An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an
extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume
encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across
cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive
presentation available of the development of humanity from a global
perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked
together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most
up-to-date visions available. A monumental undertaking. A stunning
academic achievement. ABC-CLIO's World History Encyclopedia is the
first comprehensive work to take a large-scale thematic look at the
human species worldwide. Comprised of 21 volumes covering 9 eras,
an introductory volume, and an index, it charts the extraordinary
journey of humankind, revealing crucial connections among
civilizations in different regions through the ages. Within each
era, the encyclopedia highlights pivotal interactions and exchanges
among cultures within eight broad thematic categories: population
and environment, society and culture, migration and travel,
politics and statecraft, economics and trade, conflict and
cooperation, thought and religion, science and technology. Aligned
to national history standards and packed with images, primary
resources, current citations, and extensive teaching and learning
support, the World History Encyclopedia gives students, educators,
researchers, and interested general readers a means of navigating
the broad sweep of history unlike any ever published. Contributions
by a team of over 800 historians, anthropologists, sociologists,
and other academics, focused on a world-based view of history,
including well-known researchers as well as innovative newcomers
who have made remarkable contributions. This multi-faceted approach
offers a work that combines orthodox views with creative new
perspectives Twenty-one volumes covering the breadth of human
history, in nine eras: Beginnings of Human Society; Early
Civilizations, 4000-1000 BCE; Classical Traditions, 1000 BCE-300
CE; Expanding Regional Civilizations, 300-1000; Intensified
Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500; The First Global Age,
1450-1770; The Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914; Crisis and
Achievement, 1900-1945; Promises and Paradoxes, 1945-Present
General chronologies plotting large-scale changes in human
organization, in areas such as population flow, technological
development, and the evolution of social and political institutions
Hundreds of images and maps, plus charts and bibliographies A wide
range of primary source excerpts (some translated into English for
the first time) giving students firsthand exposure to the raw
materials of historical research
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