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Tables of Contents for The Global Past
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART ONE EARLY TIMES
2
146
The Study of the Global Past
5
22
Beginnings, around 4,500,000--around 100,000 B.C.
27
18
Cultural Evolution, Complexity, and Civilization
45
22
Southwest Asia, Egypt, and the Eastern Mediterranean, around 3500--331 B.C.
67
30
Early River Valley Civilizations of South and East Asia, around 2500--around 700 B.C.
97
18
The Development of Civilizations in the Americas
115
33
Issue 1 Trade and Exchange
141
7
PART TWO THE CONVERGENCE TOWARD EMPIRE
148
142
The Greek Polis and the Roman Republic, around 800--31 B.C.
151
32
The Greek Empire, the Hellenistic Age, and the Roman Empire, 359 B.C.--A.D. 476
183
30
Early Civilizations in Nubia and Ethiopia, around 800 B.C.--A.D.650
213
20
Indian Empires, Society, Ideology, and Regional Influence, around 500 B.C.--around A.D. 600]
233
24
China: From Feudalism to Empire, 770 B.C.--A.D. 220
257
33
Issue 2 Empire
281
9
PART THREE THE RISE OF REGIONAL STATES
290
110
Islamic Expansion and Regionalism, 622--1258
293
22
The European Middle Ages, around 500--around 1450
315
30
Regionalism in South, Southeast, and East Asia, around 180 B.C.--around A.D. 1450
345
26
Regional Kingdoms of Sub-Saharan Africa, around 200--around 1600
371
29
Issue 3 Feudalism
393
7
PART FOUR THE REEMERGENCE OF EXPANSIVE SOCIETIES
400
106
The Americas on the Eve of European Contact, around 1300--1532
403
22
The Byzantine Empire, around 450--1453
425
26
Empires and Other States in East Asia, 589--1279
451
22
The Mongol Empire: Ascendancy, Domination, and Decline in Eurasia, 1206--1480
473
33
Issue 4 World Religions and Their Spread
497
9
PART FIVE PERSPECTIVES
506
3
Technology and Science before 1500
509
18
Population Sparks Human Change
527
Glossary Of Terms
G-1
Appendix 1: Global Change from Prehistory to the 1500s, Full-Color Maps
A-1
Index
I-1