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Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History, the highly-anticipated concise version of Bentley and Ziegler’s best-selling survey text, provides a streamlined account of the cultures and interactions that have shaped world history. With an engaging narrative, strong thematic approach, visual appeal, and solid pedagogy, it offers enhanced flexibility and affordability without sacrificing the features that have made the complete text a favorite among instructors and students alike.
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Table of Contents
- Front matter
- CHAPTER 1 The Foundations of Complex Societies
- CHAPTER 2 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
- CHAPTER 3 Early Societies in South and East Asia
- CHAPTER 4 Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
- CHAPTER 5 The Empires of Persia
- CHAPTER 6 The Unification of China
- CHAPTER 7 State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
- CHAPTER 8 Mediterranean Society under the Greeks and the Romans
- CHAPTER 9 Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads
- CHAPTER 10 The Commonwealth of Byzantium
- CHAPTER 11 The Expansive Realm of Islam
- CHAPTER 12 The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
- CHAPTER 13 India and the Indian Ocean Basin
- CHAPTER 14 The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
- CHAPTER 15 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
- CHAPTER 16 States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
- CHAPTER 17 Western Europe during the High Middle Ages
- Chapter 18 Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
- CHAPTER 19 Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions
- CHAPTER 20 Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
- CHAPTER 21 The Transformation of Europe
- CHAPTER 22 New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
- CHAPTER 23 Africa and the Atlantic World
- CHAPTER 24 Tradition and Change in East Asia
- CHAPTER 25 The Islamic Empires
- CHAPTER 26 Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
- CHAPTER 27 The Making of Industrial Society
- CHAPTER 28 The Americas in the Age of Independence
- CHAPTER 29 The Building of Global Empires
- CHAPTER 30 The Great War: The World in Upheaval
- CHAPTER 31 An Age of Anxiety
- CHAPTER 32 Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa and Latin America
- CHAPTER 33 New Conflagrations: World War II
- CHAPTER 34 The Bipolar World
- CHAPTER 35 The End of Empire and the Emergence of a World without Borders
- Back Matter
