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1、thecambridgeworldhistory*volumeiVolumeiofTheCambridgeWorldHistoryisanintroductiontoboththedisciplineofworldhistoryandtheearliestphasesofworldhistoryupto10,000bce.InPartIleadingscholarsoutlinetheapproaches,methods,andthemesthathaveshapedanddefinedworldhistoryscholarshipacrossthew
2、orldandrightuptothepresentday.Chaptersexaminethehistoriographicaldevel-opmentofthefieldglobally,periodization,divergenceandcon-vergence,beliefandknowledge,technologyandinnovation,family,gender,anthropology,migration,andfire.PartIIsurveysthevastPaleolithicera,whichlaidthefoundatio
3、nsforhumanhistory,andconcentratesonthemostrecentphasesofhomininevolution,theriseofHomosapiensandtheveryearliesthumansocietiesthroughtotheendofthelasticeage.Anthropologists,archaeologists,historicallinguists,andhistoriansexamineclimateandtools,language,andculture,aswellasofferin
4、gregionalperspectivesfromacrosstheworld.DavidChristianisProfessorofHistoryatMacquarieUniversityinSydney.HeistheauthorofMapsofTime:AnIntroductiontoBigHistory,andco-founderwithBillGatesoftheBigHistoryProject.thecambridgeworldhistoryTheCambridgeWorldHistoryisanauthoritativenewover
5、viewofthedynamicfieldofworldhistory.Itcoversthewholeofhumanhistory,notsimplyhistorysincethedevelopmentofwrittenrecords,inanexpandedtimeframethatrepresentsthelatestthinkinginworldandglobalhistory.Withovertwohundredessays,itisthemostcomprehensiveaccountyetofthehumanpast,anditdraws
6、onabroadinternationalpoolofleadingacademicsfromawiderangeofscholarlydisciplines.Reflectingtheincreasingawarenessthatworldhistorycanbeexaminedthroughmanydifferentapproachesandatvaryinggeographicandchronologicalscales,eachvolumeoffersregional,topical,andcomparativeessaysalongsidec
7、asestudiesthatprovidedepthofcoveragetogowiththebreadthofvisionthatisthedistinguish-ingcharacteristicofworldhistory.Editor-in-chiefMerryE.Wiesner-Hanks,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeEditorialBoardGraemeBarker,DepartmentofArchaeology,CambridgeUniversityCraigB
8、enjamin,DepartmentofHistory,GrandValleyStateUniversity
