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Headrick, Steven W.
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The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History
This comprehensive world history textbook presents a global perspective on human societies from prehistory to the present. It emphasizes cross-cultural interactions, trade, migration, and the interconnectedness of civilizations. The authors integrate political, social, economic, and cultural developments to illustrate how peoples across the world have shaped and been shaped by global processes.
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Early Human Evolution and the Dawn of Agriculture
The story of humanity begins long before writing and settled communities, in a world of movement and adaptation. In our first chapters, we trace how Homo sapiens emerged from the hominid lineage, beginning in Africa roughly two hundred thousand years ago, equipped not just with physical endurance bu...
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Ancient Civilizations and Cross-Cultural Exchange
In this section, we unfold the rise of complex civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China—the first societies to construct monumental architecture, codify laws, and extend political power through organized states. It is tempting to describe them separately, but we insist that t...
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