Martial Prowess in India and Sumer LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Gandharan Frieze Depicting the Buddha’s Enlightenment LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Sudatta, Lay Follower of the Buddha LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Mauryan Empire, ca. 250 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 3
Introduction to the Documents
Document 3-1: A Residential Street in Mohenjo-daro, ca. 2500-2000 B.C.E.
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VIEWPOINTS: The Path to Enlightenment
Document 3-2: The Buddha, The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment, ca. 530-29 B.C.E.
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Document 3-3: From the Upanishads, On the Nature of the Soul, ca. 450 B.C.E.
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 3-4: Social Mores in Ancient India, From The Laws of Manu, ca. 100 B.C.E.-200 C.E.
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Document 3-5: Ashoka, From Thirteenth Rock Edict, 256 B.C.E.
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Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 3 LaunchPad
4. China’s Classical Age, to 221 B.C.E.
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The Emergence of Civilization in China
The Impact of Geography
Early Agricultural Societies of the Neolithic Age
The Shang Dynasty, ca. 1500–1050 B.C.E.
Shang Society
Bronze Metalworking
The Development of Writing
The Early Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1050–400 B.C.E.
Zhou Politics
Life During the Zhou Dynasty
The Warring States Period, 403–221 B.C.E.
New Technologies for War
The Victorious States
Confucius and His Followers
Confucius
The Spread of Confucian Ideas
Daoism, Legalism, and Other Schools of Thought
Daoism
Legalism
Yin and Yang
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve LaunchPad
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Chapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Geography of Historical China LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints The Inglorious Side of War in the Book of Songs and the Patirruppattu LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Lord Mengchang LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Ideas About the Divine Realm LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Teachings of Confucius LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Inscribed Bamboo Slips LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 4
Introduction to the Documents
Document 4-1: Detail of Ritual Vase known as the Tigress, ca. 1200 B.C.E
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Document 4-2: Confucius on Kingship, From Book of Documents, ca. 900-100 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 4-2 LaunchPad
VIEWPOINTS: Philosophical Responses to Social and Political Disorder
Document 4-3: Confucius, From Analects, ca. 500 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.
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Document 4-4: Laozi, From Dao De Jing: Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E.
Document 4-4: Laozi, From Dao De Jing: Administering the Empire, ca. 500-400 B.C.E.
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Document 4-5: Han Fei, The Five Vermin, ca. 250-25 B.C.E.
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 4 LaunchPad
5. The Greek Experience, 3500–30 B.C.E.
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Greece in the Bronze Age, ca. 3000–800 B.C.E.
The Minoans and Mycenaeans
The "Dark Age"
The Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age, ca. 800–500 B.C.E.
Organization of the Polis
Overseas Expansion
The Growth of Sparta
The Evolution of Athens
Turmoil and Culture in the Classical Period, 500–338 B.C.E.
The Deadly Conflicts, 499–404 B.C.E.
Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles
Families and Sexual Relations
Public and Personal Religion
The Flowering of Philosophy
Hellenistic Society, 323–30 B.C.E.
From Polis to Monarchy, 404–200 B.C.E.
Building a Hellenized Society The Growth of Trade and Commerce
Hellenistic Religion, Philosophy, and Science
Religion in the Hellenistic World
Philosophy and Its Guidance for Life
Hellenistic Science and Medicine
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve LaunchPad
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Chapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Hesiod, Works and Days LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Acropolis of Athens LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Gender Roles in Classical Athens LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Alexander’s Conquests, 336–324 B.C.E. LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Hellenistic and Chinese Spells LaunchPad
Quiz for Global Viewpoints LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 5
Introduction to the Documents
Document 5-1: Homer, From The Iliad, ca. 750 B.C.E.,
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Document 5-2: Plato, From Apologia, ca. 399 B.C.E.,
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Document 5-3: Plutarch, From Life of Cleomenes III, First Century C.E.
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VIEWPOINTS: Depicting the Human Form
Document 5-4: A Hellenic Depiction of Physical Perfection, Zeus from Artemisium, ca. 460 B.C.E.
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Document 5-5: A Hellenistic Depiction of Human Suffering, The Dying Gaul, ca. 230-220 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 5-5 LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 5 LaunchPad
6. The World of Rome, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–400 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
The Romans in Italy
The Etruscans
The Founding of Rome
The Roman Conquest of Italy
The Roman State
Social Conflict in Rome
Roman Expansion and Its Repercussions
Overseas Conquests and the Punic Wars, 264–133 B.C.E.
New Influences and Old Values in Roman Culture
The Late Republic and the Rise of Augustus, 133–27 B.C.E.
The Successes of Augustus
Rome and the Provinces
Political and Military Changes in the Empire
Life in Imperial Rome
Prosperity in the Roman Provinces
Eastward Expansion and Contacts Between Rome and China
The Coming of Christianity
Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity
The Life and Teachings of Jesus
The Spread of Christianity
The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of Christianity
Turmoil and Reform
Political Measures
Economic Issues
The Acceptance of Christianity
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Queen Cleopatra LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Ara Pacis LaunchPad
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence LaunchPad
Mapping the Past Roman Expansion, 262 B.C.E.–180 C.E. LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Roman and Chinese Officials in Times of Disaster LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Army and Empire LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Edict of Toleration and the Edict of Milan LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 6
Introduction to the Documents
Document 6-1: The Twelve Tables, ca. 450 B.C.E.,
Quiz for Document 6-1 LaunchPad
Document 6-2: Plutarch, On Julius Caesar, ca. 44 C.E.,
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Document 6-3: Initiation into the Cult of Dionysus, ca. 60-50 B.C.E.
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VIEWPOINTS: Christianity and the Roman State
Document 6-4: Pliny the Younger, Letters to and from the Emperor Trajan on Christians, 111-113 C.E
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Document 6-5: Tertullian, From Apologia, ca. 197 C.E.
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 6 LaunchPad
7. East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
The Age of Empire in China: The Qin and Han Dynasties
The Qin Unification, 221–206 B.C.E.
The Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.
Han Intellectual and Cultural Life
Inner Asia and the Silk Road
Life in Han China
China and Rome
The Fall of the Han and the Age of Division
The Spread of Buddhism Out of India
Buddhism’s Path Through Central Asia
The Appeal and Impact of Buddhism in China
The Chinese Empire Re-created: Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907)
The Sui Dynasty, 581–618
The Tang Dynasty, 618–907
Tang Culture
The East Asian Cultural Sphere
Vietnam
Korea
Japan
Chapter Summary
Connections
LearningCurve LaunchPad
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Chapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Thinking Like A Historian Who Made the Chinese Silks Found Along the Silk Road? LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Individuals in Society The Ban Family LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Spread of Buddhism, ca. 500 B.C.E.–800 C.E. LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Sixth-Century Biographies of Buddhist Nuns LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Hōryūji Temple LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Coping with Epidemics in Japan and Byzantium LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 7
Introduction to the Documents
Document 7-1: Sima Qian, From the Records of the Historian, ca. 109-86 B.C.E.
Quiz for Document 7-1 LaunchPad
Document 7-2: Ban Zhao, From Lessons for Women ca. 80 C.E.
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Document 7-3: Hachiman, Shinto God of War, ca. 1100-1300 C.E.
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VIEWPOINTS: Buddhism in China
Document 7-4: Han Yu, From Lives of the Eminent Monks, ca. 550 C.E.
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Document 7-5: Emperor Wuzong, Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism, 845 C.E.
Quiz for Document 7-5 LaunchPad
Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 7 LaunchPad
8. Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250–850
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The Byzantine Empire
Sources of Byzantine Strength
The Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with Byzantium
Justinian’s Code of Law
Byzantine Intellectual Life
Life in Constantinople
The Growth of the Christian Church
The Evolution of Church Leadership and Orthodoxy
The Western Church and the Eastern Church
Christian Monasticism
Christian Ideas and Practices
Christianity and Classical Culture
Saint Augustine on Sin, Grace, and Redemption
The Iconoclastic Controversy
Migrating Peoples
Social and Economic Structures
Tribes, Warriors, and Laws
Migrations and Political Change
Christian Missionaries and Conversion
Missionaries’ Actions
The Process of Conversion
Frankish Rulers and Their Territories
The Merovingians and Carolingians
The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne
Chapter Summary
Connections
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Chapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Theodora of Constantinople LaunchPad
Quiz for Individuals in Society LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian Slavery in Roman and Germanic Society LaunchPad
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Orthodox Icon of Jesus LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Roman and Byzantine Views of Barbarians LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past The Spread of Christianity, ca. 300–800 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Capitulary de Villis LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 8
Introduction to the Documents
Document 8-1: Saint Benedict of Nursia, From The Rule of Saint Benedict, 529
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Document 8-2: The Law of the Salian Franks, ca. 500-600,
Quiz for Document 8-2 LaunchPad Document 8-3: Procopius, From The Secret History, ca. 550-562
VIEWPOINTS: Justinian’s Deeds and His Critics
Document 8-3: Procopius, From the Secret History (ca. 550-562)
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Document 8-4: Hagia Sophia, 537
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 8-5: Einhard, From The Life of Charlemagne, 829-836,
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Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 8 LaunchPad
9. The Islamic World, 600–1400
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The Origins of Islam
Arabian Social and Economic Structure
Muhammad’s Rise as a Religious Leader
The Tenets of Islam
Islamic States and Their Expansion
Islam’s Spread Beyond Arabia
Reasons for the Spread of Islam
The Caliphate and the Split Between Shi’a and Sunni Alliances
The Abbasid Caliphate
Administration of the Islamic Territories
Fragmentation and Military Challenges, 900–1400
Breakaway Territories and Shi’a Gains
The Ascendancy of the Turks
The Mongol Invasions
Muslim Society: The Life of the People
The Social Hierarchy
Slavery
Women in Classical Islamic Society
Marriage, the Family, and Sexuality
Trade and Commerce
Cultural Developments
The Cultural Centers of Baghdad and Córdoba
Education and Intellectual Life
The Mystical Tradition of Sufism
Muslim-Christian Encounters
Chapter Summary
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Chapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Mapping the Past The Expansion of Islam, 622–900 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Abu Hamid al-Ghazali on the Etiquette of Marriage LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian The Risks and Rewards of Indian Ocean Seaborne Trade LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Ibn Battuta LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Amusing Animal Stories by Syrian and Greek Authors LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Sufi Collective Ritual LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 9
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Islam and the People of the Book
Document 9-1: Muhammad, Qur’an, ca. 650
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Document 9-2: Muhammad, The Constitution of Medina, ca. 625
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 9-3: Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela, From Book of Travels, ca. 1159-1172
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Document 9-4: Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 987 and Gate of Al Hakam II, 987
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Document 9-5: Ibn Khaldūn,From Prolegomenon to History, 1377
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Comparative Questions
Quiz for Sources of World Societies Chapter 9 LaunchPad
10. African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
The Land and Peoples of Africa
Early African Societies
Agriculture and Its Impact
Bantu Migrations
Life in the Kingdoms of the Western Sudan, ca. 1000 B.C.E.–800 C.E.
The Trans-Saharan Trade
The Berbers of North Africa
Effects of Trade on West African Society
The Spread of Islam in Africa
African Kingdoms and Empires, ca. 800–1500
The Kingdom of Ghana, ca. 900–1100
The Kingdom of Mali, ca. 1200–1450
Ethiopia: The Christian Kingdom of Aksum
The East African City-States
Southern Africa and Great Zimbabwe
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Mapping the Past African Kingdoms and Trade, ca. 800–1500 LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Amda Siyon LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Queen of Sheba and King Solomon LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Early Descriptions of Africa from Egypt LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence A Tenth-Century Muslim Traveler Describes Parts of the East African Coast LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Great Zimbabwe LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 10
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS:
Document 10-1: Ezana, King of Aksum, Stele of Ezana, ca. 325
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Document 10-2: Abu Ubaydallah Al-Bakri, From The Book of Routes and Realms, ca. 1067-1068
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Document 10-3: Abū Hāmid Muhammad Al-Andalusī Al-Gharnātī,From Gift of the Spirit, ca. 1120-1170
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Document 10-4: Leo Africanus, From The History and Description of Africa, 1526,
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Document 10-5: A History of West Africa by West Africans, From Epic of Sundiata, ca. 1250
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Comparative Questions
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11. The Americas, 3200 B.C.E.–1500 C.E.
GUIDED READING ACTIVITY LaunchPad
Societies of the Americas in a Global Context
Trade and Technology
Settlement and Environment
Ancient Societies
Olmec Agriculture, Technology, and Religion
Hohokam, Hopewell, and Mississippian Societies
Kinship and Ancestors in the Andes
The Incas
The Inca Model of Empire
Inca Imperial Expansion
Imperial Needs and Obligations
The Maya and Teotihuacan
Maya Agriculture and Trade
Maya Science and Religion
Teotihuacan and the Toltecs
The Aztec Empire
The Mexica: From Vassals to Masters
Life in the Aztec Empire
The Limits of the Aztec Empire
American Empires and the Encounter
The Last Day of the Aztecs
The Fall of the Incas
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Mapping the Past The Inca Empire, 1532 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Maya Calendar LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Feathers, Snakes, and Humans LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Tlacaelel LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Inca and Spanish Views on Religion, Authority, and Tribute LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 11
Introduction to the Documents
Document 11-1: Moundville, ca.1000-1450 C.E.
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Document 11-2: Pedro de Cieza de León, From Chronicles: On the Inca, ca. 1535
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Document 11-3: Diego Durán, From Book of the Gods and Rites, ca. 1576-1579
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VIEWPOINTS: The Importance of the Ball Game in Maya Society
Document 11-4: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, On the Maya Ball Game Tlachtli, ca. 1598
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Document 11-5: Father Francisco Ximénez, From the Popol Vuh, ca. 1701-1703
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Viewpoints Comparative Questions
Comparative Questions
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12. Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300–1400
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Central Asian Nomads
Nomadic Society
The Turks
The Mongols
Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Chinggis Khan
Chinggis’s Successors
The Mongols as Rulers
East-West Communication During the Mongol Era
The Movement of Peoples
The Spread of Disease, Goods, and Ideas
India, Islam, and the Development of Regional Cultures, 300–1400
The Gupta Empire, ca. 320–480
India’s Medieval Age and the First Encounter with Islam
The Delhi Sultanate
Life in Medieval India
Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Growth of Maritime Trade
State Formation and Indian Influences
The Srivijayan Maritime Trade Empire
The Spread of Indian Culture in Comparative Perspective
The Settlement of the Pacific Islands
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Chapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past The Mongol Empire LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Mongol Army LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Explaining the Workings of Paper Money in China, Persia, and Europe LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Bhaskara the Teacher LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Bayan Relief at Angkor Thom LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 12
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: The Mongols and Their Conquests
Document 12-1: Epitaph for the Honorable Menggu, ca. 1272
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Document 12-2: Rashid-Al-Din, Chinggis Khan Fighting the Tartars, ca. 1300
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Document 12-3: Marco Polo, From Travels, ca. 1298
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Document 12-4: Vatsyayana, From the Kamasutra, ca. 150-1200
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Document 12-5: Maulana Burhān Ud-Dīn Marghīnānī,From Guidance, ca. 1197
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13. States and Cultures in East Asia, 800–1400
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The Medieval Chinese Economic Revolution, 800–1100
China During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368
The Song Dynasty
The Scholar-Officials and Neo-Confucianism
Women’s Lives in Song Times
China Under Mongol Rule
Korea Under the Koryŏ Dynasty, 935–1392
Japan’s Heian Period, 794–1185
Fujiwara Rule
Aristocratic Culture
The Samurai and the Kamakura Shogunate, 1185–1333
Military Rule
Cultural Trends
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Mapping the Past East Asia in 1000 and 1200 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Ma Yuan’s Painting On a Moutain Path in Spring LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Shen Gua LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian When and Why Did Foot Binding Begin? LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 13
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Elite Values in Feudal Japan
Document 13-1: Murasaki Shikibu, From The Tale of Genji, ca. 1021
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Document 13-2: The Experience of War in Feudal Japan, From The Tale of the Heike, ca. 1250
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Document 13-3: Figure of a Lohan, Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368
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Document 13-4: Chau Ju-Kua, On the Arab People of Quanzhou, ca. 1250
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Document 13-5: Widows Loyal Unto Death, ca. 1754
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14. Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800–1450
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Political Developments
Invasions and Migrations
"Feudalism" and Manorialism
The Restoration of Order
Law and Justice
The Christian Church
Papal Reforms
Monastic Life
Popular Religion
The Expansion of Western and Eastern Christianity
The Crusades
Background and Motives
The Course of the Crusades
Consequences of the Crusades
The Life of the People
The Life and Work of Peasants
The Life and Work of Nobles
Towns, Cities, and the Growth of Commercial Interests
The Expansion of Trade and the Commercial Revolution
Learning and Culture
Universities and Scholasticism
Cathedrals and a New Architectural Style
Vernacular Literature and Drama
Crises of the Later Middle Ages
The Great Famine and the Black Death
The Hundred Years’ War
Challenges to the Christian Church
Peasant and Urban Revolts
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Mapping the Past Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Hildegard of Bingen LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Christian and Muslim Views of the Crusades LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Courtly Love Poetry LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Italian and English Views of the Plague LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Battle of Nicopolis LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 14
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: The Crusades
Document 14-1: Fulcher of Chartres, From A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, ca. 1100-1127
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Document 14-2: Zakariya al-Qazwini, From Monuments of the Lands, 1275-1276
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Document 14-3: Jacques de Vitry, The Virgin Mary Saves a Monk and His Lover, ca. 1200
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Document 14-4: King John of England, From Magna Carta, 1215
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Document 14-5: Thomas Aquinas, From Summa Theologica, 1268
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15. Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350–1600
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Renaissance Culture
Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy
The Rise of Humanism
Christian Humanism
Printing and Its Social Impact
Art and the Artist
Social Hierarchies
Race and Slavery
Wealth and the Nobility
Gender Roles
Politics and the State in the Renaissance
France
England
Spain
The Habsburgs
The Protestant Reformation
Criticism of the Church
Martin Luther
Protestant Thought and Its Appeal
The Radical Reformation and the German Peasants’ War
Marriage and Women’s Roles
The Reformation and German Politics
England’s Shift Toward Protestantism
Calvinism and Its Moral Standards
The Catholic Reformation
Papal Reforms and the Council of Trent
New Religious Orders
Religious Violence
French Religious Wars
Civil Wars in the Netherlands
The Great European Witch-Hunt
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Individuals in Society Cosimo and Lorenzo de’ Medici LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Humanist Learning LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Titian, Laura de Dianti LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Chinese and European Views on Proper Behavior LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555 LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 15
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: The Intellectual Foundations of the Renaissance
Document 15-1: Petrarch, Letters, ca. 1354, 1360
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Document 15-2: Pico Della Mirandola, From On the Dignity of Man, 1486
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Document 15-3: Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, 1610
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Document 15-4: Martin Luther, From Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, 1520
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Document 15-5: John Calvin, From Instruction in Faith, 1537
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16. The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450–1600
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The Afroeurasian Trade World
The Trade World of the Indian Ocean
Peoples and Cultures of the Indian Ocean
Trade with Africa and the Middle East
Genoese and Venetian Middlemen
The European Voyages of Discovery
Causes of European Expansion
Technology and the Rise of Exploration
The Portuguese in Africa and Asia
Spain’s Voyages to the Americas
Spain "Discovers" the Pacific
Early Exploration by Northern European Powers
Conquest and Settlement
Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and Inca Empires
Portuguese Brazil
Colonial Administration
Indigenous Population Loss and Economic Exploitation
Patterns of Settlement
The Era of Global Contact
The Columbian Exchange
Sugar and Early Transatlantic Slavery
Spanish Silver and Its Economic Effects
The Birth of the Global Economy
Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Religious Conversion
European Debates About Indigenous Peoples
New Ideas About Race
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Mapping the Past Overseas Exploration and Conquest in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Columbus Describes His First Voyage LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Who Was Doña Marina? LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Catarina de San Juan LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Aztec and Spanish Views on Christian Conversion in New Spain LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Mixed Races LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 16
Introduction to the Documents
Document 16-1: World Map, 1502
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VIEWPOINTS: The Motives of Columbus and His Patrons
Document 16-2: Christopher Columbus, Letter from the Third Voyage, 1493
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Document 16-3: Theodore de Bry, Columbus at Hispaniola, ca. 1590
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Document 16-4: Bernal Diaz del Castillo, From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain,
1568
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Document 16-5: The Spanish Conquest of Mexica, From The Florentine Codex, ca. 1577-1580
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17. The Islamic World Powers, 1300–1800
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The Turkish Ruling Houses: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
The Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire’s Use of Slaves
The Safavid Empire in Persia
The Mughal Empire in India
Cultural Flowering
The Arts
City and Palace Building
Gardens
Intellectual Advances and Religious Trends
Coffeehouses and Their Social Impact
Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule
Shifting Trade Routes and European Penetration
European Rivalry for Trade in the Indian Ocean
Merchant Networks in the Islamic Empires
From the British East India Company to the British Empire in India
Political Decline
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Mapping the Past The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566 LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Hürrem LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Mughal and French Views on Priorities for Monarchs LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Coffee Drinking LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Katib Chelebi on Tobacco LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a HistorianForced Relocation of Armenians to Persia LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 17
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Building and Islamic Palace
Document 17-1: Sultan Selim I, From a Letter to Shah Ismail of Persia, 1514
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Document 17-2: Antonio Monserrate, From The Commentary of Father Monserrate, ca. 1580
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Document 17-3: Babur and His Architect Plan the Bagh-i-Wafa, ca. 1590
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Document 17-4: Tulsi the Elder and Madhu the Younger, Akbar Inspects the Construction of Fatehpur-Sikri, ca. 1590-1598
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Document 17-5: Nuruddin Salim JAHANGIR, From Memoirs of Jahangir, ca. 1580–1600
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18. European Power and Expansion, 1500–1750
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The Protestant and Catholic Reformations
The Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
Religious Violence
Seventeenth-Century Crisis and Rebuilding
The Social Order and Peasant Life
Economic Crisis and Popular Revolts
The Thirty Years’ War
European Achievements in State-Building
Absolutist States in Western and Central Europe
Spain
The Foundations of French Absolutism
Louis XIV and Absolutism
The Wars of Louis XIV
The Economic Policy of Mercantilism
The Austrian Habsburgs
The Absolutist Palace
Constitutionalism and Empire in England and the Dutch Republic
Religious Divides and Civil War
The Puritan Protectorate
Constitutional Monarchy
The Dutch Republic
Colonial Expansion and Empire
The Dutch Trading Empire
Colonial Empires of England and France
Mercantilism and Colonial Wars
People Beyond Borders
The Russian Empire
Mongol Rule in Russia and the Rise of Moscow
Building the Russian Empire
Peter the Great and Russia’s Turn to the West
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Thinking Like a Historian What Was Absolutism? LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Gonzales Coques, The Young Scholar and His Wife LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Glückel of Hameln LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Peter the Great and Foreign Experts LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 18
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: The Sources of Government Authority
Document 18-1: Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, On Divine Right, ca. 1675–1680
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Document 18-2: John Locke, From Two Treatises of Government, 1690
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Document 18-3: The English Parliament, The Bill of Rights, 1689
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Document 18-4: Duc de Saint-Simon, From Memoirs of Louis XIV, ca. 1730–1755
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Document 18-5: Catherine II of Russia, Two Decrees, 1762, 1765
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19. New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540–1790
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The Scientific Revolution
Why Europe?
Scientific Thought to 1550
Astronomy and Physics
Newton’s Synthesis
Natural History and Empire
Magic and Alchemy
Important Changes in Scientific Thinking and Practice
The Methods of Science
Medicine, the Body, and Chemistry
Science and Religion
Science and Society
The Rise and Spread of Enlightenment
The Early Enlightenment
The Influence of the Philosophes
Enlightenment Movements Acress Europe
Key Issues of Enlightenment Debate
Shifting Views of the Non-Western World
New Definitions of Race
Women and the Enlightenment
Enlightened Absolutism and Its Limits
Economic Change and the Atlantic World
Economic and Demographic Change
The Atlantic Economy
Urban Life and the Public Sphere
Culture and Community in the Atlantic World
The Atlantic Enlightenment
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Analyzing the Evidence Denis Diderot, "Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage" LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Enlightenment Culture LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past The Partition of Poland, 1772–1795 LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Enlightenment Debate on Religious Tolerance LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Malachy Postlethwayt and Olaudah Equiano on the Abolition of Slavery LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Rebecca Protten LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 19
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Changing Ideas of Science
Document 19-1: Francis Bacon, From The Great Restoration, 1623
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Document 19-2: Peter the Great and Gottfried Leibniz, On the Improvement of Arts and Sciences, ca. 1712–1718
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Document 19-3: Takyuddin and Other Astronomers at the Galata Observatory, ca. 1581
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Document 19-4: Voltaire, From Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1764
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Document 19-5: Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? 1784
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20. Africa and the World, 1400–1800
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West Africa in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The West Coast: Senegambia and Benin
The Sudan: Songhai, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland
The Lives of the People of West Africa
Trade and Industry
Cross-Cultural Encounters Along the East African Coast
Muslim and European Incursions in Ethiopia, ca. 1500–1630
The Swahili City-States and the Arrival of the Portuguese, ca. 1500–1600
The African Slave Trade
The Institution of Slavery in Africa
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Impact on African Societies
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Mapping the Past West African Societies, ca. 1500–1800 LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Lamu Old Town, Lamu Island, Kenya LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Duarte Barbosa on the Swahili City-States LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Olaudah Equiano LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Perspectives on the African Slave Trade LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 20
Introduction to the Documents
Document 20-1: Olfert Dapper, King Alvaro I of Kongo Receiving the Dutch Ambassadors,
1668
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Document 20-2: Osei Bonsu, An Asante King Questions British Motives in Ending the Slave Trade, 1820
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VIEWPOINTS: Debating the Slave Trade
Document 20-3: Anna Maria Falconbridge, From Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone, 1794
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Document 20-4: Olaudah Equiano, From The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, 1789
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Document 20-5: Transportation of Slaves in Africa, ca. 1800-1900
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21. Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400–1800
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Ming China, 1368–1644
The Rise of Zhu Yuanzhang and the Founding of the Ming Dynasty
Problems with the Imperial Institution
The Mongols and the Great Wall
The Examination Life
Everyday Life in Ming China
Ming Decline
The Manchus and Qing China, to 1800
The Rise of the Manchus
Competent and Long-Lived Emperors
Imperial Expansion
Japan’s Middle Ages, ca. 1400–1600
Muromachi Culture
Civil War
The Victors: Nobunaga and Hideyoshi
The Tokugawa Shogunate, to 1800
Tokugawa Government
Commercialization and the Growth of Towns
The Life of the People in the Edo Period
Maritime Trade, Piracy, and the Entry of Europe into the Asian Maritime Sphere
Zheng He’s Voyages
Piracy and Japan’s Overseas Adventures
Europeans Enter the Scene
Christian Missionaries
Learning from the West
The Shifting International Environment in the Eighteenth Century
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Individuals in Society Tan Yunxian, Woman Doctor LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Chinese and European Commentators on Urban Amusements LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past The Qing Empire, ca. 1800 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Interior View of a Kabuki Theater LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Attention to Dress in Edo Japan LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Keinen’s Poetic Diary of the Korea Campaign LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 21
Introduction to the Documents
Document 21-1: The Viceroy of Canton Giving an Audience to Commodore Anson, 1748
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Document 21-2: Engelbert Kaempfer, From History of Japan, 1727
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VIEWPOINTS: Gender in East Asia
Document 21-3: Kaibara Ekiken and Kaibara Tōken,Common Sense Teachings for Japanese Children and Greater Learning for Women, ca. 1700
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Document 21-4: A Japanese Sake Brewer’s Female Antipollution Pass, ca. 1603–1868
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Document 21-5: Li Ruzhen, From Flowers in the Mirror, 1827
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22. Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775–1825
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Background to Revolution
Social Change
Demands for Liberty and Equality
The Seven Years’ War
The American Revolutionary Era, 1775–1789
The Origins of the Revolution
Independence from Britain
Framing the Constitution
Limitations of Liberty and Equality
Revolution in France, 1789–1799
Breakdown of the Old Order
The National Assembly
Constitutional Monarchy
The National Convention
The Directory
Napoleon’s Europe, 1799–1815
Napoleon’s Rule of France
Napoleon’s Expansion in Europe
The Grand Empire and Its End
The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
Revolutionary Aspirations in Saint-Domingue
The Outbreak of Revolt
The War of Haitian Independence
Revolutions in Latin America
The Origins of the Revolutions Against Colonial Powers
Resistance, Rebellion, and Independence
The Aftermath of Revolution in the Atlantic World
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Thinking Like a Historian The Rights of Which Men? LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Abbé Sieyès, "What Is the Third Estate?" LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Contrasting Visions of the Sans-Culottes LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Napoleonic Europe in 1812 LaunchPad
Individuals in Society Toussaint L’Ouverture LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Declarations of Independence: The United States and Venezuela LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 22
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Defining the Citizen
Document 22-1: The Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789
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Document 22-2: Olympe de Gouges, From the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791
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Document 22-3: Maximilien Robespierre, Revolutionary Speech, February 5, 1794
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Document 22-4: François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, Letter to the French National Assembly, 1797
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Document 22-5: The Haitian Declaration of Independence, 1804
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23. The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760–1850
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The Industrial Revolution in Britain
Why Britain?
Technological Innovations and Early Factories
The Steam Engine Breakthrough
Steam-Powered Transportation
Industry and Population
Industrialization in Europe and the World
National and International Variations
Industrialization in Continental Europe
Agents of Industrialization
The Global Picture
New Patterns of Working and Living
Work in Early Factories
Working Families and Children
The Sexual Division of Labor
Living Standards for the Working Class
Relations Between Capital and Labor
The New Class of Factory Owners
Responses to Industrialization
The Early Labor Movement in Britain
The Impact of Slavery
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Analyzing the Evidence Rain, Steam and Speed –– the Great Western Railway LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Continental Industrialization, ca. 1850 LaunchPad
Global Viewpoints Indian Cotton Manufacturers LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Testimony of Young Mine Workers LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Hisorian Making the Industrialized Worker LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 23
Introduction to the Documents
Document 23-1: Thomas Robert Malthus, From an Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798
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VIEWPOINTS: The Realities of Manufacturing
Document 23-2: Robert Owen, From Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System, 1815
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Document 23-3: Testimonies Before Parliamentary Committees on Working Conditions in England, 1832, 1842
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Document 23-4: An Incident During the Sikh Wars, ca. 1850
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Document 23-5: The Treaty of Balta-Liman, August 16, 1838
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24. Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815–1914
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A Conservative Peace Gives Way to Radical Ideas
The Political and Social Situation After 1815
Conservatism After 1815
Liberalism and the Middle Class
The Growing Appeal of Nationalism
The Birth of Socialism
Reforms and Revolutions, 1815–1850
Social and Economic Conflict
Liberal Reform in Great Britain
Revolutions in France
The Revolutions of 1848 in Central Europe
Nation Building in Italy, Germany, and Russia
Cavour, Garibaldi, and the Unification of Italy
Bismarck and German Unification
The Modernization of Russia
Urban Life in the Age of Ideologies
Urban Development
Social Inequality and Class
The Changing Family
Science for the Masses
Cultural Shifts
Nationalism and Socialism, 1871–1914
Trends in Suffrage
The German Empire
Republican France
Great Britain and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Jewish Emancipation and Modern Anti-Semitism
The Socialist Movement
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Mapping the Past Europe in 1815 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence The Triumph of Democratic Republics LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints German and Italian Views on Nationalism LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Giuseppe Garibaldi LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Stefan Zweig on Middle-Class Youth and Sexuality LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 24
Introduction to the Documents
Document 24-1: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, From The Communist Manifesto, 1848
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VIEWPOINTS: People Without Nations
Document 24-2: Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Address to the German Nation, 1808
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Document 24-3: Max Nordau, On Zionism, 1905
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Document 24-4: Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830
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Document 24-5: Beatrice Webb, From My Apprenticeship, 1926
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25. Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800–1914
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Africa: From the Slave Trade to European Colonial Rule
Trade and Social Change
Islamic Revival and Expansion in Africa
The Scramble for Africa, 1880–1914
Southern Africa in the Nineteenth Century
Colonialism’s Impact After 1900
The New Imperialism, 1880–1914
Causes of the New Imperialism
A "Civilizing Mission"
Critics of Imperialism
African and Asian Resistance
The Islamic Heartland Under Pressure
Decline and Reform in the Ottoman Empire
Egypt: From Reform to British Occupation
The Expanding World Economy
The Rise of Global Inequality
The World Market
The Great Global Migration
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Mapping the Past The Partition of Africa LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence A French Leader Defends Imperialism LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Pears’ Soap Advertisement LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian African Views of the Scramble for Africa LaunchPad
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Document 25-1: Sultan Abdul Mejid, Imperial Rescript, 1856
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VIEWPOINTS: The Colonial Encounter in Africa
Document 25-2: Cecil Rhodes, From Confession of Faith, ca. 1877
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Document 25-3: Ndansi Kumalo, On the British Incursion in Zimbabwe, 1932
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Document 25-4: John Mensa Sarbah, Fanti Customary Law, 1897
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Document 25-5: Roger Casement and David Engohahe, Victims of Belgian Congo Atrocities, ca. 1904-1905
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26. Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800–1914
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India and the British Empire in Asia
The Evolution of British Rule
The Socioeconomic Effects of British Rule
The British and the Indian Educated Elite
Competition for Southeast Asia
The Dutch East Indies
Mainland Southeast Asia
The Philippines
China Under Pressure
The Opium War
Internal Problems
The Self-Strengthening Movement
Republican Revolution
Japan’s Rapid Transformation
The "Opening" of Japan
The Meiji Restoration
Industrialization
Japan as an Imperial Power
The Pacific Region and the Movement of People
Settler Colonies in the Pacific: Australia and New Zealand
Asian Emigration
The Countries of Asia in Comparative Perspective
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Individuals in Society José Rizal LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Chinese and British Efforts to Reduce Infant Deaths LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Japan’s First Skyscraper LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 26
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VIEWPOINTS: Reactions to Imperialism and Modernity
Document 26-1: Lin Zexu, From a Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839
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Document 26-2: Two Proclamations of the Boxer Rebellion, 1898, 1900
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Document 26-3: Mohandas Gandhi, "Indian Home Rule," 1909
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Document 26-4: Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, Letter to Lieutenant-Governor J. Colvin, June 13, 1857
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Document 26-5: Sun Yatsen, On the Three People’s Principles and the Future of the Chinese People, 1906
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27. The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810–1910
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New Nations
Liberalism and Caudillos in Spanish America
Mexico and the United States
Liberal Reform in Mexico
Brazil: A New World Monarchy
Slavery and Abolition
Slave Societies in the Americas
Independence and Abolition
Abolition in Cuba and Brazil
Export-Led Growth and Social Unrest
Latin America Re-enters the World Economy
Liberal Consolidation in South America
The Porfiriato and Liberal Stability in Mexico
The Mexican Revolution
Immigration
Immigration to Latin America
Immigration to the United States
Immigration to Canada
A New American Empire
U.S. Intervention in Latin America
The Spanish-American War
The Panama Canal
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Analyzing the Evidence Slaves Sold South from Richmond, 1853 LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Abolition in the Americas LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil, from Above and Below LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Henry Meiggs, Promoter and Speculator LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Reyita Castillo Bueno on Slavery and Freedom in Cuba LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 27
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Document 27-1: Simón Bolívar, Jamaica Letter, 1815
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Document 27-2: Alexis de Tocqueville, From Democracy in America, 1840
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VIEWPOINTS: Female Abolitionists Make the Case Against Slavery
Document 27-3: Angelina Grimke, Letters to Catherine Beecher, 1838
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Document 27-4: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852
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Document 27-5: Advertisement for Rail Travel to Canada, 1885
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28. World War and Revolution, 1914–1929
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The First World War, 1914–1918
Origins and Causes of the Great War
The Outbreak of War
Stalemate and Slaughter
The War Becomes Global
The Home Front
Mobilizing for Total War
The Social Impact of War
Growing Political Tensions
The Russian Revolution
The Fall of Imperial Russia
The Provisional Government
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution
Dictatorship and Civil War
The War’s Consequences
The End of the War
The Paris Peace Treaties
American Rejection of the Versailles Treaty
The Search for Peace and Political Stability, 1919–1929
Germany and the Western Powers
Hope in Foreign Affairs
Hope in Democratic Government
The Age of Anxiety
Uncertainty in Philosophy and Religion
The New Physics
Freudian Psychology
Twentieth-Century Literature
Modern Architecture, Art, and Music
Movies and Radio
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Global Viewpoints British and Canadian Poetry of the Great War LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Experience of War LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Vera Brittain LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence "Never Forget!" LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Russian Views of War and Revolution LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Territorial Changes in Europe After World War I LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 28
Introduction to the Documents
VIEWPOINTS: Competing Perspectives on the Treaty of Versailles
Document 28-1: Correspondence of Evelyn and Fred Albright, 1917
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Document 28-2: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, All Power to the Soviets!, 1917
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Document 28-3: Les Trois Grands Ouvriers Du Monde Nouveau, February 1, 1919
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Document 28-4: German Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, On the Conditions of Peace,
1919
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Document 28-5: Konoe Fumimaro, Against a Pacifism Centered on England and America, 1918
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29. Nationalism in Asia, 1914–1939
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The First World War’s Impact on Nationalist Trends
Asian Reaction to the War in Europe
The Mandates System
Nationalism’s Appeal
Nationalist Movements in the Middle East
The Arab Revolt
The Turkish Revolution
Modernization Efforts in Persia and Afghanistan
Gradual Independence in the Arab States
Arab-Jewish Tensions in Palestine
Toward Self-Rule in India
British Promises and Repression
The Roots of Militant Nonviolence
Gandhi’s Resistance Campaign in India
Nationalist Struggles in East and Southeast Asia
The Rise of Nationalist China
China’s Intellectual Revolution
From Liberalism to Ultranationalism in Japan
Japan Against China
Striving for Independence in Southeast Asia
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Mapping the Past The Partition of the Ottoman Empire, 1914–1923 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence Resolution of the General Syrian Congress at Damascus LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Gandhi and Mao on Revolutionary Means LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Interpreting the May Fourth Movement LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence The Fate of a Chinese Patriot LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Ning Lao, a Chinese Working Woman LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 29
Introduction to the Documents
Document 29-1: Mary L. Graffam, An Account of Turkish Violence Against Armenians, 1915
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Document 29-2: Arthur Dames Balfour, Debating the Balfour Declaration, 1917
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Document 29-3: Sarojini Naidu, The Agony and Shame of the Punjab, 1920
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VIEWPOINTS: Prescriptions for National Improvement in China and Siam
Document 29-4: Jiang Jieshi, The New Life Movement, 1934
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Document 29-5: King Vajiravudh, On the Siamese Nation, 1914, 1917, 1920
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30. The Great Depression and World War II, 1929–1945
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The Great Depression, 1929–1939
The Economic Crisis
Mass Unemployment
The New Deal in the United States
The European Response to the Depression
Worldwide Effects
Authoritarian States
Conservative Authoritarianism
Radical Totalitarian Dictatorships
Stalin’s Soviet Union
From Lenin to Stalin
The Five-Year Plans
Life and Culture in Soviet Society
Stalinist Terror and the Great Purges
Mussolini and Fascism in Italy
The Seizure of Power
The Regime in Action
Hitler and Nazism in Germany
The Roots of Nazism
Hitler’s Road to Power
The Nazi State and Society
Hitler’s Popularity
Aggression and Appeasement, 1933–1939
The Second World War, 1939–1945
Hitler’s Empire in Europe, 1939–1942
The Holocaust
Japan’s Asian Empire
The Grand Alliance
The War in Europe, 1942–1945
The War in the Pacific, 1942–1945
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Analyzing the Evidence British Conservative Party Poster LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Socialism and the Working Class
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Thinking Like a Historian Peasant Resistance to Stalin’s Collectivization Plan LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Primo Levi LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Ultranationalist Pamphlet for Japanese Students LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past World War II in the Pacific LaunchPad
Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 30
Introduction to the Documents
Document 30-1: Field Office of the Works Progress Administration, ca. 1935
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Document 30-2: The Nuremberg Laws: The Centerpiece of Nazi Racial Legislation, 1935
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Document 30-3: Letters to Izvestiya: On the Issue of Abortion, 1936
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VIEWPOINTS: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Document 30-4: Harry S. Truman, White House Press Release on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
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Document 30-5: Toshiko Saeki, Interview with a Survivor of Hiroshima, 1986
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31. Decolonization, Revolution, and the Cold War, 1945–1968
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The World Remade
The Cold War
The United Nations
The Politics of Liberation
Dependency and Development Theories
Interpreting the Postcolonial Experience
Nationalism in South Asia and the Middle East
Independence in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Arab Socialism in the Middle East
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Revolution and Resurgence in East and Southeast Asia
The Communist Victory in China
Conflict in Korea
Japan’s American Reconstruction
The Vietnam War
Decolonization in Africa
The Growth of African Nationalism
Ghana Shows the Way
French-Speaking Regions
Populist and Revolutionary Pathways in Latin America
Economic Nationalism in Mexico
Populism in Argentina and Brazil
Communist Revolution in Cuba
The Limits of Postwar Prosperity
The Soviet Union Struggles to Move Beyond Stalin
Postwar Challenges in Western Europe and the United States
The World in 1968
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Global Viewpoints U.S. and Latin American Views on Development LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Poster Art in Communist China LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian Global Perspectives on the Vietnam War LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past Decolonization in Africa, 1947 to the Present LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence C. L. R. James on Pan-African Liberation LaunchPad
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Individuals in Society Eva Perón LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 31
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VIEWPOINTS: Decolonization and Dependence
Document 31-1: U.N. General Assembly, Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, 1960
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Document 31-2: Pablo Neruda, From Canto General, 1950
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Document 31-3: Harry S. Truman, The Truman Doctrine, 1947
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Document 31-4: Nikita Khrushchev, On the Personality Cult and its Consequences, 1956
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Document 31-5: Erich Honecker and Fidel Castro, 1974
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32. Liberalization, 1968–2000s
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Oil Shocks and Liberalization
The OPEC Oil Embargo
Mexico Under the PRI
Nigeria, Africa’s Giant
War and Revolution in the Middle East
The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Egypt: Arab World Leader
Revolution and War in Iran and Iraq
Latin America: Dictatorship, Debt, and Democratization
Civil Wars in Central America
Boom and Bust in Chile
The Dirty War in Argentina
Development and Dictatorship in Brazil
Resistance to White Rule in Southern Africa
Portuguese Decolonization and Rhodesia
South Africa Under Apartheid
Political Change in Africa Since 1990
Growth and Development in Asia
Japan’s Economic Miracle and the Emergence of the "Asian Tigers"
China’s Economic Resurgence
Development Versus Democracy in India and Pakistan
The End of the Cold War
The Limits of Reform in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Recasting Russia Without Communism
Integration and Reform in Europe
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Mapping the Past Abrahamic Religions in the Middle East and Surrounding Regions LaunchPad
Thinking Like a Historian The Struggle for Freedom in South Africa LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence A Member of China’s Red Guards on Democratic Reform LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Tiananmen Square LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Dissidents in Burma and China LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 32
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Document 32-1: Museo de la Memoria, Cordoba, Argentina, ca. 2000
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VIEWPOINTS: Race and Power in South Africa
Document 32-2: National Party of South Africa, The National Party’s Colour Policy, 1948
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Document 32-3: Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Speech to the Court, 1964
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Document 32-4: Deng Xiaoping, Build Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, 1984
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Document 32-5: Male Japanese Citizens, "Íkigai," 2003
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33. The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective
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The End of History?
Complexity and Violence in a Multipolar World
An Expanding Atomic Age
Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan
Global Circulation and Exchange
Migration
Urbanization
Multinational Corporations
Social Movements
Environmentalism
Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Rights
Women’s Right to Equality
Children: The Right to Childhood
Science and Technology: Changes and Challenges
Intensified Agriculture and the Green Revolution
The Medical Revolution
A Digital Revolution
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Individuals in Society Sieng, a Mnong Refugee in an American High School LaunchPad
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Mapping the Past The Global Distribution of Wealth, ca. 2010 LaunchPad
Analyzing the Evidence A Brazilian Band on Globalization LaunchPad
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Analyzing the Evidence Protest Against Genetically Modified Foods LaunchPad
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Global Viewpoints Women Activists in Chiapas, Mexico LaunchPad
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Thinking Like a Historian The Relationships Between Mosquitos, People, and Epidemics LaunchPad
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Documents from Sources for World Societies, Chapter 33
Introduction to the Documents
Document 33-1: John Yoo, Memoranda Regarding U.S. Military Interrogations, 2002, 2003
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VIEWPOINTS: Immigration and Assimilation in Postwar Germany
Document 33-2: Giacomo Maturi, The Integration of the Southern Labor Force and its Specific Adaptation Problems, 1961
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Document 33-3: Heidelberg Manifesto, 1982
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Document 33-4: Betty Friedan, Statement of Purpose of the National Organization of Women, 1966
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Document 33-5: Jonas Bendiksen, "New Settlement": A Slum in Caracas, Venezuela, ca. 2000
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