1. The Peopling of the World, to 4000 B.C.E.2. The First Complex Societies in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 4000 550 B.C.E.3. Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600 B.C.E. 100 C.E.4. Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 B.C.E. 220 C.E.5. The Americas and the Islands of the Pacific, to 1200 C.E.6. New Empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 B.C.E. 651 C.E.7. The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity, 509 B.C.E. 476 C.E.8. The Silk Routes: Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia, 100 1000.9. Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 1258.10. The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500 1000.11. Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India, 1000 1500.12. China s Commercial Revolution, ca. 900 1276.13. Europe s Commercial Revolution, 1000 1400.14. The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200 1500.15. Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World, 1400 1600.16. Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 1700.17. Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500 1750.18. Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600 1750.19. The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550 1807.20. Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650 1837.21. European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600 1820.22. Revolutions in the West, 1750 1830.23. The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765 1880.24. The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800 1910.25. State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830 1910.26. The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830 1914.27. War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905 1928.28. Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 1939.29. The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939 1949.30. The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949 1975.31. Toward a New World Order, 1975 2000.32. Voyage into the Twenty-First Century.
Kenneth R. Curtis received his Ph.D. in African and comparative world history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on colonial to postcolonial transitions in East Africa, with a particular focus on the coffee economy of Tanzania. He is a professor of history and liberal studies at California State University, Long Beach. He teaches world history at the introductory level, in special courses designed for future middle and high school teachers and in graduate seminars. He has worked to advance the teaching of world history at the collegiate and secondary levels in collaboration with the World History Association, the California History/Social Science Project and the College Board's Advanced Placement World History course.
Valerie Hansen received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. She is Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University, where she teaches courses on East Asian history, especially pre-modern China and Silk Road history. Her most recent books include THE OPEN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF CHINA TO 1600, THE SILK ROAD: A NEW HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS and THE YEAR 1000: WHEN EXPLORERS CONNECTED THE WORLD AND GLOBALIZATION BEGAN. As co-author of VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, Dr. Hansen has written this edition's Chapters 1 15.
