Global History

(back cover) GLOBAL HISTORY Volume I THE ANCIENT WORLD TO THE AGE OF REVOLUTION From the first civilizations, circa 4,000 BCE through the Napoleonic era, circa 1810. Introduction to Global History and Geography: A survey of every region of the world Ancient World Civilizations and Religion (4,000 BCE 500 CE): Ancient Africa and the Middle East, southern and eastern Asia, the Greco-Roman world, the ancient Americas Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter (500 1200): The Byzantine Empire, Medieval Europe, the rise of Islam, southern and eastern Asia, the Americas Global Interactions (1200 1650): The Renaissance, the Reformation, the commercial revolution, global interactions in Asia, empires in the Americas The First Global Age (1450 1770): The rise of nation-states, the growth of democracy in England, the age of exploration, civilizations in Africa, globalism in the Middle East and Asia An Age of Revolutions (1750 1810): The Enlightenment and scientific revolution, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Age Hundreds of maps, charts, and illustrationsWillner, Mark is the author of 'Global History', published 2006 under ISBN 9780764158117 and ISBN 0764158112.