World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500
A Global Survey of Cultures, States, Trade, Religions, and Exchange Before 1500By Eugene Berger, George Israel, Charlotte Miller, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Reeves, Nadejda Williams
Length21h 23m
About this audiobook
World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a capacious account of the human past from early societies through the major political, religious, and cultural formations of the premodern world. Its chapters move across regions and scales, pairing broad historical synthesis with attention to exchange, migration, belief, governance, technology, and social hierarchy. Rather than treating civilizations as isolated units, the volume foregrounds the connections—and tensions—that shaped Afro-Eurasian, American, and other world histories before 1500. Prepared by Eugene Berger, George Israel, Charlotte Miller, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Reeves, and Nadejda Williams, the book brings a collaborative scholarly perspective to the challenges of global historical narration. Their collective approach aligns with world-history scholarship that questions Eurocentric periodization and emphasizes comparative study, transregional networks, and the agency of diverse communities. The contributors' varied emphases allow states, cultures, and societies to appear not as static categories but as historically contingent and mutually influential formations. This volume is especially valuable for students and general readers seeking a rigorous introduction to premodern global history. It invites readers to compare distinct social worlds while recognizing the processes that linked them. Rich in interpretive breadth, it fosters productive dialogue between regional histories and offers an educational foundation for understanding later global developments.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length21 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery (Annotated)
2Chapter One: Prehistory
3Chronology
4Introduction
5Questions to Guide your Reading
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6Key Terms
7Human Beginnings in Africa
8Agriculture and the "Neolithic Revolution"
9Summary
10Works Consulted and Further Reading
11Links to Primary Sources
12Chapter Two: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations Charlotte Miller
13Chronology
14Introduction
15Questions to Guide your Reading
16Key Terms
17Ancient Mesopotamia
18Sumerian City-States
19Mesopotamian Empires
20The Significance of Mesopotamia for World History
21The Israelites and Ancient Israel
22Early Israelites
23The United Kingdom of Israel
24The Importance of the Israelites and Ancient Israel
25Ancient Egypt
26Dynastic Egypt
27Nubia: the Kingdoms of Kerma and Kush
28Summary
29Works Consulted and Further Reading
30Links to Primary Sources
31Chapter Three: Ancient and Early Medieval India George L. Israel
32Chronology
33Introduction
34Questions to Guide your Reading
35Key Terms
36What is India? The Geography of South Asia
37India's First Major Civilization: The Indus Valley Civilization
38The Long Vedic Age
39Transition to Empire: States, Cities, and New Religions
40The Mauryan Empire
41Regional States, Trade, and Devotional Religion
42The Gupta Empire and India's Classical Age
43India's Early Medieval Age and the Development of Islamic States in India
44Conclusion
45Works Consulted and Further Reading
46Links to Primary Sources
47Chapter Four: China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty George L. Israel
48Chronology
49Introduction
50Questions to Guide your Reading
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