Reading Howard Spodek's "The World's History, 5th Edition"
Reading Howard Spodek's "The World's History, 5th Edition"
Howard Spodek’s The World’s History was originally published in 1998, and the 5th edition was published in 2014.
Notes on Preface
History should provide us with wisdom to better understand the present and predict the future.
This book introduces human history in chronological order and is organized into eight parts, with each part emphasizing a distinct theme. These eight themes represent eight turning points of human history.
Notes on Each Part
- Part I. Turning Point: Human Origins
- Part II. Turning Point: Settlement Patterns
- Part III. Turning Point: From City-States to Empires
- Part IV. Turning Point: Creating World Religions
- Part V. Turning Point: Trade
- Part VI. Turning Point: Revolution
- Part VII. Turning Point: Exploding Technologies
- Part VIII. Turning Point: From Past to Present to Future
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