Table Of ContentHow to Get the Most from This Program Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History PART ONE First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e. 1. First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, to 3500 b.c.e. 2. First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 b.c.e.-600 b.c.e. PART TWO Continuity and Change in the Second-Wave Era, 600 b.c.e.-600 c.e. 3. State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 600 b.c.e.-600 c.e. 4. Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa, 600 b.c.e.-600 c.e. 5. Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 600 b.c.e.-600 c.e. 6. Commonalities and Variations: Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania, 600 b.c.e.-1200 c.e. PART THREE Civilizations and Encounters during the Third-Wave Era, 600-1450 7. Commerce and Culture, 600-1450 8. China and the World: East Asian Connections, 600-1300 9. The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600-1450 10. The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction, Expansion, and Division, 600-1450 11. Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage: The Mongol Moment, 1200-1450 12. The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century PART FOUR The Early Modern World, 1450-1750 13. Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450-1750 14. Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450-1750 15. Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450-1750 PART FIVE The European Moment in World History, 1750-1900 16. Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750-1900 17. Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750-1900 18. Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 1750-1950 19. Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800-1900 PART SIX The Most Recent Century, 1900-present 20. Milestones of the Past Century: War and Revolution, 1900-1950 21. Milestones of the Past Century: A Changing Global Landscape 1950-present 22. Global Processes: Technology, Economy, and Society 1900-present 23. Global Processes: Demography, Culture, and the Environment 1900-present Notes Acknowledgments Glossary/Glosario of Historical Terms Glossary/Glosario of Academic Terms Index
SynopsisThe ideal textbook for the AP(R) World History classroom, Ways of the World focuses on significant historical trends, themes, and developments in world history, while building AP(R) skills. Authors Robert Strayer and Eric Nelson provide a thoughtful and insightful commentary that helps students see the big picture, while modeling historical thinking. This edition is even more focused on the needs of AP(R) students, with AP(R) Skills Workshops, a DBQ-aligned Working with Evidence feature, and more opportunities to hone AP(R) skills and practice for the exam., The ideal textbook for the AP® World History classroom, Ways of the World focuses on significant historical trends, themes, and developments in world history, while building AP® skills. Authors Robert Strayer and Eric Nelson provide a thoughtful and insightful commentary that helps students see the big picture, while modeling historical thinking. This edition is even more focused on the needs of AP® students, with AP® Skills Workshops, a DBQ-aligned Working with Evidence feature, and more opportunities to hone AP® skills and practice for the exam.