StudySpace: Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, 2 e.

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1 Becoming Human

2 Rivers, Cities and the Rise of Complex Societies, c. 4000-2000 BCE

3 Nomads, Territorial States, and Micro-Societies, 2000-1200 BCE

4 First Empires and Common Cultures, 1200–350 bce

5 Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000–350 bce

6 Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 bce–250 ce

7 Han China and The Roman Empire, 300 BCE –300CE

8 The Rise of Universal Religions, 300–600 CE

9 New Empires, and Common Cultures, 600-900 CE

10 The World Becomes “The World,” 1000-1300 CE

11 Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

12 Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

13 Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

14 Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1600-1780

15 Reordering the World, 1750–1850

16 Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

17 Nations and Empires, 1850–1914

18 An Unsettled World, 1890–1914

19 Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1930

20 The Three-World Order, 1940–1975

21 Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: Globalization 1975-1999

22 Epilogue, 2000–2007