Voyages in world history. Volume 1 : To 1600 by Hansen, Valerie, 1958-, Curtis, Kenneth Robert instant download

Voyages in world history. Volume 1 : To 1600 by Hansen, Valerie, 1958-, Curtis, Kenneth Robert instant download

xxxi, 461, [19] : 26 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Peopling of the world, to 4000 B.C.E -- First complex societies in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 4000-550 B.C.E. -- Ancient India and the rise of Buddhism, 2600 B.C.E.-100 C.E. -- Blueprint for empire : China, 1200 B.C.E.-220 C.E. -- Americas and the islands of the Pacific, to 1200 C.E. -- New empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 B.C.E.-651 C.E. -- The Roman empire and the rise of Christianity, 509 B.C.E.-476 C.E. -- Hindu and Buddhist states and societies in Asia, 100-1000 -- Islamic empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600-1258 -- Multiple Centers of Europe, 500-1000 -- Expanding trade networks in Africa and India, 1000-1500 -- China's commercial revolution, ca. 900-1276 -- Europe's commercial revolution, 1000-1400 -- Mongols and their successors, 1200-1500 -- Maritime expansion in the Atlantic world, 1400-1600 -- Maritime expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500-1700