Worlds together, worlds apart : a history of the world from the beginnings of humankind to the present / Robert Tignor

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Becoming Human -- Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500–2000 BCE -- Nomads, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000–1200 BCE -- First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250–325 BCE -- Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000–350 BCE -- Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350–100 BCE -- Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 BCE–300 CE -- The Rise of Universalizing Religions, 300–600 CE -- New Empires and Common Cultures, 600–1000 CE -- Becoming “The World,” 1000–1300 CE -- Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300–1500 -- Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450–1600 -- Worlds Entangled, 1600–1750 -- Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500–1780 -- Reordering the World, 1750–1850 -- Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century -- Nations and Empires, 1850–1914 -- An Unsettled World, 1890–1914 -- Global Crisis, 1910–1939 -- The Three-World Order, 1940–1975 -- Globalization, 1970–2000 --Epilogue, 2001–the Present

"The most global approach to world history, now more streamlined and accessible.

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is organized around major world history stories and themes: the emergence of cities, the building of the Silk Road, the spread of major religions, the spread of the Black Death, the Age of Exploration, alternatives to 19th-century capitalism, the rise of modern nation-states and empires, and more. In the Third Edition, the text has been compressed and streamlined to heighten emphasis on world history stories and themes throughout."