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Fichner-Rathus' CULTURES AND VALUES: A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE HUMANITIES, VOLUME I, 10th Edition, takes you on a tour of some of the world's most interesting and significant examples of art, music, philosophy and literature, from the beginnings of civilization to today. Discover the cultural connections occurring at the same time in different parts of the globe. Chapter previews, timelines, glossaries of key terms and "Big Picture" reviews all help make it easy for you to learn the material and study more effectively.
Contents
1. 2,500,000-3000 BCE.
2. 3000-1000 BCE: PART 1.
Mesopotamia: The Fertile Crescent. Egypt: The Nile Ribbon. South Asia: The Indus River Valley. East Asia: The Yellow River Valley.
3. 3000-1000 BCE: PART 2.
The Settlements, Cities, and Cultures of the Aegean Sea. The Levant. Mesoamerica: The Gulf of Mexico.
4. 1000-500 BCE.
Greece. Italy. Nubia. Mesopotamia. India. China.
5. 500-200 BCE.
Persia. Greece. India. China.
6. 200 BCE-300 CE.
Rome Ascendant. The Middle East. North and West Africa. South Asia. China. Mesoamerica: Teotihuacán. South America: The Andean Cultures.
7. 300-600.
The Transformation of the Roman Empire. Byzantium. India.
8. 600-900.
India: Faith and Empire. The Rise of Medieval Culture in Europe. China. Mesoamerica.
9. 900-1300.
Christian Europe in the Middle Ages. The Islamic World in the Middle Ages. South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Mongol Empire. China. Japan. North America.
10. 1300-1400.
Europe. Islamic Lands in the Middle Ages: The Nasrids and Ottoman Turks. Africa. China.
11. 1400-1500.
Crosscurrents: Christian Europe and the Ottoman Turks. The 15th Century in Northern Europe and Italy. The Iberian Peninsula. The Americas.
