Heritage of World Civilization

This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history provides a global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. The Heritage of World Civilization combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilization, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions. Birth of civilization. Four great revolutions in thought and religion. Empires and cultures of the ancient world. Consolidation and interaction of world civilization. The World in Transition. Enlightenment and revolution in the west. The modern world. Depression. World War I. World War II. For anyone interested in world civilization or world history.Craig, Albert M. is the author of 'Heritage of World Civilization', published 1999 under ISBN 9780130124647 and ISBN 0130124648.