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• ISBN: 0304357308
• ISBN: 9780304357307
• Physical Description: xii, 767 pages ; 25 cm
• Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: The Idea of Progress xi -- 1 Ancient and Medieval Worlds 135,000BP-1449 1 -- Roots of Civilization: River-valley Civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Indus and the Nile 7 -- India and Hinduism: The Invention of a Country 18 -- Classical World: Polis and Republic in Greece and Rome 26 -- Bureaucracy and Intelligence: The Rise of China 32 -- Rise of Islam: An Arab Revolution 75 -- Castle and Cathedral: Europe's Middle Ages and the Idea of a Christian Civilization 84 -- 2 Early Modern World 1450-1799 179 -- Europe's Drama: Renaissance and Reformation 202 -- Turkic Power: The Ottoman Challenge to the West 205 -- Colonial Collisions: The European Push into Asia, the Americas and Africa 234 -- Sense of the New: The Enlightenment and the French Revolution 338 -- 3 Nineteenth-century World 1800-1899 349 -- Nationalism and Capitalism: The Dynamic Order of the 19th Century 367 -- Hierarchies in Collision: China and Japan in the 19th Century 397 -- An American Civilization: Unity, Power and Race in the New World 410 -- 4 Modern World 1900-2004 455 -- A Continent Divided: Europe from Armageddon to Reconstruction, 1914-89 484 -- Old Empires and New Beginnings: Decolonization and the Fall of Europe 552 -- American Hegemony: The Victories, Dilemmas and Fears of a 21st-century Colossus 628 -- Conclusion: Towards One World 661.

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Chronology, Historical.
World history.