Shaping World HistoryM.E. Sharpe |
Vsebina
Major Causes of Breakthroughs 3445556 | 3 |
Biology | 9 |
The First Farmers | 22 |
The Birth of Civilization 4000 to 500 B C | 34 |
The Roman Empire and the Han Empire | 47 |
The Struggle for Character | 58 |
The Chinese Millennium A D 500 to 1500 | 64 |
Communication | 77 |
The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century | 112 |
The Population Explosion 1700 to 1900 | 126 |
The Industrial Revolution in Britain | 140 |
Social Control Since 1789 | 156 |
Darwins Dangerous Idea | 168 |
The Marriage of Science and Technology | 181 |
Breakthroughs in Science 1895 to 1997 | 198 |
Printing Universities | 88 |
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Africa agriculture American ancient animals became began brain breakthroughs British built canals Celsius century B.C. Charles Darwin China Chinese cities civil Climatic Change coal Colin McEvedy communication computers Darwin Darwin's Dangerous Idea decline developed Dutch Republic early earth East economic Empire England Eurasia Europe European Faraday fertility France Galileo George Stephenson German grain Greek hominid horse human ice core important improved increased Industrial Revolution innovations invented iron Kepler land living magnetic medieval Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea ment merchants Mesopotamia millennium B.C. million modern mortality Moslems movable type moved Mycotoxins Natufians natural needed Newton Nile nineteenth century Ocean percent period plants political elites population growth potatoes printing with movable production Quaker radio railroads River Roman rulers sailing scientific scientists ship social control Society steam engine telegraph temperature theory tion trade transport tube University vacuum tube volcanic western world history writing system