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List of MapsPrefaceA Brief Note on UsageAcknowledgementsPART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL ERA, 500 TO 1000 C.E. Chapter 13: THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUMThe Early Byzantine EmpireThe Later Roman Empire and Byzantium/Justinian and His Legacy/Islamic Conquests and Byzantine Revival/Byzantium and Western EuropeByzantine Economy and SocietyRural Economy and Society/Industry and Trade/Urban LifeClassical Heritage and Orthodox ChristianityThe Legacy of Classical Greece/The Byzantine Church/Monasticism and Popular Piety/Tensions between Eastern and Western ChristianityThe Influence of Byzantium in Eastern EuropeDomestic Problems and Foreign Pressures/Early Relations between Byzantium and Slavic Peoples/Byzantium and RussiaChapter 14: THE EXPANSIVE REALM OF ISLAMA Prophet and His WorldMuhammad and His Message/Muhammad's Migration to Medina/The Establishment of Islam in ArabiaThe Expansion of IslamThe Early Caliphs and the Umayyad Dynasty/The Abbasid DynastyEconomy and Society of the Early Islamic WorldNew Crops, Agricultural Experimentation, and Urban Growth/The Formation of a Hemispheric Trading Zone/The Changing Status of WomenIslamic Values and Cultural ExchangesThe Formation of an Islamic Cultural Tradition/Islam and the Cultural Traditions of Persia, India, and GreeceChapter 15: THE RESURGENCE OF EMPIRE IN EAST ASIAThe Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in ChinaThe Sui Dynasty/The Tang Dynasty/The Song DynastyThe Economic Development of Tang and Song ChinaAgricultural Development/Technological and Industrial Development/The Emergence of a Market Economy/The Establishment of Buddhism/Neo-ConfucianismChinese Influence in East AsiaKorea and Vietnam/Early Japan/Medieval JapanChapter 16: INDIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN BASINIslamic and Hindu KingdomsThe Quest for Centralized Imperial Rule/The Introduction of Islam to Northern India/The Hindu Kingdoms of Southern IndiaProduction and Trade in the Indian Ocean BasinAgriculture in the Monsoon World/Trade and the Economic Development of Southern India/Cross-Cultural Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin/Caste and SocietyThe Meeting of Hindu and Islamic TraditionsThe Development of Hinduism/Islam and Its AppealThe Influence of Indian Society in Southeast AsiaThe States of Southeast Asia/The Arrival of IslamChapter 17: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WESTERN EUROPEThe Quest for Political OrderGermanic Successor States/The Franks and the Temporary Revival of Empire/Decline and Dissolution of the Carolingian Empire/The Establishment of Regional Authorities/Early Medieval Society/Organizing a Decentralized Society/Serfs and Manors/The Economy of EuropeThe Formation of Christian EuropeThe Politics of Conversion/The Papacy/MonasticismPART IV: AN AGE OF CROSS CULTURAL INTERACTION, 1000 TO 1500 C.E.Chapter 18: NOMADIC EMPIRES AND EURASION INTEGRATION Turkish Migrations and Imperial ExpansionNomadic Economy and Society/Turkish Empires in Persia, Anatolia, and IndiaThe Mongol EmpiresChinggis Khan and the Making of the Mongol Empire/The Mongol Empires after Chinggis Khan/The Mongols and Eurasion Integration/Decline of the Mongols in Persia and ChinaAfter the MongolsTamerlane the Whirlwind/The Foundation of the Ottoman EmpireChapter 19: STATES AND SOCIETIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAEffects of Early African MigrationsAgriculture and Population Growth/African Political OrganizationIslamic Kingdoms and EmpiresTrans-Saharan Trade and Islamic States in West Africa/The Indian Ocean Trade and Islamic States in East Africa/African Society and Cultural Development/Social Classes/African Religion/The Arrival of Christianity and IslamChapter 20: WESTERN EUROPE DURING THE HIGH MIDDLE AGESThe Establishment of Regional StatesThe Holy Roman Empire/Regional Monarchies in France and England/Regional States in Italy and IberiaEconomic Growth and Social DevelopmentGrowth of the Agricultural Economy/The Revival of Towns and Trade/Social ChangeEuropean Christianity During the High Middle AgesSchools, Universities, andBentley, Jerry is the author of 'Traditions & Encounters ', published 0011 under ISBN 9780072565027 and ISBN 0072565020.
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