1 online resource (vii, 478 pages) :

"World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement."--Open Textbook Library

Includes bibliographical references

Prehistory -- Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations -- Ancient and Early Medieval India -- China and East Asia to the Ming Dynasty -- The Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Roman Conquest -- The Roman World from 753 BCE to 500 CE -- Western Europe and Byzantium circa 500 -- 1000 CE -- Islam to the Mamluks -- African History to 1500 -- The Americas -- Central Asia -- Western Europe and Byzantium circa1000 -1500 CE

World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 is produced by University System of Georgia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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