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World civilizations : sources, images, and interpretations / edited by Dennis Sherman... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2006.Description: 2 v. : ill. 27 cmISBN:
  • 0-07-312759-0
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB 69 .W893 2006
Summary: Provides a broad introduction to the sources that historians use, the ways in which they interpret historical evidence, and the challenges they face in studying the evolution of civilizations around the world over the past 6,000 years. Each selection - whether a document, photograph , or map - is presented with an introduction, commentary, and questions designed to provide meaningful context and to facilitate readers' understanding of the selection's hstorical significance.Contents:Early Civilizations of Southwestern Asia and Northeastern Africa,India,to C.E.%00,China ,to C.E.500,The Mediterranean Basin:Greek civilization,The Mediterranean Basin:Roman Civilization and the Origins of Christianity,The Rise of Islam,India and Southeast Asia,China and Japan 500-1500,The Monglos,the Turks,and the Middle East,1000-1500,the Struggle for order in the West :Europe's middle ages,500-1300,Transistions in the West,1300
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference CB 69 .W893 2006 v.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000288916
Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference CB 69 .W893 2006 v.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000288910

Provides a broad introduction to the sources that historians use, the ways in which they interpret historical evidence, and the challenges they face in studying the evolution of civilizations around the world over the past 6,000 years. Each selection - whether a document, photograph , or map - is presented with an introduction, commentary, and questions designed to provide meaningful context and to facilitate readers' understanding of the selection's hstorical significance.Contents:Early Civilizations of Southwestern Asia and Northeastern Africa,India,to C.E.%00,China ,to C.E.500,The Mediterranean Basin:Greek civilization,The Mediterranean Basin:Roman Civilization and the Origins of Christianity,The Rise of Islam,India and Southeast Asia,China and Japan 500-1500,The Monglos,the Turks,and the Middle East,1000-1500,the Struggle for order in the West :Europe's middle ages,500-1300,Transistions in the West,1300

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