Voyages in world history /
Valerie Hansen; Kenneth R. Curtis.
- Third edition.
- xxxii, 998 pages : colored illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. THE PEOPLING OF THE WORLD, 7 MILLION YEARS AGO-CIRCA 4000 B.C.E. Traveler: Kennewick Man. 2. THE FIRST COMPLEX SOCIETIES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CA. 4000-550 B.C.E. Traveler: Gilgamesh. 3. ANCIENT INDIA AND THE RISE OF BUDDHISM, 2600 B.C.E.-C.E. 100 Traveler: King Ashoka. 4. BLUEPRINT FOR EMPIRE: CHINA 1200 B.C.E.-220 C.E. Traveler: Qin Shi Huangdi (the first emperor). 5. THE AMERICAS AND THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC TO 1200 C.E.: DIFFERENT PATHS TO COMPLEX SOCIETY. Traveler: Yax K'uk Mo' (Maya ruler). 6. NEW EMPIRES IN IRAN AND GREECE, 2000 B.C.E.-651 C.E. Traveler: Herodotus (Greek historian). 7. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY, 509 B.C.E.-476 C.E. Traveler: Polybius (Roman historian). 8. HINDU AND BUDDHIST RULERS ALONG THE SILK ROADS OF ASIA, 100-1000 C.E. Traveler: Xuanzang (Chinese Buddhist monk). 9. ISLAMIC EMPIRES OF WESTERN ASIA AND AFRICA, 600-1258. Traveler: Khaizuran, the wife of the caliph. 10. THE MULTIPLE CENTERS OF EUROPE, 500-1000. Traveler: Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid. 11. THE EXPANSION OF AFRICA'S TRADE NETWORKS, 1000-1500. Traveler: Ibn Battuta. 12. CHINA'S COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION, CA. 900-1276. Traveler: Li Qingzhao (Chinese woman poet). 13. EUROPE'S COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION, 1000-1400. Traveler: Peter Abelard and Heloise. 14. THE MONGOL RULERS OF EURASIA AND THEIR SUCCESSORS, 1200-1500. Traveler: William of Rubruck. 15. MARITIME EXPANSION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1400-1600. Traveler: Christopher Columbus. 16. MARITIME EXPANSION AND EARLY MODERN CONNECTIONS IN AFRO-EURASIA, 1500-1660. Traveler: Matteo Ricci. 17. RELIGION, POLITICS AND THE POWER BALANCE IN WESTERN EURASIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1500-1750. Traveler: Jean de Chardin. 18. EMPIRES, COLONIES, AND PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS, 1600-1750. Traveler: Catalina de Erauso. 19. THE ATLANTIC SYSTEM: AFRICA, THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE, 1600-1808 Traveler: Olaudah Equiano. 20. EMPIRES IN EARLY MODERN ASIA, 1650-1818. Traveler: Xie Qinggao. 21. EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN IMPERIALISM, 1600-1820. Traveler: Joseph Banks. 22. REVOLUTIONS IN THE WEST, 1750-1830. Traveler: Simon Bolivar. 23. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND EUROPEAN POLITICS, 1780-1880. Traveler: Alexander Herzen. 24. ASIA AND THE MODERN WORLD, 1800-1910. Traveler: Fukuzawa Yukichi. 25. STATE BUILDING AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE AMERICAS, 1830-1895. Traveler: Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake. 26. THE NEW IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1830-1914. Traveler: King Khama of the Bangwato. 27. WAR, REVOLUTION, AND GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY, 1905-1928. Traveler: Louise Bryant. 28. RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CRISIS, 1920-1939. Traveler: Halide Edib. 29. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR, 1939-1949. Traveler: Nancy Wake. 30. THE COLD WAR AND DECOLONIZATION, 1949-1975. Traveler: Ernesto Guevara. 31. TOWARD A NEW WORLD ORDER, 1975-2000. Traveler: Nelson Mandela. 32. INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
Includes chapters that focus on a story - a traveler's account which highlights the constant movement of people, goods, and ideas - locally, regionally, and around the globe. This title covers such travelers as rulers, explorers, poets, merchants, soldiers, missionaries and scholars.