TY - BOOK AU - Bulliet, Richard W. AU - Crossley, Pamela Kyle AU - Headrick, Daniel R. AU - Hirsch, Steven W. AU - Johnson, Lyman L. AU - Northrup, David TI - The earth and its peoples : : a global history / SN - 9781285445519 [paperback] PY - 2019/// CY - Stamford, CT USA PB - Cengage Learning, KW - World history N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part One The emergence of human communities, to 1500 B.C.E. -- Part Two The formation of new cultural communities, from 1500 B.C.E. -- Part Three growth and interaction of cultural communities, 300 B.C.E. - 1200 C.E -- Part Four Interregional patterns and culture and contract, 1200-1550 -- Part Five The Globe Encompassed, 1500-1750 -- Part Six Revolutions reshape the world, 1750-1870 -- Part Seven Global diversity and dominance, 1850-1945 -- Part Eight Perils and promises of a global community, 1945 to the present ER -