TY - BOOK AU - Perry,Marvin TI - A history of the world SN - 9710845268 U1 - 909 PY - 1989/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - World history N1 - Includes index; Unit I. The rise of Western civilization; The beginnings of civilization; The ancient near east; The Greek city-states; Greek culture; The roman republic and empire; The decline of the roman world; Unit II. The West in the middle ages; The early middle ages; Medieval Europe at its height; The culture of medieval Europe; Unit III. Civilization beyond Europe; Byzantine and Islamic civilization; Civilization in India; Civilization in China and Japan; Civilization in Africa; Civilization in the America; Unit IV. Transition to modern times; Renaissance and reformation; Exploration and economic change; The growth of European states; Scientific revolution and enlightenment; Unit V. Revolution and nationalism in the Western world; Colonial America and the revolutionary war; The French revolution and Napoleon; Reaction and revolution; The impact of nationalism in Europe; Nation-building in the America; The west in the industrial age; Unit VI. The age of imperialism; Imperialism in South Asia; East Asia in the age of imperialism; Africa in the age of imperialism; Unit VII. Civilization in crisis; Europe in the late nineteenth century; World war I; Russia in upheaval; The world between the wars; World war II; Unit VIII. The contemporary age; The cold war; Changing Europe; Changing Asia; Changing Africa; The changing Middle East; The changing Americas; The world today ER -