The text features dozens of exam-level essay prompts and carefully selected primary sources so students can master the skills that matter most, like document analysis, analytical thesis statements, periodization, and synthesis.
For convenience, these books consolidate all the student handouts in the books, plus sectional overviews that alert students to key topics.
Chapters: Prehistory and the Neolithic Revolution, Egypt and Mesopotamia, Persia and Greece, The Hellenistic World, The Roman Republic and Empire, China: Hsia to Han, India through the Gupta Empire; Byzantium, Islam, Sub-Saharan Africa, European Middle Ages, The Mongols, Tang/Song China and Southeastern Asia, The Americas, Japan.
Nearly 600 years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties took a very old manuscript off a library shelf, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied.
Author Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on an entertaining journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
Focusing on three themes-the rise of capitalism and modern business, the transformation of oil into a commodity intimately intertwined with national strategies and international politics, and the modern "Hydrocarbon Society" that oil created-the book not only traces the 20th-century history of oil, but also looks to "illuminate the past, enable us to better understand the […]
A Churchill’s epic accounts of those times, remarkable for their grand sweep and incisive firsthand observations, are distilled here in a single essential volume.
Spanning three centuries, the works include such milestone documents as the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789), and the Communist Manifesto (1848).
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