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050	0	0	_aLB 14.6 _bS799b 2007
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100	1		_aStearns, Peter N. _q(Peter Nathaniel), _d1936- _96428
130			_96091 _aThe Great Courses
245	1	2	_aA brief history of the world / _cPeter N. Stearns.
260			_aChantilly, Va. : _bTeaching Co., _c2007.
300			_a3 volumes ; _c21 cm.
440			_96419 _aGreat courses
490	0		_aThe great courses
500			_aCourse no. 8080.
500			_a"Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.
505			_apt. 1. What and why is world history? -- The Neolithic revolution -- What is a civilization? -- The classical period in world history -- Cultural change in the classical period -- Social inequalities in classical societies -- The Roman Empire and Han China -- The silk road; classical period contacts -- The decline of the classical civilizations -- The postclassical period, 500-1450 -- World religions and their consequences -- The impact of Islam. pt. 2.Post classical trade and contacts -- Post classical patterns of imitation -- Western civilization in world context -- The Mongol years -- Civilizations in the Americas and in Africa -- The world in 1450 -- The early modern period, 1450-1750 -- The world economy, 1450-1750 -- Transformations in Western Europe -- The rise of Russia -- Asian Empires and a Shogunate -- The long 19th century. pt. 3. Abolition of slavery and serfdom -- Modernization and nationalisms -- Formation of Latin American civilization -- China and Japan: 19th century pressures -- The 20th and 21st centuries as a new period -- The world economy: change and continuity -- An age of revolutions -- The United States in world history -- Contemporary democracy -- Contemporary cultural change -- Gender in contemporary world history -- Globalization and world history.
520			_aThis course provides a survey of the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe. It begins with the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era and ends with the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century.
650		4	_aEducación _91877
650		4	_aEnseñanza _96089
650		0	_aHistoria mundial _9845
710	2		_96101 _aTeaching Company
830			_96091 _aThe Great Courses
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