Kevin Reilly

Human Journey

A Concise Introduction to World History, Prehistory to 1450

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in an updated edition, The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to 1450. Presenting world history in a grand humanistic tradition, the book's scope, as the title implies, is the story of humanity in planetary context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781538105580
• ISBN-10: 1538105586
• Artikelnr.: 51153573

Autorenporträt

Kevin Reilly is professor of history at Raritan Valley College. He has also taught at Rutgers, Columbia, and Princeton.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1 The Long Prologue: From 14 Billion Years Ago
Chapter 2 The Brave New World of City, State, and Pasture: From 3000 BCE
Chapter 3 Eurasian Classical Cultures and Empires: 600 BCE-200 CE
Chapter 4 The Spread of New Ways in Eurasia: 200 CE-1000 CE
Chapter 5 The Making of an Afro-Eurasian Network: 1000 CE-1450 CE
Chapter 6 Parallel Worlds of Inner Africa, the Americas, and Oceania:
Before 1450
Index
About the Author