The Global Experience, Volume I: Readings in World History to 1550 (4th Edition)

Broad in scope and integrative in perspective, this anthology offers a brief, balanced collection of challenging, but accessible, primary materials that cover World History up to the 1500s. Organized chronologically, drawn from a variety of genres, and focused on global themes, the selections are genuinely representative of diverse civilizations at different points of their development. This wide-ranging and world focus features selections from anthropology; comparative literature; drama; economics; geography; law; philosophy; political theory; poetry; religion; science; and sociology. It looks at early and classical civilizations, Christianity and Islam; medieval Europe, Africa, and the East; the rise of Russia; and the age of exploration and expansion. For individuals embarking upon a critical and analytical journey through the history of the world.