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The Human Odyssey Vol 3 : From Modern Times to Our Contemporary Era
The Human Odyssey Vol 3 From Modern Times to Our Contemporary Era Author:Mary Beth Klee (Editor), John Cribb (Editor), John Holdren (Editor) Prehistory through the Middle Ages -- Our modern world, 1400-1914. — Table of Contents — Introduction: Our Human Odyssey — Part 1 — Chapter 1: How Civilized! From Hunter-Gatherers to City-Builders — Chapter 2: Unearthing Sumer — Chapter 3: Working, Trading, and Building in Sumer — Chapter 4: Honoring the Gods: Religion in Ancient Sumer — Chapter 5: Pass... more »ing It On: The Written Word in Ancient Sumer
Chapter 6: The Sun Sets on Sumer
Chapter 7: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Chapter 8: The Spread of Civilization: Egypt
Chapter 9: Three Pharaohs
Chapter 10: The Spread of Civilization: India and China
Conclusion: A Look Back and a Leap Forward
Part 2
Introduction:What Were They Thinking?
Chapter 1: The Life and Ideas of Confucius
Chapter 2: The Confucian Legacy
Chapter 3: The Birth of Hinduism
Chapter 4: The Life of the Buddha
Chapter 5: The Buddha's Teaching and Legacy
Chapter 6: A Chosen People
Chapter 7: The People of the Law
Chapter 8: The Greeks and Their View of Nature
Chapter 9: The Greek Celebration of Man
Conclusion: The Power of Ancient Ideas
Part 3
Introduction: What's So "Classic" About the Classical World?
Chapter 1: Two Greek City-States
Chapter 2: Defending Greece: The Persian Wars
Chapter 3: The Age of Pericles
Chapter 4: A Fall, a Rise, and a Final Burst of Glory
Chapter 5: The Roman Republic
Chapter 6: Rome Rising and the Republic Challenged
Chapter 7: Days of Empire
Chapter 8: Judea and the Rise of Christianity
Chapter 9: The Spread of Christianity
Chapter 10: Rome on the Wane
Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of the Classical World
Part 4
Introduction: The Medieval World
Chapter 1: Rome Moved East: The Byzantine Empire
Chapter 2: The Rise of Islam
Chapter 3: The Spread of Islam
Chapter 4: Ghana and Mali: Two Medival African Trading Empires
Chapter 5: Europe's Early Middle Ages
Chapter 6: Thunder from the North: The Viking Age
Chapter 7: Of Land and Loyalty
Chapter 8: An Age of Faith: The Church in Western Europe
Chapter 9: Monarchs on the Rise
Chapter 10: China in the Middle Ages
Chapter 11: Mongols on the Move
Chapter 12: Europe's Calamitous Fourteenth Century