Civilization Past & Present, Single Volume Edition, Primary Source Edition (Book Alone)

by Brummett, Palmira; Jewsbury, George; Hackett, Neil J; Edgar, Robert; Molony, Barbara

Edition: 11th

ISBN13: 9780321423320

ISBN10: 0321423321

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 2007-01-01

Publisher(s): Longman

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Summary

The Primary Source Edition of Civilization Past and Present weaves the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis and includes 2 to 3 primary sources with critical thinking questions per chapter. Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey of world history, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for readers. The book examines all aspects of world history--social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic. With 52 primary source documents, the Primary Source Edition has everything students need to succeed in the coursea highly readable survey text that examines all aspects of world history plus a wealth of original documents that help make the material come alive. "Document Analysis" questions encourage students to delve deeper into the documents and to explore how they relate to the events of the time. Overview of world history, from beginnings to the present day. Readers interested in an overview of world history.

Additional Primary Sources are listed at the end of this Table of Contents
Documents
Maps
Global Issues
Discovery Through Maps
Chapter Opener Image Descriptions
To the Instructor
To the Student
Stone Age Societies and the Earliest Civilizations of the Near East?
The Origins of Humankind
Preliterate Cultures
Preliterate Society and Religion
Mesopotamia: The First Civilization?
The Babylonian Empire, c. 2000-1600 b.c.e.
Egypt: Gift of the Nile?
Mesopotamian Successors to Babylon, c. 1600 - 550 B.C.E.
Later Empires of Western Asia, 550 - 331 B.C.E.
Document
The Great Hymn to the Aton and Psalm 104
Document
The Majesty of Darius the Great: A Persian Royal Inscription
Discovery Through Maps
The Oldest Known Map: Catul Huyuk
Ancien?
China: Origins to Empire?
Prehistory to 220 c.e.
The Origins of China, 6500 b.c.e. - 221 b.c.e.
The Qin and Han Empires, 221 b.c.e. -220 c.e.
Document
The Wisdom of Confucius
Document
Legalism: The Theories of Han Feizi (d. 233 b.c.e. )?
Document
From The Book of Songs "A Simple Rustic You Seemed."
Ancient India: From Origins to 300 c.e.
Early India
Dramatic Developments in Religion and Culture, 600-320 b.c.e.
The Mauryan Empire and Other Kingdoms, 320 b.c.e. -300 c.e.
Emergent Hinduism and Buddhism, 200 b.c.e. -300 c.e.
The Meeting of East and West: Networks of Exchange
Document
Rig-Veda: Creation and the Kinds of Men
Document
The Jains on the Souls in All Things
Document
The Ramayana: The Trial of Sita
Global Issues : Migration
Greece: Minoan, Mycenaean, Hellenic, and Hellenistic Civilizations, 2000-30 b.c.e.
Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations, c. 2000-1200 b.c.e.
Hellenic Civilization, c. 1150-500 b.c.e.
The Golden Age of Greece, 500-336 b.c.e.
The Greek Cultural Achievement
The Hellenistic Age, 336-30 b.c.e.
Hellenistic Society and Culture
Document
Homer-The Iliad: Andromache and Hector
Document
Aristophanes on
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