Kevin Reilly

The Human Journey

A Concise Introduction to World History, Prehistory to 1450

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in an updated edition, The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to 1450. Presenting world history in a grand humanistic tradition, the book's scope, as the title implies, is the story of humanity in planetary context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 184mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781538105573
• ISBN-10: 1538105578
• Artikelnr.: 51147465

Autorenporträt

Kevin Reilly is professor of history at Raritan Valley College. He has also taught at Rutgers, Columbia, and Princeton.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1 The Long Prologue: From 14 Billion
Years Ago Chapter 2 The Brave New World of City, State, and Pasture: From
3000 BCE Chapter 3 Eurasian Classical Cultures and Empires: 600 BCE-200 CE
Chapter 4 The Spread of New Ways in Eurasia: 200 CE-1000 CE Chapter 5 The
Making of an Afro-Eurasian Network: 1000 CE-1450 CE Chapter 6 Parallel
Worlds of Inner Africa, the Americas, and Oceania: Before 1450 Chapter 7
Empires and Encounters in the Early Modern Era: 1450-1750 Chapter 8 The
Roots of Globalization: 1450-1750 Chapter 9 Breaking Out and the First
Modern Societies: 1750-1900 Chapter 10 The Great Disturbance by Global
Empires: 1750-1940 Chapter 11 The Modern World and Global Realignments: The
Past Century Chapter 12 Beneath the Surface of Globalization and Modernity:
The Past Century Index About the Author