A History of the World in 500 Maps

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In South America, the Moche civilization is now flourishing, bringing Andean urban culture to new heights. All told, however, it is hard to conclude otherwise than that this stage of world history, seeing as it does the emergence of global civilization, is traumatic for many of the peoples on the planet. They think this is the norm for African societies, and the idea of African “savagery”, and the Europeans’ civilizing mission, takes hold. This has encouraged them to find new ways of seeking knowledge, and the foundations of modern science are being laid in these centuries. As a result, the old, neo-feudal structures which have prevailed in much of Europe for centuries are coming under increasing attack.

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Features major technical developments, from the invention of farming in the Fertile Crescent to the Industrial Revolution. Some of the Uygurs also migrated west to the Transoxus region, to form the Uzbek kingdoms; and a group of Khitans have founded the powerful Karakhitai khanate. In India, a three-way contest between Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam plays out; and in China and East Asia, Buddhism and Confucianism interact with each other.

The commerce between east and west is further fostered by the fact that two large states lie between the Roman and Chinese empires, those of the Parthians, who rule much of the Middle East, and the Scythians, who rule a huge territory stretching from central Asia into northern India. This is a culmination of a long process for the nomadic tribes of central Asia, who have posed an ever-increasing threat to the Chinese – a threat such that the Chinese have built a long series of defensive walls separating their agricultural homeland from the steppes. This expansion is carried out mostly by thousands of ordinary farmers, but coming up behind them comes the authority of the Russian state. Being the first to experience the transformations which industrialization brings, these societies find themselves with a huge (though, as it will turn out, temporary) advantage over all other societies on the planet. Indian history has witnessed the rise of the greatest empire since the Mauryan empire, in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.

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Civilization is penetrating inner Africa from the north via the kingdom of Nubia, becoming more “African” as it travels. On the islands and coasts of southern China the ancestors of the Malays and Polynesians are starting their great migration down into South East Asian waters. In the Western Hemisphere, several centers of the Olmec civilization of Mexico have experienced a mysterious development, with the ritual burial of great sculptures accompanying the destruction of their communities. In western Asia, although the empire of Alexander the Great barely outlasted his death in 323 BCE, his conquests have reshaped the map of the Middle East.Here, a small colonial elite has divided the land into vast estates, leaving the native population as impoverished serfs tied to the lands.

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This is the Gupta empire, and this period is widely seen as one of the high points of Classical Indian civilization. Investigates warfare and battles from across the ages, from Alexander the Great's conquests to the D-Day offensive.At this time, many of the classical civilizations of the ancient world enter their period of greatness: Greek, Chinese, Indian and Israelite civilizations all experience a burst of creativity, each producing thinkers who will profoundly shape the future course of world history. The first literatures are flowering, and already some of the most spectacular structures in all world history, the Great Pyramids, have been built in the Nile valley. Now, a new 132 page special, Battleships of WWII, brings their story to life with 85 battleships from seven nations. The Koreans are also a dynamic and innovative culture, whilst the Japanese experience centuries of on-off civil war, in which Samurai warriors will come to prominence in Japanese society. Western values, especially as practiced by many missionaries, involves a greater respect for women than found in many non-Western countries, and a more inclusive attitude to education and opportunity.

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Islamic civilization has continued to make great strides, with discoveries in mathematics, physics, astronomy, medicine and other branches of knowledge. The westward expansion of societies of European origin is the dominant motif of North American history at this time.You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. On the Indian sub-continent, however, the many cities of the Indus valley have all vanished, for reasons modern scholars can only guess at. In the mid-6th century, much of the steppes of central Asia fell under the sway of a Turkish confederacy. Another great state whose end is fast approaching is the Parthian empire, which has ruled much of the Middle East for the past 300 years (though without the stability of the Roman and Han empires). The Medieval epoch (roughly 500 to 1500) is a time of building on the achievements of the Ancient World, but also of moving societies in new directions, preparing the way for the modern world.