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Summary : The 14 centuries covered by this volume see the emergence of new forms of urbanization and also the generalization of new techniques such as iron-working and irrigation. Science in the modern sense of the term, based on the observation of nature, makes its appearance and develops independently of myth and religious systems. This period also sees the expansion of universal religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and, in the seventh century, Islam. Ninety-eight authors, from 30 countries, worked on this volume.
Preface Foreword General Introduction The International Commission Series list List of figures List of maps List of plates The contributors Acknowledgements A Overview B Thematic Section 1. Concepts of nature,
philosophy and science 2. Applied sciences
and technology 3. Nudear regions and
peripheries 4. Ideologies and the
first universal religion 5. Languages, writing
and literature 6. Art and architecture C Regional Section Introduction I Western Asia Introduction 7. Western Asia between 700 BC and 250 BC 7.1 Assyrians and Babylonians 7.2 The Iranian tribes
and the Persian Empire 7.3 The fall of the
Old Persian Empire and the rise of the Seleucids 8. Western Asia between 250 BC and AD 224 8.1 The disintegration
of the Seleucid Empire 8.2 The Arsacid Parthians 8.3 The Sasanian Empire 9. Arabian Peninsula before Islam 9.1 The Arabian Peninsula,
the rise of Arabia Felix and the Himyarite era 9.2 Arabia before Islam II The Mediterranean World and European History Introduction 10. The Mediterranean World and its Northern neighbours until 300 BC 10.1 The Greek World during the archaic and classical periods 10.1.1 The early times
of the polis 10.1.2 The polis in
classical times 10.1.3 Religion, philosophy,
science and technology 10.1.4 Language and
literature 10.1.5 The arts 10.2 Alexander and the Macedonian Empire 10.2.1 The formation
of the Macedonian Empire 10.2.2 Cultural contacts
between the Greeks and the Orient 10.3 Etruscans and Italic peoples and Rome 10.3.1 Etruscans and
Italic peoples 10.3.2 Rome up to the
end of the Second Punic War 10.4 Peoples and tribes north of the Mediterranean Editor's note 10.4.1 The Scythians 10.4.2 Thracians and
Illyrians 10.4.3 Hallstatt-Civilization,
early Celts and Scandinavia 11. The Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire between expansion and crisis: the societies outside the Roman borders 11.1 The Hellenistic World after Alexander 11.1.1 Political and
social life, philosophy, 1888 religion and literature 11.1.2 Science and
technology 11.1.3 Hellenistic
arts 11.2 The Roman Empire from the end of 300 BC to 200 AD 11.2.1 Structural
changes from the early Republic to the Empire 11.2.2 War, reform,
revolutionary movements 11.2.3 The origins
of Christianity 11.2.4 The Roman contribution
to scientific and cultural development 11.3 The Roman Provinces in Africa, Europe and Asia Editor's note 11.3.1 Western Asia 11.3.2 Western and
Central Europe 11.3.3 Anatoha and
south-eastern Europe 11.4 Northern tribes, tribal leagues and their relations to the Roman Empire Editor's note 11.4.1 Thracians, Celts,
Illyrians and Dacians 11.4.2 Celts, Germanic
tribes, Slavs and Sannatians 12. The decline of the Roman Empire and the beginnings of the Medieval society Editor's note 12.1 The Roman Empire
in the fourth and fifth centuries 12.2 Christianity and
the Christian Church between 284 and 476 12.3 Invasions, migrations, popular movements and the decline of the Roman Empire Editor's note 12.3.1 The Huns 12.3.2 Popular movements 12.4 Northern tribes, tribal units and the Roman Empire 12.4.1 The struggle
for survival 12.4.2 The period of
justinian 12.4.3 The invasion
of Slavs and Avars (c. 568 to 626) 12.5 The formation of tribal kingdoms between AD 400 and 600 Editor's note 12.5.1 Goths, Vandals,
Lombards 12.5.2 The Merovingian
Kingdom. 12.6 The Roman heritage and the beginning of the Medieval Society 12.6.1 The problem
of continuity 12.6.2 Economic base
and social structures of early Medieval societies 12.6.3 The Roman ideological
and cultural heritage 12.6.4 Byzantium and
the Roman tradition 13. Peoples and tribes in Central, Northern and Eastern Europe Editor's note 13.1 Britons, Anglo-Saxons,
Irish and the Roman heritage 13.2 The Baltic region:
Scandinavians, Balts, Finno-Ugrians 13.3 Tribal societies
in Eastern Europe 13.4 Slavs, Avars and
the Merovingian kingdom III The African Continent Introduction 14. North Africa 14.1 The Libyco-Berbers 14.2 The Phoenicians 14.3 Cyrenaica and
the Greek colonies 14.4 The Romans and
their influence 14.5 The Vandals 14.6 The Byzantine
provinces 15. The Nile Valley Editor's note 15.1 Egypt 15.1.1 The Napata period 15.1.2 The Saite age 15.1.3 The Persian
conquest and the last indigenous dynasties 15.1.4 Ptolemaic rulers 15.1.5 Roman and Coptic
Egypt 15.2 Nubia 15.2.1 The
Kingdom of Kush 15.2.2 Post-Meroitic
period 15.2.3. The early Christian
period 16. Sub-Saharan Africa 16.1 'Neolithic' in
West Africa 16.2 'Neolithic' in
Central Africa 16.3 'Neolithic' in
Eastern Africa 16.4 Early metal-using
peoples in West Africa IV South Asia Introduction 17. Protohistory and early historical period 700-200 BC 17.1 Archaeology and
ecology of the northern subcontinent 17.2 Literature, archaeology
and historical reconstruction c. 700-400 BC 17.3 The formation
of states and the Maurya empire 18. A South Asia from 200 BC to AD 300 18.1 Dynastic patterns
of the northern subcontinent: commercial and cultural links 18.2 State formation
in peninsular India and Sri Lanka 19. South Asia from AD 300 to 700 19.1 The northern subcontinent 19.2 The peninsula 19.3 Sri Lanka V South-east Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Introduction 20. Protohistory and
the early historical period 21. South-east Asia
from AD 300 to 700 22. Australia and the Pacific 22.1 Australia 22.2 The Pacific VI Central Asia and the Nomads Introduction 23. Nomadic Cultures of Central Asia from. 700 BC to AD 300 23.1 Iranian nomadic
tribes in Central Asia 23.2 Archaeological
cultures of Southern Siberia and Mongoha 23.3 Hellenistic culture
in Central Asia 23.4 The Xiongnu Empire 23.5 The fall of the
Graeco-Bactrians: Sakas and Indo-Parthians 23.6 The rise of the
Kushan Empire 23.7 The Oasis states
of Central Asia 24. Nomadic and urban cultures of Central Asia from AD 300 to 700 24.1 Peoples
and states after the decline of Parthia in AD 226 24.2 The
Northern nomads, Sogdiana and Chorasmia 24.3 City-states in
the Tarim Basin 24.4 Late
Kushan kingdoms 24.5 Origin and rise
of the Chionites/Xyon/Huns 24.6 The rise of the
Hephthalite Empire 24.7 Annexation of
the Hephthalite vassal kingdoms by the Western Turks 24.8 The rise of the
Turk power VII East Asia Introduction 25. The Eastern Zhou
(from 800 to 300 BC) 26. The Early Chinese Empire: Qin and Han (221 BC-AD 220) 26.1
The Qin Empire 26.2 The Han Empire 26.3 Qin-Han: Arts
and material culture 27. East Asia (from AD 200 to 500) 27.1 Early Medieval
China 27.2 Early Korea 27.3 Early Japan VIII The Americas Introduction 28. North America 29. Mesoamerica 29.1 The transition
from the Formative to Classic civilization 29.2 The Classic period
in central and southern Mexico 29.3 The Classic period
of Maya civilization, AD 1-900 30. South America 30.1 The formation
of the Classical Andean world 30.2 The Circurn-Caribbean
and the Orinoco Amazon areas 30.3 The southern frontiers
of Andean civilization and the cultures of Southern South
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