Civilization, A History of the World in 1000 Objects

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CONTENTS EARLY SOCIETIES 20,000–700 BCE Early Humans Shaping the World The Enigma of the Indus Civilization The Cradle of Civilization Egyptian Life and Afterlife Europe’s Bronze Age Warriors The Mighty Hittites Palace Societies of the Aegean The Intrepid Phoenicians China’s First Celestial Empire The Awe-inspiring Gods of the Andes The Mystical Land of the Olmec ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 700 BCE–600 CE The City-states of Ancient Greece Celtic Kingdoms The Great Persian Empire The Artistic Etruscans The Splendour of Rome Foreign Rule in Egypt India’s First Empires The Unified Kingdoms of China Yayoi and Kofun Japan The First Cities of Mesoamerica The Mysterious Nazca and Moche TRADE AND EMPIRE 600–1450 Europe’s Germanic Kingdoms Viking Traders and Raiders The Glory of Byzantium Islamic Courts and Caliphates Islamic Cultures of Spain and Africa Norman Crusaders and Conquerors The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire Early Kingdoms of Eastern Europe Empires of the Mongol Khans Art and Devotion in Classical India The Dragon Throne of Imperial China Buddhism in Medieval Japan Korea’s Golden Kingdoms Temple Cities of Cambodia Seljuk and Early Ottoman Realms Spirit of the American Southwest The Myth-makers of Mesoamerica Treasures of the Andes The Sculptors of Easter Island ENLIGHTENMENT AND IMPERIALISM 1450–1750 Art and Science in Renaissance Europe Reformation, War, and Enlightenment The Height of Ottoman Power Poetry and Power in the Safavid Empire Culture in Korea’s Last Dynasty China’s Age of Prosperity Last Days of the Samurai The Majesty of Mughal India The Rise of the Maratha Empire The Merchant Empire of Benin Ethiopia and the Christian World European Settlers in the New World INDUSTRY AND INDEPENDENCE 1750–1900 The Birth of the Industrial Age Revolution and Republic in France The Decline of the Austrian Empire Russia Under the Romanovs The Race for African Empires The Empire of the Sikhs Company Rule and the Raj in India The Reopening of Japan Unrest in Late Imperial China Colonial Struggle in Southeast Asia Pacific Exploration and Expansion Settlers in Australia and New Zealand Revolution in Latin America Tradition and War in North America The Birth of the United States A SHRINKING WORLD 1900 TO PRESENT A Century of Flight Transport for the Masses Entertaining the World Fighting the World Wars Combating Disease Life Under the Revolution The Western Home Fashion for the People The Space Age The Technology of Modern War Connecting the World Index Acknowledgments