Traditions & encounters : a global perspective on the past vol. 1. from the beginning to 1500 / Jerry H. Bentley, and Herbert F. Ziegler.

CONTENTS

PART I: THE EARLY COMPLEX SOCIETIES, 3500 TO 500 B.C.E
Before history
early societies in southwest Asia and the Indo-European migrations
early African societies and the Bantu migrations
Early societies in South Asia
Early society in East Asia
Early societies in Americas and Oceania

PART II: THE FORMATION OF CLASSICAL SOCIETIES, 500 B.C.E TO 500 C.E
The empires of Persia
The unification of china
state, society and the quest for salvation in India
Mediterranean society: The Greek phase
Mediterranean society: The roman phase
Cross-cultural exchanges on the silk roads

PART III: THE POSTCLASSICAL ERA, 500 TO 1000 C.E
The common wealth of Byzantium
The expansive realm of Islam
the resurgence of empire in east Asia
India and the India ocean Basin
The foundations of Christian society society in western Europe

PART IV: AN AGE OF CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTION, 1000 TO 1500 C.E
Nomadic empires and Eurasian integration
states and societies of sub-Saharan Africa
western Europe during the high middle ages
worlds apart: The Americas and Oceania
Reaching out: Cross cultural interactions

Includes index.