'This successful world history version of the popular Discovering series contains a multi-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Third Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of global history. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue.'
This successful world history version of the popular Discovering series contains a multi-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data. The Third Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout, while the comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of global history. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue.
Merry Wiesner-Hanks (Chair, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1979. She has published WORKING WOMEN IN RENAISSANCE GERMANY (Rutgers, 1986) as well as numerous articles on women and the Reformation and urban social history. She is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008), DISCOVERING THE MEDIEVAL PAST (2003), DISCOVERING THE ANCIENT PAST (2005), DISCOVERING THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WORLD (2005), and BECOMING VISIBLE: WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY (1998). She is also the General Editor of the PROBLEMS IN EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION series. William Bruce Wheeler received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1967. He is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST (2012), DISCOVERING THE AMERICAN PAST (2012), and DISCOVERING THE WESTERN PAST (2008). He has also written books on Tennessee history and the Tellico Dam. Frank Doeringer received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1971. He is a professor of history and East Asian studies at Lawrence University. He is a member of the Association for Asian Studies, the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, and the American Historical Association. His most recent award is a 1999 Lawrence Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to his work on DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST, he has had numerous articles published in various publications, most recently, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy. He has co-authored a school-level text, THE PEOPLES OF EAST ASIA (Wm Sadlier and Co., 1972) and a scholarly text on the Han Dynasty published by the University of Michigan Press. Kenneth R. Curtis received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1989 and has been Associate Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach until he began his recent post as Assistant Vice President of International and Global Engagement at CSUB. His specialty is African and third world comparative history. Ken is co-author of DISCOVERING THE GLOBAL PAST: A LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, Fourth edition (Cengage Learning, 2012). He has recently been selected to the 2009-10 President's Fellows Program of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). As co-author of the Cengage Learning text VOYAGES IN WORLD HISTORY, he contributes chapters 16-32.
Note: Each chapter contains "The Problem," "Background," "The Method," "The Evidence," "Questions to Consider," and "Epilogue." VOLUME I 1. The Need for Water in Ancient Societies (3100 B.C.E-100 C.E.) The Evidence: Aerial photograph of pre-Roman city in Italy Major ancient levees identifiable in LANDSAT imagery Early Egyptian king cutting an irrigation ditch Water-lifting devices Hammurabi on irrigation Sima Qians description of the building of the Zhengguo Canal, ca. 100 B.C.E. Suetonius's description of Emperor Claudius's water projects Activities of Shao Xinchen, Han dynasty Frontinus on Rome's water system Memorial from Jia Rang, 1st century B.C.E. 2. Writing and Power: Defining World-Views (1750-200 B.C.E) The Evidence: Atra-hasis Rig Veda The First Book of Moses, called Genesis Yijing, Commentary on the Appended Judgments 3. Representing the Human Form (1400 B.C.E.-1500 C.E.) The Evidence: Tut-ank-amon and Ankhesenam, ca. 1350 B.C.E. Nebamum hunting birds, from his tomb at Thebes, ca. 1400 B.C.E. Statues of King Ramesses II and Nefertari, ca. 1250 B.C.E. Wall painting from Nefertari's tomb near Thebes, ca. 1250 B.C.E. Anavyssos Kouros, ca. 525 B.C.E. Peplos Kore, ca. 530 B.C.E. Theseus and the Amazons, from an Attic red-figured krater, ca. 440 B.C.E. Polykleitos, Doryphoros or "The Canon," ca. 440 B.C.E. Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 340 B.C.E. Yakshi, from a pillar at the great steps of Bharhut, ca. 100 B.C.E. Standing Buddha, from Gandhara, ca. 200 C.E. Preaching Buddha, from Sarnath, ca. 475 C.E. Bodhisattva Vajrapani, from Nepal, 6th or 7th century C.E. Head of Pacal the Great, 684 C.E. Door lintel showing King Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc in a bloodletting ritual, 709 C.E. Mural at Bonampak showing King Chaan-muan judging defeated enemies, 792 C.E. Vase painting showing God L, several goddesses, and rabbit-scribe, ca. 600-900 C.E. Terra-cotta head of King Ife, 1000-1200 C.E. Copper Obalufon mask, Ife, 1000-1200 C.E. Brass head of Queen Mother, Benin, ca. 1500 Brass plaque depicting the oba Esigie, Benin, ca. 1500 4. Han and Rome: Asserting Imperial Authority (300 B.C.E.-400 C.E.) The Evidence: Excerpts from the biography of the first Emperor of Qin Qin Shi Huangdi's Tomb at Mt. Li Flanking pit of excavated tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi Dong Zhungshu's essays on kingship Decree of Han emperor Wendi in response to a solar eclipse Sections from The Achievements of the Divine Augustus (Res Gestae Divi Augusti) Cassius Dio's discussion of the emperors in his Roman History Roman coin of Nero's reign Trajan's Column in Rome Detail from Trajan's Column Inscription from Myra, Lycia Excerpt from Edict of Acraephia proclaiming Nero a God 5. International Religious Communities (300 B.C.E.-800 C.E.) The Evidence: Selections from Asoka's Rock and Pillar Edicts Asokan pillar with a single-lion capital at Vaishali Selection from the Asokavadana Constantinian edicts Selections from Eusebius' Life of Constantine TConstantinian coins Selections from the Qur'an Selections from the Hadith Selections from Ibn Ishaq's The Life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah Abu Yusuf's Book of Land-Tax Muhammad addressing Ali and other leaders before the battle of Badr, from Jami'al-tawarikh 6. Vikings and Polynesians: Exploring New Worlds (300-1100) The Evidence: Selections from the History of the Archbishoprics of Hamburg-Bremen, 11th century Illuminated French manuscript on life of St. Aubin, c. 1100 Memorial stone, Gotland, Sweden, 8th to 9th century Oseberg Viking ship, 9th to 10th century Runic memorial inscriptions, Germany, Norway, and Sweden Buried Viking hoard, Hon, Norway Selections from Greenlander's Saga, 13th century Site plan, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, and house, St?ng, Iceland Selections from William Ellis' Polynesian Researches, 19th century Detail from painting, Tahiti Revisited, 1776 Petroglyphs of Hawaiian canoes Reconstructed double-hulled Hawaiian canoe Hokule'a and route of its voyages Excerpts from David Malo's Hawaiian Antiquities, early 19th century Excerpts from the oral traditions of Rennell and Bellona Chart showing the sequence of Polynesian languages Plant species introduced into Polynesia before European contact Comparison of Polynesian and Andean monolithic statues 7. Two Faces of "Holy War": Christian and Muslim "Jihads" (1095-1270s) The Evidence: Muslims on Christians: Usamah ibn-Mungidh on the Franks; Ibn al-Athir on the capture of Jerusalem; Imad ad-Din's History of the Fall of Jerusalem Europeans on Muslims: Peter Tudebode's History of the Jerusalem Journey; William of Tyre 8. Romances and Behavior in Aristocratic Japan and Italy (1000-1350) The Evidence: Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji Giovanni Boccaccio's The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta 9. Facing the Black Death (1300-1400) The Evidence: Excerpts from Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History; Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron; Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa; Ioannes Cautacuzenos, Historarum; the chronicle of Jean de Venette Lieferinxe's St. Sebastian Interceding for the Plague-Stricken A Prayer to St. Sebastian Citations from the Hadith An Arab doctor's perspective on the Black Death Cryptograms Ibn al-Wardi, "An Essay on the Report of the Pestilence" A fifteenth-century treatise on the pestilence A report of the Paris medical faculty", October 1348 "A Wholesome Medicine Against All Infirmities" Excerpt from Petrarch, "Letters on Familiar Matters" 10. Trans-Asian Contacts: The Basis of a World System (900-1450) The Evidence: Chapters from Francis Balducci Pegolotti's Book of Description of Countries Excerpt from The Journey of William of Rubruck Example of ox-art Excerpt from Li Zhichang's Travels of Chang Chun Letter by John of Monte Corvino from India Illustration of an Arab Dhow Excerpts from The Travels of Marco Polo and Travels of Ibn Battuta Illustration of a Chinese junk Zhang Ting-yu et al., Zheng He's Voyages 11. Regional Metropolises: Constantinople and Tenochtitl?n (1160-1521) The Evidence: Description of medieval Constantinople from Travels of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela, 12th century Robert of Clari's description of Constantinople's marvels, 1203 Medieval map of Constantinople Interior photographs of Saint Sophia Account of the recovery of Constantinople from George Acropolite's Historia Chrysobull of 1082 detailing Venetian economic privileges Letter of Hernan Cortes to Charles V of Spain Bernal Diaz del Castillo's The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico Spanish map of Tenochtitl?n, 1524 Drawing of the excavated site of the Great Temple enclosure Aztec drawing of the Great Temple enclosure Aztec accounts of temples, palaces, and games transcribed by Bernadino de Sahagun 12. Medicine and Reproduction in the West and the East (1000-1600) The Evidence: Excerpt from Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine, 11th century Constantine the African's treatise on impotence, 11th century Selections from Pseudo-Trotula of Salerno, The Diseases of Women, 12th century Moses Maimonides, Ethical Conduct, ca. 1190s Eucharius R?sslin's Rosegarden for Midwives and Pregnant Women, 1513 From Zhang Huang, Tu shu bian, 16th century Zhang Congzheng, How a Confucian Scholar Serves His Parents, ca. 1200 Excerpt from Zhang Gao, Yi Shuo (A Discussion of Medicine), 1224 Yuan Huang, Veracious Explanation of the Blessing of Heirs, 1591 Arabic manuscript showing a Caesarian section, 14th century Birth scene from pseudo-Albertus Magnus, The Secrets of Women, 16th century Chinese wall painting portraying a stillbirth, 14th century 13. Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam (629-1324 C.E.) The Evidence: Selectins from the Diary of Ennin, 838-847 Portrait of Xuanzang Annalist of Nieder-Altaich: "The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064-65" Icelandic Pilgrim's Guide, 12th century Selections from Guillaume de Deguileville's Pilgrimage of Human Life, 1331 Naser-e Khosraw's Book of Travels Accounts of Mansa Musa by al-Maqrizi, al-Umari, and Ibn Khaldun 14. The Village and the State (1400-1650) The Evidence: Village by-laws from Great Horwood Court roll of Teynton, 1541 Statute of Henry VIII regarding the shooting of longbows, 1511 Illumination from the Smithfield Decretals, king and messenger, ca. 1340 Report from the general inspection of the Chupaychu, 1549 Excerpt from Pedro de Cieza de Leon, Cronicas, 1553 Extract from Garcilosa de la Vega Illustration from El Primer Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno So regulations Joint petition by villagers, 1407 Decrees regarding military service of villagers Regulations for villagers issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1643 Screen with village scene by Kusumi Morikage VOLUME II 1. The Village and the State (1400-1650) The Evidence: Village by-laws from Great Horwood Court roll of Teynton, 1541 Statute of Henry VIII regarding the shooting of long bows, 1511 Illumination from the Smithfield Decretals, king and messenger, ca. 1340 Report from the general inspection of the Chupaychu, 1549 Extract from Pedro de Cieza de Leon, Cronicas, 1553 Extract from Garcilosa de la Vega Illustration from El Primer Nueva Coronica y Buen Gobierno So regulations Joint petition by villagers, 1407 Decrees regarding military service of villagers Regulations for villagers issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1643 Screen with village scene by Kusumi Morikage 2. First Encounters: The Creation of Cultural Stereotypes (1450-1650) The Evidence: European accounts of Africa: Joao Baptista Lavanha; anonymous Portuguese pilot African account of Africa: Nzinga Mbemba European accounts of America: Christopher Columbus; Amerigo Vespucci Native American account of America: Cortes's conquest European accounts of Japan: Bernardino de Avila Giron; Cosme de Torres; Francis Xavier; Joao Rodrigues; Alessandro Valignano; Louren?o Mexia Anonymous, Kirishitan monogatari Suzuki Shosan's attack on Christianity Tokugawa Iemitsu's Edict of 1635 Ordering Closing of Japan 3. Gender Differences in Peasant Households in Southeast Asia and Central Europe (1500-1850) The Evidence: From the L? Code, Vietnam, 16th-17th century Selections from the Agama Law Code, Java, and from the Law Code of Salzburg, Austria Regulations for vineyard workers in W?rttemberg Extract from the Law Code of Hohenlohe, Germany Extract from a Silesian land register, 1790 Will of a rural weaver in eastern Germany Report by Miguel de Loarca describing the Philippines, 1582 Extract from Antonio de Morga's History of the Philippine Islands, 1609 Letter by a Dutch merchant in Vietnam Extract from William Marsden's History of Sumatra, 1783 Descriptions of weaving in south Germany, 1781, and of harvesting grain in R?gen, 1805 From John Paget's Hungary and Transylvania, 1839 Illustrations from a 1734 map of the Philippines, and from Marsden's History of Sumatra Illustration of hay-making in Germany, 1532 A female dairy farmer in Nuremberg, 1766 4. Sweet Nexus: Sugar and the Origins of the Modern World (1600-1800) The Evidence: Excerpt from Joseph Addison, The Spectator, May 19, 1711 Frederick Slare, A Vindication of Sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, 1715 E.T. Parris cartoon Letter to the British Members of Parliament, 1745 William Blake, "Europe Supported by Africa and America" Statistics showing the number of slaves imported into the British West Indies between 1640 and 1713 Extract from Richard Ligon, The True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, 1673 Illustrations from William Clark, Ten Views of Antigua, 1823 Advertisement for sugar basins Selection from The Life of Olaudah Equiano 5. The Confucian Family (1600-1800) The Evidence: Ming family portrait, late 16th century Family instructions for the Miu Lineage Handscroll of "The East Garden," late 17th century Gui Youguang's "Sketch of My Mother," late 16th century Sample contracts for purchase of concubines and children, 16th century From Classic of Filiality, or Xiao Jing, ca. 2nd century B.C.E. Excerpts from Zhu Xi's Family Rituals and Pu Suling's Bonds of Matrimony Zheng Xie's poem, "Mother-in-Law Is Cruel," 18th century From "The Ways of Confucius and Modern Life," by Chen Duxiu, 1916 6. The Liberator-Hero and Western Revolutions (1770s-1810s) The Evidence: Eulogies and portraits of George Washington, Jean-Paul Marat, and Toussaint Louverture 7. Constitutional Responses to European Expansion in Africa and the Pacific (1850-1890) The Evidence: Kingdom of Hawai'i Constitution of 1852 Address by King Kamehameha V to the Hawaiian Legislature, 1864 Excerpt from the memoirs of Hawaii's last monarch, Queen Liliuokalani Coat of arms of the Hawaiian monarchy An argument for African self-rule, 1868 Fante Asafo flag Constitution of the Fante Confederation, 1871 A Fante Appeal to British authorities 8. Industrializing the Nation: Germany and Japan (1860-1900) The Evidence: View of Hagen Rolling Mill, 1860s, and of Krupp Steel Works, 1912 Max Weber's inaugural lecture at Freiburg University, 1895 Political cartoon from Simplicissimus Magazine, 1899 Photograph of German worker's apartment, 1910 The Erfurt Social Democratic Party Program, 1890 Bismarck's address to the Reichstag proposing state social insurance, 1881 Woodblock print of Tokyo's first railway station, 1870s Okubo Toshimichi's recommendation on industrialization, 1874 Woodblock print of a Tokyo trade fair in 1877 Speech by Ito Hirobumi at a homecoming celebration, 1895 Political cartoon from Tokyo Puck, 1905 Woodblock print of a 19th-century silk mill Oral records of "Crossing Nomugi Pass" to work in the Suma Mills, ca. 1900 9. Lands of Desire: Department Stores, Advertising, and the New Consumerism (1920s) The Evidence: Two 1920s department store advertisements each from the United States, Brazil, France, Canada, Australia, and South Africa 10. Modernity: From Promise to Threat (1790-1930) The Evidence: Excerpt from Jean Antoine Nicholas de Condorcet, The Progress of the Human Mind "The First Half of the Nineteenth Century Progress of the Nation, and the Race" from The Economist, January 18, 1851 Walt Whitman, "Years of the Modern" Selection from Frederick Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Excerpt from Mohandis K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj Selection from Olive Schreiner, Woman and Labour, 1911 A Declaration of Beliefs by the New Youth Still shots from Fritz Lang's film Metropolis Extract from Jose Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses 11. The Industrial Crisis and the Centralization of Government (1924-1939) The Evidence: Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's response to a motion to provide work for the unemployed, February 12, 1931 President Franklin Roosevelt's explanation for the collapse of 1929, delivered April 14, 1938 Excerpt from a speech by Chancellor Adolf Hitler on the Depression in Germany, September 10, 1936 Hashimoto Kingoro's "Address to Young Men" Tables: index of industrial production, 1929-1939; unemployment statistics, 1930-1938; central government revenues and expenditures in national currencies, 1924-1940; tariffs, import duties, taxes imposed June 1930-July 1932; defense expenditures of Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and Japan, 1930-1938; sizes of armies in Great Britain, the United States, and Germany 1920-1939; armed services spending as a percentage of total government expenditures in Japan, 1931-1938 12. Total War: The Cost of Unlimited Conflict (1914-1945) The Evidence: Excerpt from Carl von Clausewitz, On War Lloyd George on the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916 French and British World War I posters Selection from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, "Features of the War," April 8, 1919 Paul Valery, "The Crisis of the Spirit" Excerpt from Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Annual Message to Congress, January 6, 1942 Rosie the Riveter poster and song lyrics Reichsmarschal Hermann Goering, German Radio Broadcast, October 4, 1942 President Roosevelt's Radio Address on Casablanca Conference, February 12, 1943 U.S. Strategic Bomb Survey (Pacific War) Iwao Nakamura, recollections of August 6, 1945 13. Crucible of Conflict: The Suez Crisis (1956) The Evidence: British foreign secretary on overseas obligations June 1952 Selection from Nasser's The Philosophy of Revolution, 1959 Excerpt from a statement by Israel's Moshe Sharett on foreign affairs, October 1955 Nasser's speech announcing nationalization of the Suez Canal, July 26, 1956 Photograph of Nasser taken after nationalization of the canal, August 1, 1956 English cartoon portraying Nasser British Cabinet reacts to the nationalization of the canal, July 27, 1956 Telegram correspondence between President Eisenhower and Sir Anthony Eden Extract from the memoirs of Moshe Dayan, Israeli minister of defense Transcript from British television program "Suez: Ten Years After," 1966 Record of the S?vres Protocol, October 22-24, 1956 Draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council submitted by the U.S. Excerpt from a statement by Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian prime minister, November 1, 1956 Soviet response to the aggression against Egypt, October 31, 1956 Address to the British Cabinet, November 28, 1956 Exchange between the U.S. secretary of state and a member of the Senate, January 2, 1957 Sir Anthony Eden's letter to senior Cabinet members, December 28, 1956 President Nasser reflects on the crisis ten years later on a British television program Harold Macmillan addresses the South African parliament in 1960 British cartoon, 1962 14. Feminism and the Peace Movement (1910-1990) The Evidence: Olive Schreiner, Maude Royden, and Jane Addams on women and war Crystal Eastman on the women's peace movement, 1919 Huda Sha'rawi, speech to the Congress of the International Alliance of Women, Istanbul, 1935 K?the Kollwitz's The Sacrifice Miyako Shinohara, "In the Name of Peace," 1986 Oral interviews with Dagmar Wilson and Madeline Duckles Unity statement from the Women's Pentagon Action, 1980 Coretta Scott King on women and the nuclear arms race, 1984 Nottingham WONT on working as a group, 1981 Tamar Swade on nuclear weapons Two antibomb posters Ann Snitow on women against military buildups, 1985 Leonie Caldecott, "The Shibokusa Women of Kita Fuji," 1983 15. McDomination: The Americanization of Global Popular Culture (1950s to the Present) The Evidence: McDonald's tray liner, Oslo, Norway Articles from the London Times and the Washington Post about McDonald's restaurants around the world Editorial cartoon about McDonald's in China Selection from James L. Watson, "China's Big Mac Attack," in Foreign Affairs