784 pages : 28 cm

This world prehistory textbook presents the vast panorama of human social, cultural and economic development over the past three million years

"With 753 illustrations, 211 in color."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 726-759) and index

Introduction: The study of the human past -- African origins -- Hominin dispersals in the Old World -- The rise of modern humans -- The world transformed: from foragers and farmers to states and empires -- From foragers to complex societies in southwest Asia -- East Asian agriculture and its impact -- Australia and the Austronesians -- Origins of food-producing economies in the Americas -- Holocene Africa -- Holocene Europe -- The rise of civilization in Southwest Asia -- The Mediterranean world -- South Asia: from early villages to Buddhism -- Complex societies of east and southeast Asia -- Mesoamerican civilization -- From village to empire in South America -- Complex societies of North America -- The human past: retrospect and prospect

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