This text engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpretive chapters on such topics as gender; religion; war; ecology; and nationalism create both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. The book makes great ideas accessible; explores major historical turning points; and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions (trade; migrations; etc.). It also compares cultures and civilizations while giving voice to individual lives. This volume explores perennial issues. Gender relations are examined across the neolithic and urban revolutions. Issues of class; civility; and citizenship come to life in a history of Middle Eastern; Mediterranean; Chinese; and Muslim cities. Ideas of love and sex are compared in European; Japanese and Indian history. The social dislocations of empire are compared in Rome and China. The Crusades are viewed through Muslim as well as Christian sources. In addition the seventeenth-century scientific revolution is compared with science in China and the Muslim world.
#2074204 in Books Naval Institute Press 1992-07Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 .56 x 10.29 x 9.74l; #File Name: 1557507554118 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. very good bookBy raul78539I especially like the drawings; they are crisp and clear; with most giving the scale so you can scale up or down according to your needs. It is worth the price.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. great product and seller; would buy again;By 2Read'sFungreat product and seller; would buy again;0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For miniature ship buildersBy yankee-in-caThis book is for model builders or people fascinated by the caravel and the nao -- the ships of the Age of Exploration. It says right on the front that it comes complete with a 1/100-scale plan; and it was really fun trying to find it! It's there; don't worry!!
