A History of World Societies

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Take the lead in succeeding in your history course. -- Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources -- About the Cover Image -- Maps -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Versions and Supplements -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Chapter 1: The Earl...

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Authors: Wiesner, Merry E. (Author), Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (Author), Beck, Roger B. (Author), Dávila, Jerry (Author), Crowston, Clare Haru (Author), MacKay, John P. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Boston New York Bedford/Saint Martin's [2018]
Edition:Eleventh edition, value edition
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  • Summary: Take the lead in succeeding in your history course. -- Avoiding Plagiarism and Managing Sources -- About the Cover Image -- Maps -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Versions and Supplements -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Chapter 1: The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 B.C.E. -- Evolution and Migration -- Understanding the Early Human Past -- Hominid Evolution -- Homo Sapiens, "Thinking Humans" -- Migration and Differentiation -- Later Paleolithic Society, ca. 200,000-9000 B.C.E. -- Foraging for Food -- Family and Kinship Relationships -- Cultural Creations and Spirituality -- The Development of Agriculture in the Neolithic Era, ca. 9000 B.C.E. -- The Development of Horticulture -- Animal Domestication and the Rise of Pastoralism -- Plow Agriculture -- Neolithic Society -- Social Hierarchies and Slavery -- Gender Hierarchies and Inheritance -- Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections -- Chapter Summary -- Connections -- Chapter 1 Review -- Chapter 2: Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 B.C.E. -- Writing, Cities, and States -- Written Sources and the Human Past -- Cities and the Idea of Civilization -- The Rise of States, Laws, and Social Hierarchies -- Mesopotamia from Sumer to Babylon -- Environmental Challenges, Irrigation, and Religion -- Sumerian Politics and Society -- Writing, Mathematics, and Poetry -- Empires in Mesopotamia -- Life Under Hammurabi -- The Egyptians -- The Nile and the God-King -- Egyptian Society and Work -- Migrations, Revivals, and Collapse -- Iron and the Emergence of New States -- The Hebrews -- The Hebrew State -- The Jewish Religion -- Hebrew Society -- The Assyrians and the Persians -- Assyria, the Military Monarchy -- The Rise and Expansion of the Persian Empire -- The Religion of Zoroaster -- Chapter Summary -- Connections.
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1380 pages) Illustrationen, Karten
  • ISBN: 9781319318857
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A history of world societies by MacKay, John P., Hill, Bennett D., Buckler, John, Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, Beck, Roger B., Crowston, Clare Haru, Wiesner, Merry E.

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Boston New York : Bedford/St. Martin's , [2012]
Catalogue: GEI     GEI Research Library    Call Number: USA H-551(9,2012)
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