Stearns, Peter N. <br/><br/>
World Past to World Present :  A Sketch of Global History. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (321 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: The Agricultural Age -- 2. The Nature of Agricultural Society -- 3. Early Civilizations -- 4. The Classical Period -- 5. Religion and Trade: World History from 600 to 1200 -- 6. The Mongol Period, 1200-1450 -- 7. The Early Modern Period, 1450-1750: The Global Framework -- 8. New Empires, New Ideas: Regional Developments in the Early Modern Period -- PART II: The Industrial Age -- 9. The Nature of Industrial Society -- 10. Global Dynamics: Imperialism and Globalization before 1914 -- 11. Regional Patterns and Comparisons in the "Long" 19th Century -- 12. A Troubled Transition: Global Developments, 1914-1945 -- 13. A More Global World, 1945-2000 -- 14. How Regions Responded, 1945-2000 -- 15. The 21st Century: Legacies and New Questions -- Index. 
<br/><br/> World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of human history beginning with the advent of agriculture and ending with considerable attention to world history developments since World War II. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781000433463 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D21 .S74 2022