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Tables of Contents for Economics
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PART III THE POSTCLASSICAL ERA, 500 TO 1000 C.E.
274
128
A Survivor Society: Byzantium
279
24
The Early Byzantine Empire
280
7
The Later Roman Empire and Byzantium
281
2
Justinian and His Legacy
283
2
Islamic Conquests and Byzantine Revival
285
1
Byzantium and Western Europe
286
1
Byzantine Economy and Society
287
3
The Agricultural Economy
287
1
Industry and Trade
288
2
Urban Life
290
1
Classical Heritage and Orthodox Christianity
290
6
The Legacy of Classical Greece
292
1
The Byzantine Church
292
2
Monasticism and Popular Piety
294
1
Tensions between Eastern and Western Christianity
295
1
The Influence of Byzantium in Eastern Europe
296
4
Domestic Problems and Foreign Pressures
296
2
Early Relations between Byzantium and Slavic Peoples
298
1
Byzantium and Russia
299
1
Summary
300
1
Chronology
301
1
For Further Reading
301
2
A New Society: The Realm of Islam
303
24
A Prophet and His World
304
5
Muhammad and His Message
305
1
Muhammad's Migration to Medina
306
2
The Establishment of Islam in Arabia
308
1
The Expansion of Islam
309
6
The Early Caliphs and the Umayyad Dynasty
309
3
The Abbasid Dynasty
312
3
Economy and Society of the Early Islamic World
315
6
New Crops, Agricultural Experimentation, and Urban Growth
315
1
The Formation of a Hemispheric Trading Zone
316
3
The Changing Status of Women
319
2
Islamic Values and Cultural Exchanges
321
3
The Formation of an Islamic Cultural Tradition
321
1
Islam and the Cultural Traditions of Persia, India, and Greece
322
2
Summary
324
1
Chronology
325
1
For Further Reading
325
2
The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
327
28
The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China
328
7
The Sui Dynasty
328
2
The Tang Dynasty
330
3
The Song Dynasty
333
2
The Economic Development of Tang and Song China
335
6
Agricultural Development
335
2
Technological and Industrial Development
337
2
The Emergence of a Market Economy
339
2
Cultural Change in Tang and Song China
341
5
The Establishment of Buddhism
342
3
Neo-Confucianism
345
1
China in East Asia
346
5
Korea and Vietnam
346
2
Early Japan
348
1
Medieval Japan
349
2
Summary
351
1
Chronology
351
1
For Further Reading
352
3
India and the Indian Ocean Basin
355
24
Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms
356
4
The Quest for Centralized Imperial Rule
356
1
The Introduction of Islam to Northern India
357
2
The Hindu Kingdoms of Southern India
359
1
Production and Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin
360
7
Agriculture in the Monsoon World
361
1
Trade and the Economic Development of Southern India
362
2
Cross-cultural Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin
364
3
Caste and Society
367
1
The Meeting of Hindu and Islamic Traditions
367
4
The Development of Hinduism
368
2
Islam and Its Appeal
370
1
The Influence of Indian Society in Southeast Asia
371
4
The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
371
2
The Arrival of Islam
373
2
Summary
375
1
Chronology
375
1
For Further Reading
376
3
The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
379
23
The Quest for Political Order
380
10
Germanic Successor States
380
1
The Franks and the Temporary Revival of Empire
381
4
Decline and Dissolution of the Carolingian Empire
385
4
The Establishment of Regional Authorities
389
1
Feudal Society
390
5
The Feudal System
390
2
Serfs and Manors in Feudal Europe
392
1
The Economy of Feudal Europe
393
2
The Formation of Christian Europe
395
4
The Politics of Conversion
395
1
The Papacy
396
1
Monasticism
397
2
Summary
399
1
Chronology
400
1
For Further Reading
400
2
PART IV AN AGE OF CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTION, 1000 TO 1500 C.E.
402
128
Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
407
22
Turkish Migrations and Imperial Expansion
408
5
Nomadic Economy and Society
408
3
Turkish Empires in Persia, Anatolia, and India
411
2
The Mongol Empires
413
9
Chinggis Khan and the Making of the Mongol Empire
413
4
The Mongol Empires after Chinggis Khan
417
3
The Mongols and Eurasian Integration
420
1
Decline of the Mongols in Persia and China
421
1
After the Mongols
422
3
Tamerlane the Whirlwind
422
2
The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire
424
1
Summary
425
1
Chronology
426
1
For Further Reading
426
3
States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
429
22
The Bantu Migrations
430
4
The Dynamics of Bantu Expansion
430
2
Bantu Political Organization
432
2
Islamic Kingdoms and Empires
434
8
Trans-Saharan Trade and Islamic States in West Africa
434
4
The Indian Ocean Trade and Islamic States in East Africa
438
4
Bantu Society and Cultural Development
442
6
Social Classes
442
2
African Religion
444
2
The Arrival of Christianity and Islam
446
2
Summary
448
1
Chronology
449
1
For Further Reading
449
2
Western Europe During the High Middle Ages
451
26
The Establishment of Regional States
452
5
The Holy Roman Empire
453
1
Feudal Monarchies in France and England
454
2
Regional States in Italy and Iberia
456
1
Economic Growth and Social Development
457
7
Growth of the Agricultural Economy
457
1
The Revival of Towns and Trade
458
3
Social Change
461
3
European Christianity during the High Middle Ages
464
5
Schools, Universities, and Scholastic Theology
464
2
Popular Religion
466
2
Reform Movements and Popular Heresies
468
1
The Medieval Expansion of Europe
469
5
Atlantic and Baltic Colonization
470
1
The Reconquest of Sicily and Spain
471
2
The Crusades
473
1
Summary
474
1
Chronology
475
1
For Further Reading
475
2
Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
477
24
States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America
478
10
The Toltecs and the Mexica
478
3
Mexica Society
481
3
Mexica Religion
484
2
Peoples and Societies of the North
486
2
States and Empires in South America
488
5
The Coming of the Incas
488
3
Inca Society and Religion
491
2
The Societies of Oceania
493
4
The Nomadic Foragers of Australia
493
1
The Development of Pacific Island Societies
494
3
Summary
497
1
Chronology
498
1
For Further Reading
498
3
Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions
501
29
Long-Distance Trade and Travel
502
10
Patterns of Long-Distance Trade
503
4
Political and Diplomatic Travel
507
1
Missionary Campaigns
508
1
Agricultural and Technological Diffusion
509
3
Crisis and Recovery
512
8
Bubonic Plague
512
3
Recovery in China: The Ming Dynasty
515
1
Recovery in Western Europe: State Building
516
2
Recovery in Western Europe: The Renaissance
518
2
Exploration and Colonization
520
6
The Chinese Reconnaissance of the Indian Ocean Basin
520
4
European Exploration in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
524
2
Summary
526
1
Chronology
527
1
For Further Reading
527
3
PART V THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE, 1500-1800
530
189
Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
535
28
The European Reconnaissance of the World's Oceans
536
13
Motives for Exploration
536
2
The Technology of Exploration
538
4
Voyages of Exploration: From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
542
3
Voyages of Exploration: From the Atlantic to the Pacific
545
4
Trade and Conflict in Early Modern Asia
549
6
Trading-Post Empires
549
3
European Conquests in Southeast Asia
552
1
Commercial Rivalries and the Seven Years' War
553
2
Global Exchanges
555
5
The Columbian Exchange
555
3
The Origins of Global Trade
558
2
Summary
560
1
Chronology
560
1
For Further Reading
560
3
The Transformation of Europe
563
30
The Fragmentation of Western Christendom
564
5
The Protestant Reformation
565
1
The Catholic Reformation
566
1
Witch-Hunts and Religious Wars
567
2
The Consolidation of Sovereign States
569
8
The Attempted Revival of Empire
569
2
The New Monarchs
571
1
Constitutional States and Absolute Monarchies
572
3
The European States System
575
2
Early Capitalist Society
577
6
Population Growth and Urbanization
578
1
Early Capitalism and Protoindustrialization
579
2
Social Change in Early Modern Europe
581
2
Science and Enlightenment
583
5
The Reconception of the Universe
583
1
The Scientific Revolution
584
2
The Enlightenment
586
2
Summary
588
1
Chronology
588
1
For Further Reading
589
4
New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
593
28
Colliding Worlds
594
9
The Spanish Caribbean
595
1
The Conquest of Mexico and Peru
596
2
Iberian Empires in the Americas
598
2
Settler Colonies in North America
600
3
Colonial Society in the Americas
603
10
The Formation of Multicultural Societies
603
2
Mining and Agriculture in the Spanish Empire
605
3
Sugar and Slavery in Portuguese Brazil
608
1
Fur Traders and Settlers in North America
609
3
Christianity and Native Religions in the Americas
612
1
Europeans in the Pacific
613
4
Australia and the Larger World
613
2
The Pacific Islands and the Larger World
615
2
Summary
617
1
Chronology
617
1
For Further Reading
617
4
Africa and the Atlantic World
621
26
African Politics and Society in Early Modern Times
622
9
The Islamic States of West Africa and East Africa
623
2
The Kingdoms of Central Africa and South Africa
625
3
Islam and Christianity in Early Modern Africa
628
2
Social Change in Early Modern Africa
630
1
The Atlantic Slave Trade
631
6
Foundations of the Slave Trade
631
1
Human Cargoes
632
4
The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa
636
1
The African Diaspora
637
5
Plantation Societies
637
3
The Making of African-American Cultural Traditions
640
1
The End of the Slave Trade and the Abolition of Slavery
641
1
Summary
642
1
Chronology
643
1
For Further Reading
643
4
Tradition and Change in East Asia
647
26
The Quest for Political Stability
648
6
The Ming Dynasty
648
3
The Qing Dynasty
651
2
The Son of Heaven and the Scholar-Bureaucrats
653
1
Economic and Social Changes
654
7
The Patriarchal Family
655
1
Population Growth and Economic Development
656
2
Gentry, Commoners, Soldiers, and ``Mean People''
658
3
The Confucian Tradition and New Cultural Influences
661
3
Neo-Confucianism and Pulp Fiction
661
1
The Return of Christianity to China
662
2
The Unification of Japan
664
6
The Tokugawa Shogunate
664
2
Economic and Social Change
666
1
Neo-Confucianism and Floating Worlds
667
2
Christianity and Dutch Learning
669
1
Summary
670
1
Chronology
671
1
For Further Reading
671
2
The Islamic Empires
673
24
Formation of the Islamic Empires
674
8
The Ottoman Empire
674
3
The Safavid Empire
677
1
The Mughal Empire
678
4
Imperial Islamic Society
682
7
The Dynastic State
682
2
Agriculture and Trade
684
1
Religious Affairs in the Islamic Empires
685
2
Cultural Patronage of the Islamic Emperors
687
2
The Empires in Transition
689
3
The Deterioration of Imperial Leadership
689
1
Economic and Military Decline
690
1
Cultural Insularity
691
1
Summary
692
1
Chronology
693
1
For Further Reading
693
4
The Russian Empire in Europe and Asia
697
22
Foundations of the Absolutist State
698
5
The Gathering of the Russian Land
698
3
The Time of Troubles
701
2
Westernization and Empire
703
8
A Window on the West
703
3
The Limits of Westernization
706
1
The Russian Empire in Europe
707
2
The Russian Empire in Asia
709
2
A Society in Tension
711
4
Muscovite Society before Westernization
712
1
The Growth of Trade and Industry
713
2
Cultural Clashes
715
4
Crisis in the Church
715
2
Westernization and the Enlightenment in Russia
717
2
Summary
719
1
Chronology
719
1
For Further Reading
719
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