Focusing on the journeys of historical figures, this edition highlights the interconnectedness of people, goods, and ideas across time and cultures. Each chapter tells the story of a different traveler—merchants, poets, rulers, and more—while encouraging critical thinking through new discussion questions. Additional features illustrate connections between chapters and societies, enhancing understanding of world history's global context. MindTap digital resources, including interactive maps, support further learning. Available as a complete volume or in two parts.
Falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit, the protagonist embarks on a harrowing journey to clear his name. As he navigates a web of deceit and betrayal, he confronts unexpected allies and dangerous adversaries. Themes of justice, perseverance, and the quest for truth are intricately woven throughout the narrative, highlighting the impact of societal judgment and the struggle against wrongful accusations. The story explores the lengths one will go to reclaim their identity and honor amidst overwhelming odds.
Focusing on the journeys of historic travelers, this edition emphasizes the movement of people, goods, and ideas throughout history. Each chapter highlights a different figure—merchants, poets, rulers, and explorers—while encouraging critical thinking through new discussion questions and features. Special inserts illustrate connections across various chapters and time periods, enhancing the understanding of global history. MindTap digital resources, including interactive maps, further enrich the learning experience. The book is available in complete or split volumes.
Valerie Hansen explores the interplay between social and economic changes and religious practices in medieval China, particularly during the Southern Song period. She highlights how common people's unfamiliarity with Buddhist and Daoist texts led them to seek assistance from local gods for various needs. As economic development flourished, the roles of these deities expanded, influencing commerce and daily life. By examining temple inscriptions and local histories, Hansen reveals differing rates of religious adaptation between lowland and highland regions, emphasizing the nuanced evolution of worship and community beliefs.
A desperate escape attempt leads to unforeseen chaos as inmates grapple with betrayal and survival. Tensions rise as loyalties are tested, and the line between freedom and captivity blurs. The gripping narrative explores themes of trust, desperation, and the consequences of choices made in the heat of the moment. As the plot unfolds, characters must confront their pasts while navigating the dangers of their surroundings, ultimately revealing the complexities of human nature in extreme situations.
Disgust, like its much better understood companions fear and love, is a
powerful subconscious impulse that influences our behaviour and choices.
Valerie Curtis explores its evolutionary origins, and its hidden effects, both
negative (such as xenophobia) and positive (health protection).
The Silk Road conjures up an image of a traveller carrying silk as he sits atop a camel and moves along a desert highway. This book offers concrete evidence for what he was really carrying and where he was heading, looking at the key sites along the multiple silk roads.
"Run and don't stop!"Those were her former boyfriend's last words. Before the thugs he associated with murdered him in cold blood. Now they're after Marie Parnell. She flees with her five-year-old daughter—until car trouble strands her in Serenity, Arkansas. The handsome mechanic who promises to get her back on the road is suspicious—and purposely slow. With nowhere to turn and nowhere left to run, Marie tells Seth Whitfield everything. About her past, about finding faith, about how safe she feels with him. He vows to protect her and her child. But Seth isn't exactly who he says he is….
Julie Ann Jones is shocked to find her life in jeopardy while she's serving on the jury during a scandalous murder case. When several accidents befall the jurors, fellow juror Smith Burnett gives her the courage to continue. But will she find the courage to give Smith her heart? Original.
When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. This was the 'big bang' of globalization, which ushered in a new era of exploration and trade, and which paved the way for Europeans to dominate after Columbus reached America. Drawing on a wide range of new historical sources and cutting-edge archaeology, Hansen shows, for example, that the Maya began to trade with the native peoples of modern New Mexico from traces of theobromine - the chemical signature of chocolate - and that frozen textiles found in Greenland contain hairs from animals that could only have come from North America. Moreover, Hansen turns accepted wisdom on its head, revealing not only that globalization began much earlier than previously thought, but also that the world's first anti-globalization riots did too, in cities such as Cairo, Constantinople, and Guangzhou. Introducing players from Europe, the Islamic world, Asia, the Indian Ocean maritime world, the Pacific and the Mayan world who were connecting the major landmasses for the first time, this compelling revisionist argument shows how these encounters set the stage for the globalization that would dominate the world for centuries to come.
