TY - BOOK AU - Hansen,Valerie AU - Curtis,Kenneth Robert TI - Voyages in world history SN - 0618077235 AV - D21 .H357 2010 PY - 2010///- CY - Boston, MA PB - Wadsworth Cengage Learning KW - World history N1 - volume 1. To 1600 -- volume 2. Since 1500; Includes bibliographical references and index; -- The peopling of the world to 4000 B.C.E; -- The first complex societies in the eastern Mediterranean, circa 4000-550 B.C.E; -- Ancient India and the rise of Buddhism, 2600 B.C.E.-100 C.E; -- Blueprint for empire : China, 1200 B.C.E.-220 C.E; -- The Americas and the islands of the Pacific, to 1200 C.E; -- New empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 B.C.E.-651 C.E; -- The Roman empire and the rise of Christianity, 509 B.C.E.-476 C.E; -- Hindu and Buddhist states and societies in Asia, 100-1000; -- Islamic empires of western Asia and Africa, 600-1258; -- The multiple centers of Europe, 500-1000; -- Expanding trade networks in Africa and India, 1000-1500; -- China's commercial revolution, circa 900-1276; -- Europe's commerical revolution, 1000-1400; -- The Mongols and their successors, 1200-1500; -- Maritime expansion in the Atlantic world, 1400-1600; -- Maritime expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500-1700 ER -