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This groundbreaking world history text has, in its first edition, become a market leader by offering a fresh, global perspective on the past. The text is unique in approach; covering the world as a whole, examining the formations and development of the world’s major societies (“traditions”), and also systematically exploring cross-cultural interactions and exchanges that have been some of the most effective agents of change in all of world history (“encounters”). In addition, the authors have taken great care in constructing a coherent vision of the past that is not weighed down by a mass of detail, thus enabling instructors to incorporate additional readings of their choosing. Finally the text emphasizes that historical processes work themselves out through the lives and experiences of individual human beings, opening each chapter with an account of individual experiences that illuminate themes in that chapter. The second edition includes scholarship updates throughout and revisions to organization and content. From the Publisher Reorganized Treatment of Ancient Societies - Chapter 2 now places Mesopotamia and other societies of southwest Asia in hemispheric context by emphasizing migrations, including the early Indo-European migrations, and cross-cultural exchanges that influenced the development of the ancient world. Chapter 3 now places ancient Egypt in both African and Eurasian contexts by emphasizing the roles of environmental change and cross-cultural interactions that influenced the development of Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, and the eastern Mediterranean. Enhanced treatment of sub-Saharan Africa - The second edition draws on recent ground-breaking scholarship to bring clearer focus to the development of sub-Saharan Africa in pre-modern as well as modern times. Increased emphasis on processes of cross-cultural interaction in pre-modern times - Highlights processes such as large-scale migrations and the diffusion of technological skills that profoundly influenced the development of societies in premodern as well as modern times. Part 7, which focuses on global developments during the twentieth century, is significantly reorganized to highlight major historical topics. A completely revised chapter 38 now covers the entire cold war while an equally revised chapter 39 highlights the process of decolonization and developments in the post-colonial world. Chapter 40 has retained its focus on contemporary global developments, but benefits from the incorporation of new material on economic globalization, the AIDS crisis, and international terrorism. Glossary - now included with pronunciation guide (see pedagogy below).). Twin Themes: Traditions - the formations and development of the world's major societies. Encounters - cross-cultural interactions and exchanges that have been some of the most effective agents of change in all of world history. Emphasis on large-scale hemispheric and global networks of transportation, communication, and exchange.e. Succinct, Coherent Organization and Periodization- Briefer than many other books in world history, allowing instructors to assign supplementary readings. Part Openers - Introductions to the book's seven parts outline the themes running through all the chapters in that part. This creates a strong framework for understanding details of individual chapters. Timelines - open each part, outlining important events by both region and date.e. Introductory Stories ' open each chapter with stories of individual experiences and introduce themes in the chapter. Sources from the Past' Primary Source Boxes located in every chapter. Most chapters have more than one 'Sources from the Past'. Specific Treatment of Americas, Oceania, and Sub-Saharan Africa introduces students to parts of the world often neglected by other texts. Unique Mapping and Illustration Program ' uses the visual program in the text to look at world history from different and unique pe