Contents
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Part f; Orientation 1
1 Knowing the Basics 3
2 Learning the Techniques 11
3 Cracking the Test 19
Part II: Content Review 33
4 The Rise of Human Civilization 35
Humanity's Prehistory: A Brief Review......... 36
Ancient Mesopotamia 39
Ancient Egypt.. 44
Ancient Africa 49
Ancient India.. 50
Ancient China........ 54
The Outsiders: The Americas 58
Major Civilizations: Mesoamenca 59
Civilization: A Human Characteristic 62
Summary . 64
Chapter 4 Drill 66
5 From Civilizations to Empires. 69
How Do We Know an Empire When We See It? 70
Persia: The First Great Empire? 72
Greece: From Polisto Empire 76
Rome in a Few Brief Pages? Can't Be Done! 84
Byzantium: The Eastern Empire 90
China: Empire, the Chinese Way 91
India: Empires of the Subcontinent 95
The Americas: Hello? Anyone There7. 97
Learning from the Rise and Fall of Empires 97
Summary........... 98
Chapter 5 Drill 100
6 The Age of World Religions... 103
Why Study Religion? 104
The Importance of Religion to World History... .. 104
Judaism 105
Early.Christianity.... 110
Islam 114
Inter- and Intrareligious Conflicts 117
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