Documents in World History
Volume 1 * Fifth Edition
Peter N. Stearns * Stephen S. Gosch * Erwin P. Grieshaber
Revised and updated with fourteen new documents and four new visual sources, the fifth edition of Documents in World History retains its global emphasis while improving its standard selections and political coverage, as well as expanding its coverage of Africa and the Middle East, including Persia.
FEATURES OF THE FIFTH EDITION
- New Global Contacts sections address comparisons and contrasts among major societies, as well as key interregional connections at crucial points in time. The emphasis on contacts between societies clarifies the major world history themes found in the readings.
- New Essay Suggestions are designed to open the readings to wider scrutiny and connect each selection to larger interpretive themes in world history.
- Introductions for each section place the documents in a broad historical context and provide students with guidelines for analyzing readings.
- Study Questions at the end of each section allow students to text their understanding and encourage them to think critically.
- New study questions are now included with all maps.
- Visual Source features use images as historical sources and include introductions and questions to help students analyze and interpret the images.
- Pinyin spellings are now used in the coverage of China.
NEW DOCUMENTS
Egyptian Hymn to the Nile
The Old Testament: Genesis
Guo Jujing: Filial Exemplars
New translation of "A Respectful Clash of Views"
Polybius: On Roman Political Institutions
Buddhist Teachings: Noble Truths and Guildance for Daily Life
Biography of Seng Du
Herodotus: The Histories
The New Testament: The Sermon on the Mount
The Quran: Basic Attributes of Islam
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Procopius: The Secret History
Emperor Frederick Farbarossa: Peace of the Land
Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Reason
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Geographical Contents
Topical Contents
Preface to the New Edition
Preface
Introduction
SECTION ONE - EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
Introduction
1. Mesopotamian Values: Ideas About the Nature of Life and Death
The Gilgamesh Epic
2. Babylonian Law: How an Early State Regulated its Subjects
The Code
3. Hymn to the Nile*
4. The Hebrew Bible*
From the Hebrew Bible
5. Herodotus and the Persian Empire
The Histories
6. Zoroastrianism: The Major Persian ReligionHymns of Zarathustra
SECTION TWO - The Classical Period, 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
Introduction
CHINA
7. Key Chinese Values: Confucianism and its Legacy
The Small Analects
8. Daoism
Dao de Jing
9. Legalism: An Alternate System
Han Feizi
10. Women in Classical China: Ban Zhao
Lessons for Women
Visual Source: Portrait of Ban Zhao
11. How to Organize Economic Life: The Salt and Iron Debates*
A Respectful Clash of Views
Visual Source: Agriculture in Northern China
GREECE AND ROME
12. The Greek Political Tradition*
Plutarch on Sparta
13. Athenian Democracy and Culture
Pericles
14. Mediterranean Social and Family Structure
Aristotle
15. Polybius on Roman Political Institutions*
Polybius
16. Women and the Law in Rome: Legal Codes
Women in Rome
17. The Fall of RomeMarcellinus
Global Contacts
18. The Opening of the Silk Road
Chinese and Roman Sources
Visual Source: Making and Wearing Silk
CLASSICAL INDIA
19. “To Fight in A Righteous War”: Varna and Moral Duty in India
Bhagavad Gita
Visual Source: Indian Painting of Arjuna and Krishna
20. Buddhist Teachings: Noble Truths and Guidance for Daily Life
Early Buddhist Teachings
21. How to Rule an Empire: Kautilya and Ashoka
Indian Sources
22. Gender Relations in Classical India
Indian Gender Culture
Visual Source: Gender Imagery in India
23. Monks and Monarchs: Buddhism Spreads to China, Korea and Japan*East Asian Buddhist Documents
Visual Source: Buddhist Sculpture in Korea
Global Contacts
24. The Rise of the Pastoral Nomads in Central Asia*
Herodotus and Sima Qian
Visual Source: Central Asian Nomadic Art
Global Contacts
25. World Religion and the Spread of Christianity: The New Testament, Justin, Anonymous Documents
SECTION THREE - THE POST CLASSICAL PERIOD
Introduction
Islam and the Middle East
26. The Islamic Religion
The Quran and Hadith
27. Religious and Political Organization in the Islamic Middle East
Al Mawardi
Visual Source: Religious Leadership in Islam: The Imam
28. The Quran and the Family
The Quran
Global Contacts
29. The Indian Ocean Network: Trade and Islam*
Ibn Battuta
CHINA AND JAPAN
30. Peasant Life in Tang and Song China
Peasants in Chinese Culture
Visual Source: Rice Cultivation in Southern China
31. “The Noble and Magnificent City of Hangzhou”: Marco Polo in China
Marco Polo
32. Valor and Fair Treatment: The Rise of the Samurai
Samurai Values
EASTERN EUROPE: BYZANTIUM AND RUSSIA
33. The Early Stages of the Byzantine Empire and a Mystery Historian*
Procopius
Visual Source: The Greatest Cathedral in Byzantium
34. Russia Converts to Christianity
Russian Primary Chronicle
WESTERN EUROPE
35. Political Institutions: the Influence of Christianity and Feudalism
Feudal and Christian Documents
36. Faith and Reason: Thomas Aquinas*
Thomas Aquinas
37. Christine de Pizan: Women and Society in the Late Middle Ages
Mirror of Honor
38. Merchants and the Rise of Commerce
Ordinances of the Guild Merchant of Southampton
Global Contacts
39. Europe, The Middle East and Beyond: The Crusades: Christian and Muslim Reactions
Ekkehard, C 1102
Letter from a Crusader, 1098
A German Annalist, C 1147
Beh-el-din, Official in Jerusalem
Usamah Ibn-Munqidh
40. Merchants and Trade: Sources and Comparisons
Ibn Khaldun, Reginald of Durham on Saint Godric
41. Travelers to Holy Places: Buddhist, Muslim and Christian Pilgrims
Pilgrims’ Experiences
Visual Source: Muslim Pilgrims in Mecca
AFRICA
42. Al-Bakrí on West Africa
Al- Bakrí
43. African Kingdoms and Islam
Writings of Ibn Buttata
Visual Source: A Major Artistic Tradition: The Sculpture
44. Africa through the eyes of an European MerchantAntonius Malfante
THE AMERICAS
45. The Mayan and Aztec Creation Stories*The Mayan Story of Human Creation from Popol Vuh;
Aztec Creation Story of the God Uitzilopocthli
46. Aztec and Inca Tribute Systems*Observations of Aztec Tribute: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés;
Tribute in the Andean Kingdom of Chuquito in 1567: Testimony of Martin Cari, Chief (Cacique Principal) of the Lower Division (Anansaya) of Chuquito.
Visual Source: Aztec Goddess
THE MONGOLS
47. Chinggis Khan and the Rise of the Mongols
The Secret History of the Mongols
Visual Source: Persian Painting of Chinggis Khan Leading the Charge
48. The Mongol Empire Takes Shape
Asian and European Sources
Global Contacts
49. Sailing to Calicut: Chinese and Portuguese Voyages*
Chinese and Portuguese Documents