Bentley, Jerry H., 1949- <br/><br/>
Traditions and encounters:   a brief global history / 
Jerry H. Bentley, Herbert F. Ziegler, Heather E. Streets. 
 - Boston:  McGraw-Hill Higher Education,  2008. 
 - xxxii, 675 pages:  some color illustrations, maps;  26 cm. 
 -  1: from the beginning to 1500 .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: The Early Complex Societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E. -- The Foundation of Complex Societies -- Early African Societies and the Bantu Migration -- Early Societies in South and East Asia -- Early Societies in the American and Oceania -- Part II: The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. -- The Empires of Asia -- The Unification of China -- State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India -- Mediterranean Society Under the Greeks and Romans -- Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads -- Part III: The Postclassical Era, 500 to 1000 C. E. -- The Commonwealth of Byzantium -- The Expansive Realm of Islam -- The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia - India and the Indian Ocean Basin -- The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe -- Part IV: An Age of Cross Cultural Interaction, 1000 to 1500 C. E. -- Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Immigration -- States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Western Europe during the High Middle Ages -- Worlds Apart: The Americas and Oceania -- Reaching Out: Cross-Cultural Interactions 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073534534 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Asia Foundation - Donation 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World history--Textbooks.<br/>Intercultural communication--History- Textbooks.