The World’s History. Combined Volume. Third Edition.

Contents: Preface; Introduction: The World Through Historian's Eyes; Human Origin and Human Cultures (The Dry Bones Speak); Settling Down (From Village Community to City-State; River Valley Civilizations; A Polycentric World); Empire and Imperialism (Dawn of the Empires; Rome and the Barbarians; China; Indian Empires); The Rise of World Religions (Hinduism and Buddhism; Judaism and Christianity; Islam); The Movement of Goods and Peoples (Establishing World Trade Routes; European Visions; The Unification of World Trade; Migration); Social Change (Political Revolutions in Europe and The Americas; The Industrial Revolution; Nationalism, Imperialism, and Resistance); Exploding Technologies (Methods of Mass Production and Destruction; World War II and The Cold War; Cold War ad New Nations; China and India); Evolving Identities (New Public Identities; Regional Identities and the Twenty-First Century); Glossary; Index.