Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

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Part I: The Early Complex Societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E.
  1. Before History
  2. Early Societies in Southwest Asia
  3. Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
  4. Early Societies in South Asia
  5. Early Societies in East Asia
  6. Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
Part II: The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
  1. The Empires of Persia
  2. The Unification of China
  3. State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India
  4. Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase
  5. Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase
  6. Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads
Part III: The Postclassical Era, 500-1000 C.E.
  1. The Commonwealth of Byzantium
  2. The Expansive Realm of Islam
  3. The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia
  4. India and the Indian Ocean Basin
  5. The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
Part IV: An Age of Cross-Cultural Interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E.
  1. Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration
  2. States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
  3. Western Europe During the High Middle Ages
  4. Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania
  5. Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions
Part V: The Origins of Global Interdependence, 1500-1800
  1. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections
  2. The Transformation of Europe
  3. The New Worlds: The Americas and Oceania
  4. Africa and the Atlantic World
  5. Tradition and change in East Asia
Part VI: An Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750-1914
  1. The Islamic Empires
  2. Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
  3. The Making of Industrial Society
  4. The Americas in the Age of Independence
  5. Societies at Crossroads
  6. The Building of Global Empires
Part VII: Contemporary Global Realignments, 1914 to the Present
  1. The Great War: The World in Upheaval
  2. An Age of Anxiety
  3. Nationalism and Political Identities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
  4. New Conflagrations: World War II
  5. The Bipolar World
  6. The End of Empire
  7. A World Without Borders
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