Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History

Contents


Introduction     Michael Adas

Part I: General Themes
  1. Shapes of World History in Twentieth-Century Scholarship
                  Jerry H. Bentley
  2. Agricultural Origins in Global Perspective
                  John A. Mears
  3. Nomads and Sedentary Societies in Eurasia
                  Peter B. Golden
  4. Women in Ancient Civilizations
                  Sarah Shaver Hughes and Brady Hughes
  5. The Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Interactions in Eurasia
                  Xinru Liu

Part II: Cross-Cultural Themes in Key Global Regions
  6. The Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas before Contact
                 John E. Kicza
  7. Sudanic Civilization
                 Christopher Ehret
  8. The Hellenistic Period in World History
                 Stanley N. Shaffer
  9. Southernization
                 Lynda N. Shaffer
  10. Finding Buddhists in Global History
                Jonathan S. Walters

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