Ways of the world textbook
Ways of the World with Sources for the AP® Course
Table of Contents
To the Student
How to Get the Most from This Program
Working with Evidence
Historical Thinking Skills: An AP® Primer
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART ONE First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e.
1. First Peoples; First Farmers: Most of History in a Single Chapter, to 4000 b.c.e.
2. First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies, 3500 b.c.e.–500 b.c.e.
PART TWO Second-Wave Civilizations in World History, 600 b.c.e.–600 c.e.
3. State and Empire in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
4. Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
5. Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 b.c.e.–500 c.e.
6. Commonalities and Variations: Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania, 500 b.c.e.–1200 c.e.
PART THREE An Age of Accelerating Connections, 600–1450
7. Commerce and Culture, 500–1500
8. China and the World: East Asian Connections, 500–1300
9. The Worlds of Islam: Afro-Eurasian Connections, 600–1500
10. The Worlds of C
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A Fast Guide to Working with First Sources This quick guide provides some basic steps for interpreting the documents and visual sources in this book. For more detailed help in working with primary sources, see pp. xlv–xlix. Reading and Analyzing a Written Document The following questions will help you understand and assess a written document: • Who wrote the document? • When and where was it written? • What type of document is it (for example, a letter to a friend, a political decree, an exposition of a religious teaching)? • Why was the document written? Under what circumstances was it composed? • What point of view does it reflect? • Who was its intended audience? • What about the document is believable and what is not? • What can the document tell us about the individual that produced it and the society from which he or she came? Viewing and Reviewing a Visual Source These questions will help you to perceive and analyze a visual source: • When and where was the image or artifact made? • Who made the image or artifact? How was it made? • Who paid for or commissioned it? • Where might the image or artifact have originally been display
Ways of the World with Sources, Combined Volume
The Combined Volume includes all chapters.
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-12.
Volume 2 includes Chapters 12-23.
NOTE: Achieve for Ways of the World 5e includes additional activities and assessments for the book content. Along with the interactive e-books for the main text and the companion source reader, Achieve provides quizzes for the source features in the book and the documents in the companion reader, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, study and writing skills tutorials, and a variety of autograded exercises that help students develop their historical thinking skills. Many of these resources are set up for quick use in the pre-built courses in Achieve, which can be customized easily, and Achieve also allows instructors to create quiz questions and upload their own documents.
Preface
Versions and Supplements
Working with Primary Sources
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History
PART 1 First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e.
THE BIG PICTURE Turning Points in Early World History
The Emergence of Humankind
The Globalization of Humankind
The Revolution of Farming and Herding
Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course Since 1200 C.E.
Ways of the World for the AP World History Modern Course 5e
Contents
PERIOD 1 Diversity and Interaction in the World of 1200–1450
The Big Picture 1200: Jumping into the Stream of World History
Landmarks in World History
Understanding AP Themes in Period 1
CHAPTER 1 Before 1200: Patterns in World History
From the Paleolithic Era to the Age of Agriculture
Landmarks for Chapter 1
CONTROVERSIES Debating the Timescales of History
Civilizations
Civilizations and the Environment
Comparing Civilizations
THEN AND NOW Patriarchy
Civilizations and Cultural Traditions
South Asian Cultural Traditions: Hinduism
South Asian Cultural Traditions: Buddhism
Chinese Cultural Traditions: Confucianism
Chinese Cultural Traditions: Daoism
Middle Eastern Cultural Traditions: Judaism and Christianity
Middle Eastern Cultural Traditions: Islam
ZOOMING IN Perpetua, Christian Martyr
Interactions and Encounters
Conclusions and Reflections: Religion and Historians
Chapter Review
AP® Key Terms
Finding the Main Point
AP® Big Picture Questions
AP® SKILLS WORKSHOP Developments a The Combined Volume includes all chapters. NOTE: Achieve for Ways of the World 5e includes additional activities and assessments for the book content. Along with the interactive e-books for the main text and the companion source reader, Achieve provides quizzes for the source features in the book and the documents in the companion reader, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, study and writing skills tutorials, and a variety of autograded exercises that help students develop their historical thinking skills. Many of these resources are set up for quick use in the pre-built courses in Achieve, which can be customized easily, and Achieve also allows instructors to create quiz questions and upload their own documents. Preface PART 1 First Things First: Beginnings in History, to 600 b.c.e. THE BIG PICTURE Turning Points in Early World History The Emergence of Humankind The Globalization of Humankind The Revolution of Farming an
Ways of the World with Sources, Combined Volume
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-12.
Volume 2 includes Chapters 12-23.
Versions and Supplements
Working with Primary Sources
Prologue: From Cosmic History to Human History