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1、thecambridgeworldhistory*VOLUMEVITheerafrom1400to1800sawintensebiological,commercial,andculturalexchanges,andthecreationofglobalconnectionsonanunprecedentedscale.Dividedintotwobooks,VolumeviofTheCambridgeWorldHistoryseriesconsidersthesecriticaltransformations.Thefirstbookexaminesthe
2、materialandpolit-icalfoundationsoftheera,includingglobalconsiderationsoftheenvironment,disease,technology,andcities,alongwithregionalstudiesofempiresintheeasternandwesternhemispheres,crossroadsareassuchastheIndianOcean,CentralAsia,andtheCaribbean,andsitesofcompetitionandconflict,inc
3、ludingSoutheastAsia,Africa,andtheMediterranean.Thesecondbookfocusesonpatternsofchange,examiningtheexpansionofChristianityandIslam,migrations,warfare,andothertopicsonaglobalscale,andofferinginsightfuldetailedanalysesoftheColumbianExchange,slavery,silver,trade,entrepreneurs,Asianreli
4、gions,legalencounters,plantationeconomies,earlyindustrial-ism,andthewritingofhistory.JerryH.BentleywasProfessorofHistoryattheUniversityofHawaiiatManoa.HewastheauthorofOldWorldEncounters:Cross-CulturalContactandExchangeinPre-ModernTimesandTrad-itionsandEncounters.SanjaySubrahmanyami
5、sDistinguishedProfessorofHistory,andtheIrvingandJeanStoneEndowedChairinSocialSciencesattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,andtheChairinHistoireGlobaledelaPremièreModernitéattheCollègedeFrance.Heistheauthororeditorofnearlythirtybooks,includ-ingThePortugueseEmpireinAsia,1500–1700:A
6、PoliticalandEconomicHistory,TheCareerandLegendofVascodaGama(Cambridge,1997),andIndo-PersianTravelsintheAgeofDiscoveries(Cambridge,2007).Downloadedfromhttps:/www.cambridge.org/core.UniversityofSussexLibrary,on10Jan2017at23:28:04,subjecttotheCambridgeCoretermsofuse,availableathttps:/
7、www.cambridge.org/core/terms.http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139022460MerryE.Wiesner-hanksisDistinguishedProfessorandChairoftheHistoryDepartmentattheUniversityofWisconsin-Milwaukee.Sheistheauthororeditoroftwentybooks,includingAConciseHistoryoftheWorld(Cambridge,2015),EarlyModernEu
8、rope1450–1789(Cambridge,2n
