The World's History, Combined
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Spodek, Howard, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, A true exploration of world history, this text presents world history through an analysis of eight chronological turning points seen through the prisms of eight different themes -- origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology. Focusing throughout on three major questions -- What do we know? How do we know it? What difference does it make? -- it helps readers make sense of the immensity of human historical experience -- the most significant activities, accomplishments and failures -- throughout the world, from earliest times to the present. Volumes I and II cover the following turning points--human origins and human cultures: 5 million B.C.E. - B.C.E, The first cities B.C.E. - C.E, Empire and Imperialism: B.C.E. - C.E, the rise of world religions: 600 B.C.E. - C.E, world trade: C.E, migration , social change: and exploding technologies: s. For individuals interested in a comprehensive, yet manageable presentation of world history.