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1、thecambridgeworldhistory*VOLUMEIVFrom1200BCEto900CE,theworldwitnessedtheriseofpowerfulnewstatesandempires,aswellasnetworksofcross-culturalexchangeandconquest.Consideringtheformationandexpansionoftheselarge-scaleentities,thisfourthvolumeofTheCambridgeWorldHistoryseriesoutl
2、ineskeyeconomic,political,social,cultural,andintellectualdevelopmentsthatoccurredacrosstheglobeinthisperiod.Leadingscholarsexaminecriticaltransformationsinscienceandtechnology,economicsystems,attitudestowardgenderandfamily,socialhierarchies,education,art,andslavery.Thesec
3、ondpartofthevolumefocusesonbroaderprocessesofchangewithinWesternandCentralEurasia,theMediterranean,SouthAsia,Africa,EastAsia,Europe,theAmericas,andOceania,aswellasofferingregionalstudieshighlightingspecifictopics,fromtradealongtheSilkRoadsandacrosstheSahara,toChacoculturei
4、ntheUSSouthwest,toConfucianismandthestateinEastAsia.CraigBenjaminisProfessorofHistoryintheFrederikJ.MeijerHonorsCollegeatGrandValleyStateUniversity.Heisco-authorofBigHistory:BetweenNothingandEverything.Downloadedfromhttps:/www.cambridge.org/core.CornellUniversity,on07Jan2
5、017at21:48:07,subjecttotheCambridgeCoretermsofuse,availableathttps:/www.cambridge.org/core/terms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139059251thecambridgeworldhistoryTheCambridgeWorldHistoryisanauthoritativenewoverviewofthedynamicfieldofworldhistory.Itcoversthewholeofhumanhis
6、tory,notsimplyhistorysincethedevelopmentofwrittenrecords,inanexpandedtimeframethatrepresentsthelatestthinkinginworldandglobalhistory.Withover200essays,itisthemostcomprehensiveaccountyetofthehumanpast,anditdrawsonabroadinternationalpoolofleadingacademicsfromawiderangeofsch
7、olarlydisciplines.Reflectingtheincreasingawarenessthatworldhistorycanbeexaminedthroughmanydifferentapproachesandatvaryinggeographicandchronologicalscales,eachvolumeoffersregional,topical,andcomparativeessaysalongsidecasestudiesthatprovidedepthofcoveragetogowiththebreadthof
8、visionthatisthedistinguishingcharacteristicofworldhistory.Editor-In-ChiefMerryE.Wiesner-Hanks,De
