The Mainstream of Civilization
The Mainstream of Civilization

Author: Stanley Chodorow

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 1124

ISBN-13: 9780155515796

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Traces the history of the world's major civilizations, discussing their special characteristics and contributions.

Ancient Civilizations of Africa
Ancient Civilizations of Africa

Author: G. Mokhtar

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780520039131

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The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography.

"The Earth is Our Book"

Author: Natalia Lozovsky

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780472111329

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A fascinating study of early geographical knowledge

Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World
Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World

Author: Monica Helen Green

Publisher: ARC Humanities Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781942401001

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The plague organism (Yersinia pestis) killed an estimated 40% to 60% of all people when it spread rapidly through the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century: an event known as the Black Death. Previous research has shown, especially for Western Europe, how population losses then led to structural economic, political, and social changes. But why and how did the pandemic happen in the first place? When and where did it begin? How was it sustained? What was its full geographic extent? And when did it really end?

Cultural Reformations
Cultural Reformations

Author: Brian Cummings

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-06-24

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13: 0199212481

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The deepest periodic division in English literary history has been between the medieval and the early modern. 'Cultural Reformations' initiates discussion on many fronts in which both periods look different in dialogue with each other.

The Sea and Civilization
The Sea and Civilization

Author: Lincoln Paine

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 1101970359

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A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of the sea—revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human. The Sea and Civilization is a mesmerizing, rhapsodic narrative of maritime enterprise, from the origins of long-distance migration to the great seafaring cultures of antiquity; from Song Dynasty human-powered paddle-boats to aircraft carriers and container ships. Lincoln Paine takes the reader on an intellectual adventure casting the world in a new light, in which the sea reigns supreme. Above all, Paine makes clear how the rise and fall of civilizations can be linked to the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of history.