National Geographic atlas of world history

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword = 6
• About This Book = 10
• 1. Early Man to 500 B.C. : The Ancient World = 12
• The Emergence of Culture = 14
• A Complex Family Tree = 18
• Peopling of the Continents = 20
• The Ice Age = 22
• Beginnings of Agriculture in Southern Asia = 24
• The Life-Giving Nile = 26
• Mesopotamia and Babylonia = 28
• The Mysterious Megaliths = 32
• The Flowering of Egypt = 34
• America's First Civilization = 36
• Hinduism = 38
• The Rise of Judaism = 40
• China's Splendid Isolation = 42
• The Kingdom of Kush = 44
• Europe's First Civilization = 46
• The Mycenaeans = 48
• 2. 500 B.C. to A.D. 500 : The Classical Age = 50
• The Classical Age = 52
• Athens and New Ways of Thinking = 56
• The Emergence of Rome = 60
• The Roman Empire = 62
• The Decline of Rome = 66
• Who Were the Barbarians? = 67
• The Might of Persia = 68
• Alexander the Conqueror = 70
• The Alexandrian Empire in Pieces = 72
• China, a World Apart = 74
• India's Golden Age = 78
• The Birth of Buddhism = 80
• Early North American Cultures = 82
• The Nazca and the Moche = 84
• The Mysterious Maya = 86
• The Rise of Christianity = 90
• 3. 500 to 1400 : Isolated Realms = 94
• Religion, the Empire Builder = 96
• Evolution of a Culture = 100
• The Twilight of an Empire = 104
• Muhammad and the Birth of Islam = 106
• Spreading Allah's Word = 108
• Islam's Contributions = 110
• The Sui Reunite China = 112
• Expansion by the Tang = 114
• Prosperity Under the Song Dynasty = 116
• The Splendors of the Khmer = 118
• Mali Rules West Africa = 120
• Mongols : Few But Fierce = 122
• The Mongol Empire = 125
• Anglo-Saxons and Normans = 128
• Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor = 130
• Feudalism = 132
• The Fury of the Vikings = 136
• Knights of the Christian Crusades = 138
• The Hundred Years' War = 142
• The Aztec Kingdom = 144
• The Aztec Fall to Old World Conquerors = 147
• 4. 1400 to 1700 : New Links and Contacts = 148
• Broadening Horizons = 150
• Renaissance in Europe = 154
• Expansion of the Renaissance = 156
• A New Way of Regarding Life = 159
• Reformation and Reason = 162
• Division in Islam = 165
• Columbus and the New World = 166
• Discovering the Earth's Dimensions = 168
• The Wealth of Conquest = 171
• Australia = 173
• Spain Climbs to Power = 174
• The Decline of Spain = 176
• Portugal's Empire of Trade = 178
• Turmoil in France and Abroad = 180
• The Wars of the Roses = 182
• The Tudors and the Stuarts = 184
• The English Civil War = 187
• Troubled Times in Merry England = 188
• The Holy Roman Empire = 190
• The Dutch Grow Rich on Trade = 193
• Moguls Conquer India = 196
• Mogul Success and Decline = 199
• Ottoman Turks Carve a Huge Empire = 202
• The Downward Spiral of the Ottoman Turks = 204
• The Ming Dynasty Rebuilds China = 206
• The Flowering of the Ming = 208
• Behind Ming Glitter, Tensions Smolder = 210
• Japan Goes Its Own Way = 212
• The Japanese Draw Inward = 214
• The Growth of Japanese Cities = 216
• Conquering the Americas = 218
• The Spread of European Colonies = 220
• The Expansion of Russia = 222
• Russia Joins the Modern World = 226
• 5. 1700 to 1900 : Quickening Change = 228
• Quickening Change = 230
• Maintaining Europe's Balance of Power = 234
• The Age of Enlightenment = 236
• Unrest in Europe = 238
• The French Revolution = 240
• The Conquests of Napoleon = 243
• Conflicts and Rebellions = 246
• American Colonies Grow Apart From Britain = 248
• U.S. War of Independence = 250
• Rebellion in Other Colonies = 253
• Freedom Movements Throughout the Americas = 254
• The Civil War in America = 256
• The U.S. Becomes a Major Power = 259
• China Ends Its Long Isolation = 260
• Japan Learns From the West = 262
• European Powers Influence Asia = 264
• The British in India = 266
• The Industrial Revolution = 268
• Advances in Health and Sanitation = 270
• Improved Farming Feeds More People = 272
• The Coming of Electricity = 274
• Overcoming Distance Brings the World Together = 276
• Revolutions in the Arts = 278
• Moving to the Cities = 280
• New Weapons and Strategies of War = 282
• Improvements in Postal Service = 284
• The Struggle for South Africa = 286
• The Race to Claim Africa = 288
• Explorers in Unknown Africa = 290
• Australia Begins as a Penal Colony = 292
• Aborigines - the First Australians = 294
• The Annexation of New Zealand = 296
• The Growth of Australia = 298
• The Race for Pacific Islands = 300
• 6. Twentieth Century : Vanishing Empires = 302
• Vanishing Empires, New Challenges = 304
• Australia's Evolution = 308
• Trains and Automobiles Move the Masses = 310
• Slipping the Bonds of Earth = 312
• The China Giant = 314
• The War to End All Wars = 318
• The Bolshevik Revolution = 320
• The Creation of Saudi Arabia = 322
• Advances in Medicine = 324
• The Great Depression = 328
• Electrical Communication Shrinks the World = 330
• World War Ⅱ = 332
• The Atomic Bomb = 336
• Warfare Becomes Highly Mobile = 338
• New Materials = 340
• Computers and the Information Age = 342
• India Gains Its Independence = 344
• The Iron Curtain Divides Europe = 346
• Long Conflict Between Arabs and Israelis = 348
• The Apartness of South Africa = 352
• The Move Toward Freedom = 354
• Drought Sweeps Across Africa = 357
• The Cold War = 358
• Scattered Conflicts and Wars = 360
• Social Problems in the U.S. = 364
• Satellites : Eyes on the World = 366
• Traveling in Space = 368
• Turbulence in Iran and Iraq = 370
• Breakup of the Soviet Union = 372
• World Refugees = 374
• Legacy for the Future = 376
• Appendix = 382
• Illustrations Credits = 390
• Index = 392