Civilization Past Present Volume A MyHistoryLab Series 11th Edition by Palmira Brummett, Robert Edgar, Neil Hackett, George Jewsbury, Barbara Molony ISBN 978-0321317759 0321317750

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ISBN 10:   0321317750

ISBN 13: 978-0321317759

Author: Palmira J. Brummett, Robert R. Edgar, Neil J. Hackett, George F. Jewsbury, Barbara S. Molony

The authors of the Eleventh Edition of Civilization Past and Present—specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, Russian, and East European history—weave the diverse trends of world history into a clear and accessible analysis for today’s students.
Civilization Past and Present, well known in the marketplace as a highly readable survey text, delivers a strong narrative of world history and a level of detail that is manageable for students and solid for instructors. Using images and documents that enhance the text’s content, the narrative traces connections across cultures and introduces intriguing avenues of historical interpretation. The text examines all aspects of world history—social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic.

Table of contents: 

1. Documents

2. Maps

3. Global Issues

4. Discovery Through Maps

5. Chapter Opener Image Descriptions

6. To the Instructor

7. To the Student

Chapter 1: Stone Age Societies and the Earliest Civilizations of the Near East
8. The Origins of Humankind
9. Preliterate Cultures
10. Preliterate Society and Religion
11. Mesopotamia: The First Civilization
12. The Babylonian Empire, c. 2000–1600 B.C.E.
13. Egypt: Gift of the Nile
14. Mesopotamian Successors to Babylon, c. 1600–550 B.C.E.
15. Later Empires of Western Asia, 550–331 B.C.E.
16. Document: The Great Hymn to the Aton and Psalm 104
17. Document: The Majesty of Darius the Great: A Persian Royal Inscription
18. Discovery Through Maps: The Oldest Known Map: Catul Huyuk

Chapter 2: Ancient China: Origins to Empire
19. Prehistory to 220 C.E.
20. The Origins of China, 6500 B.C.E.–221 B.C.E.
21. The Qin and Han Empires, 221 B.C.E.–220 C.E.
22. Document: The Wisdom of Confucius
23. Document: Legalism: The Theories of Han Feizi (d. 233 B.C.E.)
24. Document: From The Book of Songs – A Simple Rustic You Seemed

Chapter 3: Ancient India: From Origins to 300 C.E.
25. Early India
26. Dramatic Developments in Religion and Culture, 600–320 B.C.E.
27. The Mauryan Empire and Other Kingdoms, 320 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
28. Emergent Hinduism and Buddhism, 200 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
29. The Meeting of East and West: Networks of Exchange
30. Document: Rig-Veda: Creation and the Kinds of Men
31. Document: The Jains on the Souls in All Things
32. Document: The Ramayana: The Trial of Sita
33. Global Issues: Migration

Chapter 4: Greece: Minoan, Mycenaean, Hellenic, and Hellenistic Civilizations, 2000–30 B.C.E.
34. Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations, c. 2000–1200 B.C.E.
35. Hellenic Civilization, c. 1150–500 B.C.E.
36. The Golden Age of Greece, 500–336 B.C.E.
37. The Greek Cultural Achievement
38. The Hellenistic Age, 336–30 B.C.E.
39. Hellenistic Society and Culture
40. Document: Homer – The Iliad: Andromache and Hector
41. Document: Aristophanes on the Shortcomings of Athenian Democracy
42. Document: Arrian: Alexander the Leader
43. Discovery Through Maps: The World According to Herodotus, c. 450 B.C.E.

Chapter 5: Roman Civilization: The Roman World, c. 900 B.C.E. to 476 C.E.
44. Early Italy and the Origins of Rome, c. 900–509 B.C.E.
45. The Early Republic and the Roman Conquest of Italy: 509–133 B.C.E.
46. The Late Republic: 133–30 B.C.E.
47. The Roman Empire and the Pax Romana: 30 B.C.E.–476 C.E.
48. The Rise of Christianity
49. The Roman Legacy
50. Document: Columella – Roman Farm Women
51. Document: Plutarch – The Murder of Tiberius Gracchus

Chapter 6: Byzantium and the Orthodox World: Byzantium, Eastern Europe, and Russia, 325–1500
52. Byzantium: the Latin Phase: 325–610
53. The Age of Consolidation: 610–1071
54. Western and Turkish Invasions: 1071–1453
55. Southeastern Europe to 1500
56. Russia to 1500
57. Document: Anna Comnena
58. Document: The Acceptance of Christianity
59. Discovery Through Maps: A Sixth-Century Map: The Madaba Mosaic

Chapter 7: Islam: From Its Origins to 1300
60. Arabia Before the Prophet
61. Muhammad, Prophet of Islam
62. Islamic Faith and Law
63. The Expansion of Community and State
64. The Abbasid Era, Zenith of Classical Islamic Civilization
65. Islamic Culture
66. Document: The Quran

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