World history : cultures, states, and societies to 1500
Eugene Clark Berger (Author), George Lawrence Israel (Author), Charlotte Miller (Author), Brian Parkinson (Author), Andrew Reeves (Author), Nadejda Williams (Author), Open Textbook Library (Distributor)
"World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement."--Open Textbook Library
Website, English, 2016
University of North Georgia Press, Dahlonega, GA, 2016
Electronic books
1 online resource (vii, 478 pages) : illustrations, maps, colour
9781940771106, 1940771102
961216293
Prehistory
Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations
Ancient and Early Medieval India
China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty
The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest
The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 CE
Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500
1000 CE
Islam to the Mamluks
African History to 1500
The Americas
Central Asia
Western Europe and Byzantium circa1000 -1500 CE
Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 26, 2016)