New Seeing Connections features in each chapter visually illustrate the diverse linkages between the world's civilizations, religions, ideologies, arts, and social movements. 6) and The Islamic World, 800 - 1300 (Ch. New co-author, Matthew Gordon, a scholar in Middle Eastern history at the Miami University of Ohio, adds new perspectives to the text's coverage of the Islamic world, thoroughly reconceiving and rewriting the chapters on The Eastern Mediterranean World, 350 - 750 CE (Ch. This comprehensive site also includes a history bookshelf with about fifty of the most commonly assigned books in history classes and a history toolkit with tutorials and helpful links. With several hundred primary sources and images, as well as map activities with gradable quizzes and map workbook activities, the site offers students a unique, interactive experience that brings history to life. MyHistoryLab provides students with an online package complete with an electronic version of the textbook, course management, numerous study aids, primary sources, and a chapter exam. A Literature and Film section within the Suggestions for Readings provides instructors and students with a short list of the best contemporary cultural expressions of each age. Suggestions for Readings and Suggestions for Web Browsing at the end of each chapter provide suggestions for further research. On-page pronunciation guide and glossary definitions facilitate student understanding of the text and world history. Chronology Boxes aid students in understanding of events within the specific movements, cultures, or regions discussed in each chapter. A rich visual photography program, thoroughly updated for the twelfth edition, illustrates the themes, trends, and achievements of the world's many civilizations. An extensive and updated map program that enriches student appreciation of the book's narrative. Topics include slavery, migration, terrorism, marriage, environmental sustainability, disease, technological exchange, religion and government, location and identity, and war and international law. Each essay is designed to encourage student debate and includes study questions. Global Issues essays examine critical issues of world history that transcend time and region. 
In doing so, students gain a better understanding of how societies viewed themselves and others, learning to think outside common assumptions about space, borders, and identity. Discovery Through Maps features give students a unique perspective on the world's various cultures by exploring original historical maps.Primary Source documents, with study questions, encourage students to engage directly with the past and to think analytically about history.Chapter Opening Timelines identify the most important events of the chapter.The book uses intriguing avenues of historical interpretation and examines all of the major areas of historical study: social, political, economic, religious, cultural, and geographic. The book's narrative-enriched by photographs, maps, primary source documents, timelines, and other pedagogical aids-places great emphasis on the connections between the world's many cultures and regions. Civilizations Past and Present, written by specialists in Islamic, African, Asian, Ancient, and East European history- offers a clear and accessible analysis of diverse trends shaping world history.Ĭivilizations Past and Present, now in its Twelfth Edition, is a survey text well known in the marketplace for its readability, offering a strong narrative exploration of world history that examines details at levels appropriate for both students and instructors.
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