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World History to 1500

Humanities

Author: Kelsey Utne
Publisher: Arkansas Tech University
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN

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Contents· 370 sections

01: Front Matter and Introduction
1.01: TitlePage
1.02: InfoPage
1.03: Table of Contents
1.04: Licensing
1.05: Introduction- Understanding the Past
1.5.01: Introduction
1.5.02: Developing a Global Perspective
1.5.03: Primary Sources
1.5.04: Causation and Interpretation in History
1.5.05: Key Terms
1.5.06: Section Summary
1.5.07: Review Questions
1.5.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
1.5.09: Application and Reflection Questions
02: Early Civilizations and Urban Societies
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Early Civilizations
2.03: Ancient Mesopotamia
2.04: Ancient Egypt
2.05: The Indus Valley Civilization
2.06: Key Terms
2.07: Section Summary
2.08: Review Questions
2.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
2.10: Application and Reflection Questions
03: The Near East
3.01: Introduction
3.02: From Old Babylon to the Medes
3.03: Egypts New Kingdom
3.04: The Persian Empire
3.05: The Hebrews
3.06: Key Terms
3.07: Section Summary
3.08: Review Questions
3.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
3.10: Application and Reflection Questions
04: Asia in Ancient Times
4.01: Introduction
4.02: Geography of East Asia
4.03: Ancient China
4.04: The Steppes
4.05: Korea Japan and Southeast Asia
4.06: What is India The Geography of South Asia
4.07: Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
4.08: Key Terms
4.09: Section Summary
4.10: Review Questions
4.11: Check Your Understanding Questions
4.12: Application and Reflection Questions
05: Mediterranean Peoples
5.01: Introduction
5.02: Early Mediterranean Peoples
5.03: Ancient Greece
5.04: The Hellenistic Era
5.05: The Roman Republic
5.06: The Age of Augustus
5.07: Key Terms
5.08: Section Summary
5.09: Review Questions
5.10: Check Your Understanding Questions
5.11: Application and Reflection Questions
06: Africa in Ancient Times
6.01: Introduction
6.02: Africas Geography and Climate
6.03: The Emergence of Farming and the Bantu Migrations
6.04: The Kingdom of Kush
6.05: North Africas Mediterranean and Trans-Saharan Connections
6.06: Key Terms
6.07: Section Summary
6.08: Review Questions
6.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
6.10: Application and Reflection Questions
07: The Americas in Ancient Times
7.01: Introduction
7.02: Populating and Settling the Americas
7.03: Early Cultures and Civilizations in the Americas
7.04: The Age of Empires in the Americas
7.05: Key Terms
7.06: Section Summary
7.07: Review Questions
7.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
7.09: Application and Reflection Questions
08: Empires of Faith
8.01: Introduction
8.02: The Eastward Shift
8.03: The Byzantine Empire and Persia
8.04: The Kingdoms of Aksum and Himyar
8.05: The Margins of Empire
8.06: Key Terms
8.07: Section Summary
8.08: Review Questions
8.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
8.10: Application and Reflection Questions
09: The Rise of Islam and the Caliphates
9.01: Introduction
9.02: The Rise and Message of Islam
9.03: The Arab-Islamic Conquests and the First Islamic States
9.04: Islamization and Religious Rule under Islam
9.05: Key Terms
9.06: Section Summary
9.07: Review Questions
9.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
9.09: Application and Reflection Questions
10: India the Indian Ocean Basin and East Asia
10.01: Introduction
10.02: The Indian Ocean World in the Early Middle Ages
10.03: East-West Interactions in the Early Middle Ages
10.04: Border States- Sogdiana Korea and Japan
10.05: Key Terms
10.06: Section Summary
10.07: Review Questions
10.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
10.09: Application and Reflection Questions
11: The Post-Roman West and the Crusading Movement
11.01: Introduction
11.02: The Post-Roman West in the Early Middle Ages
11.03: The Seljuk Migration and the Call from the East
11.04: Patriarch and Papacy- The Church and the Call to Crusade
11.05: The Crusading Movement
11.06: Key Terms
11.07: Section Summary
11.08: Review Questions
11.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
11.10: Application and Reflection Questions
12: Pax Mongolica- The Steppe Empire of the Mongols
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Song China and the Steppe Peoples
12.03: Chinggis Khan and the Early Mongol Empire
12.04: The Mongol Empire Fragments
12.05: Christianity and Islam outside Central Asia
12.06: Key Terms
12.07: Section Summary
12.08: Review Questions
12.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
12.10: Application and Reflection Questions
13: States and Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
13.01: Introduction
13.02: Culture and Society in Medieval Africa
13.03: Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa
13.04: The People of the Sahel
13.05: Key Terms
13.06: Section Summary
13.07: Review Questions
13.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
13.09: Application and Reflection Questions
14: Climate Change and Plague in the Fourteenth Century
14.01: Introduction
14.02: Asia North Africa and Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century
14.03: Famine Climate Change and Migration
14.04: The Black Death from East to West
14.05: The Long-Term Effects of Global Transformation
14.06: Key Terms
14.07: Section Summary
14.08: Review Questions
14.09: Check Your Understanding Questions
14.10: Application and Reflection Questions
15: The Ottomans the Mamluks and the Ming
15.01: Introduction
15.02: The Ottomans and the Mongols
15.03: From the Mamluks to Ming China
15.04: Gunpowder and Nomads in a Transitional Age
15.05: Key Terms
15.06: Section Summary
15.07: Review Questions
15.08: Check Your Understanding Questions
15.09: Application and Reflection Questions
16: Appendix
16.01: Appendix A- Glossary
16.02: Appendix B- Maps and Timelines
16.03: Appendix C- World Maps
16.04: Appendix D- Recommended Resources for the Study of World History
17: Resources
17.01: Prehistory
17.1.01: Chronology
17.1.02: Introduction to Prehistory
17.1.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.1.04: Key Terms
17.1.05: Human Beginnings in Africa
17.1.06: Agriculture and the Neolithic Revolution
17.1.07: Summary
17.1.08: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.1.09: Links to Primary Sources
17.02: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations
17.2.01: Chronology
17.2.02: Introduction - Defining Civilization
17.2.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.2.04: Key Terms
17.2.05: Ancient Mesopotamia
17.2.06: Sumerian City-States
17.2.07: Mesopotamian Empires
17.2.08: The Significance of Mesopotamia for World History
17.2.09: The Israelites and Ancient Israel
17.2.10: Early Israelites
17.2.11: The United Kingdom of Israel
17.2.12: The Importance of the Israelites and Ancient Israel
17.2.13: Ancient Egypt
17.2.14: Dynastic Egypt
17.2.15: Nubia- The Kingdoms of Kerma and Kush
17.2.16: Summary
17.2.17: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.2.18: Links to Primary Sources
17.03: Ancient and Medieval India
17.3.01: Chronology of Ancient and Medieval India
17.3.02: Introduction - A Political Overview
17.3.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.3.04: Key Terms
17.3.05: India's First Major Civilization - The Indus Valley Civilization ( 2600-1700 BCE)
17.3.06: The Long Vedic Age (1700-600 BCE)
17.3.07: Transition to Empire - States Cities and New Religions (600 to 321 BCE)
17.3.08: The Mauryan Empire (321-184 BCE)
17.3.09: Regional States Trade and Devotional Religion- India 200 BCE-300 CE
17.3.10: The Gupta Empire and India's Classical Age (300-600CE)
17.3.11: India's Early Medieval Age and the Development of Islamic States in India 600-1300
17.3.12: Conclusion
17.3.13: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.3.14: Links to Primary Sources
17.04: China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
17.4.01: Chronology of China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
17.4.02: Introduction to China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
17.4.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.4.04: Key Terms
17.4.05: China from Neolithic Village Settlements to the Shang Kingdom
17.4.06: The Long Zhou Dynasty (1046- 256 BCE)
17.4.07: The Qin Dynasty and the Transition from Ancient to Imperial China
17.4.08: The Han Dynasty 202 BCE-220 CE
17.4.09: The Period of Division 220-589CE
17.4.10: The Tang Dynasty and the Emergence of East Asia
17.4.11: The Song Dynasty
17.4.12: The Yuan Dynasty
17.4.13: Conclusion
17.4.14: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.4.15: Links to Primary Sources
17.05: The Greek World from Bronze Age to Roman Conquest
17.5.01: Chronology
17.5.02: Introduction
17.5.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.5.04: Key Terms
17.5.05: Geography and Topography
17.5.06: Periods of Greek History
17.5.07: Methodology- Sources and Problem
17.5.08: From Mythology to History
17.5.09: Archaic Greece
17.5.10: The Classical Period
17.5.11: Hellenistic Period
17.5.12: Conclusion
17.5.13: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.5.14: Links of Primary Sources
17.06: The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 BCE
17.6.01: Chronology
17.6.02: Introduction
17.6.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.6.04: Key Terms
17.6.05: Geography and Topography of Rome and the Roman Empire
17.6.06: Basic Chronology and Periods of Roman History
17.6.07: Sources and Problems
17.6.08: Early and Middle Republic
17.6.09: Fall of the Roman Republic
17.6.10: The Early Empire
17.6.11: The Third-Century Crisis and Late Antiquity
17.6.12: Conclusion- From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
17.6.13: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.6.14: Links to Primary Sources
17.07: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500-1000 CE
17.7.01: Chronology
17.7.02: Introduction to Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500-1000 CE
17.7.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.7.04: Key Terms
17.7.05: Successor Kingdoms to the Western Roman Empire
17.7.06: Byzantium - The Age of Justinian
17.7.07: Perspectives - Post-Roman East and West
17.7.08: The British Isles - Europe's Periphery
17.7.09: Byzantium - Crisis and Recovery
17.7.10: Western Europe - The Rise of the Franks
17.7.11: Global Context
17.7.12: Daily Life in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empires
17.7.13: Carolingian Collapse
17.7.14: The Tenth-Century Church
17.7.15: Byzantine Apogee - The Macedonian Emperors
17.7.16: Conclusion and Global Perspectives
17.7.17: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.7.18: Links to Primary Sources
17.08: Islam to the Mamluks
17.8.01: Chronology
17.8.02: Introduction
17.8.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.8.04: Key Terms
17.8.05: Geography of the Middle East
17.8.06: Rise of Islam
17.8.07: The Expansion of Islam
17.8.08: The Rashidun Caliphs
17.8.09: The Umayyad Caliphate
17.8.10: The 'Abbasid Caliphate
17.8.11: The Fatimid Caliphate
17.8.12: The Crusades
17.8.13: The Mamluk Sultanate
17.8.14: Conclusion
17.8.15: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.8.16: Links to Primary Sources
17.09: African History to 1500
17.9.01: Chronology
17.9.02: Introduction
17.9.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.9.04: Key Terms
17.9.05: Writing the History of Ancient and Medieval Africa
17.9.06: Aksum and Ethiopia
17.9.07: The Western Sudanic States
17.9.08: The Spread of Agriculture and Great Zimbabwe
17.9.09: The Swahili City-States (East Africa)
17.9.10: Conclusion
17.9.11: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.10: The Americas
17.10.01: Chronology
17.10.02: Introduction to The Americas
17.10.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.10.04: Key Terms
17.10.05: Mesoamerica
17.10.06: The Maya
17.10.07: The Aztec
17.10.08: Early Andes
17.10.09: North America
17.10.10: Conclusion
17.10.11: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.10.12: Links to Primary Sources
17.11: Central Asia
17.11.01: Chronology
17.11.02: Introduction to Central Asia
17.11.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.11.04: Key Terms
17.11.05: Turkic Migrations
17.11.06: Islam
17.11.07: The Mongol Era
17.11.08: The Khanate of Chagatai
17.11.09: The Khanate of the Ilkhans (1265-1335)
17.11.10: Timur
17.11.11: Conclusion
17.11.12: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.11.13: Links to Primary Sources
17.12: Western Europe and Byzantium circa 1000-1500 CE
17.12.01: Chronology
17.12.02: Introduction to Western Europe and Byzantium circa 1000-1500 CE
17.12.03: Questions to Guide Your Reading
17.12.04: Key Terms
17.12.05: The Emergence of a Feudal Order in Western Europe
17.12.06: Growth of Towns and Trade
17.12.07: Growth in Agriculture
17.12.08: A Roman Empire
17.12.09: The Holy Roman Empire's Peripheries - Secondary State Formation
17.12.10: Expansion of Christendom
17.12.11: Church Reform in the Eleventh Century
17.12.12: The Crusades
17.12.13: The Twelfth Century in Western Europe
17.12.14: Empires- Recovery and Collapse
17.12.15: The Twelfth-Century Renaissance
17.12.16: The Third Crusade
17.12.17: The Fourth Crusade
17.12.18: The States of Thirteenth-Century Europe
17.12.19: Later Crusades and Crusading's Ultimate Failure
17.12.20: Scholasticism
17.12.21: Daily Life at the Medieval Zenith
17.12.22: Fourteenth Century Crises
17.12.23: War
17.12.24: Southeastern Europe in the Late Middle Ages
17.12.25: The Late Medieval Papacy
17.12.26: The European Renaissance
17.12.27: States in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
17.12.28: Iberia and the Atlantic- New Worlds
17.12.29: Conclusion
17.12.30: Works Consulted and Further Reading
17.12.31: Links to Primary Sources