Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Introduction
- 1 Foraging and farming families (to 3000 BCE)
- 2 Cities and classical societies (3000 BCE–500 CE)
- 3 Expanding networks of interaction, 500 CE–1500 CE
- 4 A new world of connections, 1500 CE–1800 CE
- 5 Industrialization, imperialism, and inequality, 1800 CE–2015 CE
- Index
List of figures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Introduction
- 1 Foraging and farming families (to 3000 BCE)
- 2 Cities and classical societies (3000 BCE–500 CE)
- 3 Expanding networks of interaction, 500 CE–1500 CE
- 4 A new world of connections, 1500 CE–1800 CE
- 5 Industrialization, imperialism, and inequality, 1800 CE–2015 CE
- Index
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- A Concise History of the World , pp. ix - xiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015