The Heritage of World Civilizations (v. 2)

This comprehensive yet accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, Heritage of World Civilizations 8e, combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions.

ISBN 0136003222   Weight (grammes) 1746 ISBN13 9780136003229 (What's this?)   Published in Upper Saddle River Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Series ISSN 02 Imprint Pearson Education (US)   Series title Heritage of World Civilizations Format Multimedia Item   Previous ISBN 9780131926226 Publication date 25 Feb 2008   Height (mm) 273 DEWEY 909.09821   Width (mm) 229 DEWEY edition DC22   Spine width (mm) 27 Pages 752   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Part volume Since 1500   Alternative ISBN 9780205803477 Volumes 1

PART IV. THE WORLD IN TRANSITION. 16. Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance. Revival of the Empire, Church, and Towns Otto I and the Revival of the Empire The Reviving Catholic Church The Crusades Towns and Townspeople Society The Order of Life Medieval Women Growth of National Monarchies Englandand France: Hastings (1066) to Bouvines (1214) Francein the Thirteenth Century: Reign of Louis IX The Hohenstaufen Empire (1152-1272) Political and Social Breakdown Hundred Years' War The Black Death New Conflicts and Opportunities Ecclesiastical Breakdown and the Revival: the Late Medieval Church Boniface VIII and Philip the Fair The Great Schism (1378-1417) and the Conciliar Movement to 1449 The Renaissance in Italy (1375-1527) The Italian City-State: Social Conflict and Despotism Humanism Renaissance Art in and Beyond Italy Italy's Political Decline: The French Invasions (1494-1527) Niccolo Machiavelli Revival of Monarchy: Nation Building in the Fifteenth Century Medieval Russia France Spain England Summary Review Questions Key Terms 17. Europe 1500-1650: Expansion, Reformation, and Religious Wars. The Discovery of a New World The Portuguese Chart the Course The Spanish Voyages of Christopher Columbus Impact on Europe and America The Reformation Religion and Society Popular Movements and Criticism of the Church Secular Control over Religious Life The Northern Renaissance Martin Luther and the German Reformation to 1525 Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation Anabaptists and Radical Protestants John Calvin and the Genevan Reformation Political Consolidation of the Lutheran Reformation The English Reformation to 1553 Catholic Reform and Counter-Reformation The Reformation's Achievements Religion in Fifteenth-Century Life Religion in Sixteenth-Century Life Family Life in Early Modern Europe The Wars of Religion French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) Imperial Spain and the Reign of Philip II (1556-1598) Englandand Spain (1558-1603) The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Superstition and Enlightenment: the Battle Within Witch Hunts and Panic Writers and Philosophers Summary Review Questions Key Terms * Religions of the World: Christianity * 18. Conquest and Exploitation: the Development of the Transatlantic Economy. Periods of European Overseas Expansion Mercantilist Theory of Economic Exploitation Establishment of the Spanish Empire in America Conquest of the Aztecs and the Incas The Roman Catholic Church in Spanish America Economics of Exploitation in the Spanish Empire Varieties of Economic Activity Commercial Regulation and the Flota System Colonial Brazil French and British colonies in North America The Columbian Exchange: Disease, Animals, and Agriculture Diseases Enter the Americas Animals and Agriculture Slavery in the Americas The Background of Slavery Establishment of Slavery The Plantation Economy and Transatlantic Trade Slavery on the Plantations Africaand the Transatlantic Slave Trade Slavery and Slaving in Africa The African Side of the Transatlantic Trade The Extent of the Slave Trade Consequences of the Slave Trade for Africa Summary Review Questions Key Terms 19. East Asia in the Late Traditional Era. Late Imperial China. Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties Land And People China's Third Commercial Revolution Political System Ming-Qing Foreign Relations Ming-Qing Culture Japan. Warring States Era (1467-1600) War of All Against All Foot Soldier Revolution Foreign Relations and Trade Tokugawa Era (1600-1868) Political Engineering and Economic Growth During the Seventeenth Century Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Tokugawa Culture Koreaand Vietnam. Korea Early History Korea: The Choson Era Vietnam Early History Late Traditional Vietnam Summary Review Questions Key Terms 20. State-Building and Society in Early Modern Europe. European Political Consolidation Two Models of European Political

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