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 5th Edition Marilynn Hitchens, Ph.D., and Heidi Roupp, M.A. - All books by this author
This test preparation manual presents a general overview of world history, treating it as an academic discipline, and offering general study advice. Twenty-five study units review the entire scope of human history, summarizing:- The emergence of early human communities
- The development of agricultural societies
- The emergence of civilizations
- Global exchange among peoples
- The development of industry
- Global demographic, economica, ecological , social, and cultural changes
The chronicle of the world's civilizations is reviewed to the present era. The manual concludes with two full-length model tests with all questions answered and explained.
Table of Contents:
- World History in Perspective
Why Study World History?
Study Strategies
Study, Study, Study
About the Test
How to Prepare for the Test
How to Take the Test
- Diagnostic Test
Answers Explained
Notes to the Student
Diagnostic Test and Answers
About the Test
How to Prepare for the Test
How to Take the Test
- UNIT I
THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
(ca. 5 MILLION B.C.E.4000 B.C.E.)
The Meaning of Society
The Emergence of Early Human Communities and
the Peopling of the Earth (ca. 5 million B.C.E.10,000
B.C.E.)
The Development of Agricultural Societies
(ca. 10,000 B.C.E.4000 B.C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT II
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS (to ca. 500 B.C.E.
The Meaning of Civilization
The Emergence of Civilization (ca. 3000 B.C.E.1500
B.C.E.)
Metallurgy and the
Development of Early
Civilization (ca. 3000
B.C.E.500 B.C.E.)
Regional Interaction (ca. 1000
B.C.E.600 B.C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT III
SYSTEMS OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE:
THE CLASSICAL AGE
(ca. 1000 B.C.E.900 C.E.)
The Meaning of Classicism
Classical Greek and Persian
Civilizations (ca. 600
B.C.E.200 B.C.E.)
Classical Roman Civilization
(ca. 500 B.C.E.500 C.E.)
Classical Chinese Imperial
Civilization (ca. 500
B.C.E.500 C.E.)
Classical Indian Civilization
(ca. 300 B.C.E.500 C.E.)
Classical American and
African Civilizations
(ca. 100 C.E.900 C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT IV EXPANDING CLASSICAL SYSTEMS OF
SOCIETY AND CULTURE (ca. 100 C.E.1600 C.E.)
Historical Processes: Migrations, Rise and Fall,
Diffusion, Interaction, Synthesis, and
Systems of Exchange
Expansion of Society and Culture in East and Southeast Asia (ca. 1500 B.C.E.1200 C.E.)
The Rise of Islamic Civilization (ca. 600 C.E.1200 C.E.)
The Byzantine Empire, Kievan State, and Sassanian Persia (ca. 500 C.E.1453 C.E.)
The Rise of Feudal States (ca. 500 C.E.1600 C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT V
EMERGENCE OF A GLOBAL AGE
(ca. 1100 C.E.1600 C.E.)
The Importance of Encounter, Exchange, and
Diffusion to the Global Age
The Eurasian Highway (ca. 1100 C.E.1600 C.E.)
Expanding Maritime Trade Routes (ca. 1100 C.E.1600 C.E.)
The Americas (ca. 800 C.E.1600 C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT VI
FORCES THAT SHAPED THE MODERN
WORLD EXCHANGE
(ca. 1000 C.E.1750 C.E.)
The Meaning of Modern
The Transformation of
Europe (ca. 1000 C.E.
1750 C.E.)
The World Exchange (ca.
1450 C.E.1750 C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT VII
PATTERNS OF MODERNITY IN THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
(ca. 1750 C.E.1914 C.E.)
Gender in World History
Liberal Democratic Movements (ca. 1450 C.E.1850 C.E.)
Industrial Revolutions and European Imperialism (ca. 1750 C.E.1914 C.E.)
The Spread of Modernization
and the Transformation of
Society (ca. 1800 C.E.
1914 C.E.)
Unit Review
- UNIT VIII THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD
Science and Technology in World History
Europe and the World (ca. 1900 C.E.1970 C.E.)
Revolution, Decolonization, and Wars of National Liberation (ca. 1917 C.E.2000 C.E.)
The Diffusion of Modern
Systems (ca. 1945 C.E.
Present)
Unit Review
- MODEL TESTS
Model Test 1
Answers to Model Test 1
Model Test 2
Answers to Model Test 2
Index
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Paperback / 480 Pages / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / 2013
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