Table Of ContentChapter 1: Becoming HumanChapter 2: Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 BCEChapter 3: Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 BCEChapter 4: First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 BCEChapter 5: Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 BCEChapter 6: Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 BCE-250 CEChapter 7: Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 BCE-300 CEChapter 8: The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 CEChapter 9: New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 CEChapter 10: Becoming "The World," 1000-1300 CEChapter 11: Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500Chapter 12: Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600Chapter 13: Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750Chapter 14: Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780Chapter 15: Reordering the World, 1750-1850Chapter 16: Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 17: Nations and Empires, 1850-1914Chapter 18: An Unsettled World, 1890-1914Chapter 19: Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1939Chapter 20: The Three-World Order, 1940-1975Chapter 21: Globalization, 1970-2000Epilogue: 2001-The Present
SynopsisThe most globally integrated book in its field, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is unmatched in helping students draw connections and comparisons across time and place. Streamlined chapters, innovative pedagogy, and NEW scholarship, with expanded coverage of environmental history, make the Fifth Edition the most accessible and relevant yet. NEW interactive learning resources develop history skills and assess comprehension of major themes and concepts.