Expanding Empires

Cultural Interaction and Exchange in World Societies from Ancient to Early Modern Times

By: Michael A. Polushin (Editor), Wendy Kasinec (Editor)

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eText | 1 May 2002 | Edition Number 1

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This new volume examines the processes of cultural exchange as they occurred in 'empire building,' looking at Early Mesopotamia, Africa, Greece, Japan, India, the Arab world, and empires in other parts of the globe. The articles draw upon a variety of disciplines from the social sciences and the humanities, a feature not often found in other readers. Unlike other books on world civilizations, this text strives to develop a consistent theme as it focuses on the manner in which imperial authority and cultural interaction worked through different bureaucracies in various empires. The articles also help students understand the cross-cultural interactions and historical events that have laid the foundation for our modern global society. This book also contains useful maps and supplements consisting of images to assist students in visualizing and understanding the textual material. This new text is ideal for courses in world history prior to 1650.

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This is a shrewdly designed volume of essays, translated texts, and visual images that will really help students think 'world historically.' Europe is kept where it belongs, far out on one end of rich and complicated developments in Asia and Africa, eventually the heir to other interactions in the Americas. Rather than focus on cultures and societies as separate entities, the editors lead students to think about interactions of cultures and power....