Ways of the world : a brief global history with sources : for the AP world history: modern course since 1200 C.E. / Robert W. Strayer, The College at Brockport: State University of New York, Eric W. Nelson, Missouri State University. [print]

Includes bibliographies and index.

The History of the Universe -- The History of a Planet -- The History of the Human Species … in a Single Paragraph -- Why World History? -- Context, Change, Comparison, and Connection: The Four Cs of World History -- Period 1 Diversity and Interaction in the World of 1200–1450 -- The Big Picture 1200: Jumping into the Stream of World History -- Landmarks in World History (Before 1450) -- Understanding AP® Themes in Period 1 Regional and Interregional Interactions --

Chapter 1 Before 1200: Patterns in World History -- Cultural Landmarks before 1200 -- From the Paleolithic Era to the Age of Agriculture -- Controversies: Debating the Timescales of History -- Snapshot: Continental Populations in World History, 400 B.C.E.–2017 -- Civilizations -- Civilizations and the Environment -- Comparing Civilizations -- Then and Now: Patriarchy -- Civilizations and Cultural Traditions -- South Asian Cultural Traditions: Hinduism -- South Asian Cultural Traditions: Buddhism -- Chinese Cultural Traditions: Confucianism -- Chinese Cultural Traditions: Daoism -- Middle Eastern Cultural Traditions: Judaism and Christianity -- Zooming In: Perpetua, Christian Martyr -- Middle Eastern Cultural Traditions: Islam -- Interactions and Encounters -- AP® Skills Workshop: Developments and Processes -- Understanding Developments and Processes -- Developments and Processes on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Islamic Practice in West Africa through the Eyes of a Foreign Traveler -- Ibn Battuta | Travels in Asia and Africa | 1354 -- AP® Activity: Writing A Sourcing Statement -- AP® Working with Evidence: The “Good Life” in Asian Cultural Traditions -- Document 1 Reflections from Confucius -- Document 2 A Daoist Perspective on the Good Life -- Document 3 Reflections from the Hindu Scriptures -- Document 4 Filial Piety Illustrated -- Document 5 Reflections from Jesus -- Document 6 Toward “Mature Manhood” -- AP® Historians’ Voices: The Historical Jesus -- Voice 1.1 Reza Aslan on Jesus as Zealot | 2013 -- Voice 1.2 Marcus Borg on Jesus as Spirit Person | 1995 -- Chapter 1 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 2 States and Civilizations: A Global Tapestry, 1200–1450 -- Landmarks for Chapter 2 -- The Worlds of East Asia: China and Its Neighbors -- China before the Mongol Takeover -- Korea and Japan: Creating New Civilizations -- The Worlds of Southeast Asia -- Vietnam: Living in the Shadow of China -- Maritime Southeast Asia: Commerce, Religion, and State Building -- The Worlds of Islam: Fragmented and Expanding -- The Islamic Heartland -- On the Peripheries of the Islamic World: India and Spain -- Emerging Civilizations in Africa -- The Making of an East African Civilization -- The Making of a West African Civilization -- The Worlds of Christendom -- The Eastern Orthodox World: A Declining Byzantium and an Emerging Rus -- Zooming In: 1453 in Constantinople -- The Roman Catholic World: A Fragmented Political Landscape -- Society, Economy, and Culture in the West -- Snapshot: European Borrowing -- Civilizations of the Americas -- The Emergence of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica -- The Emergence of the Incas in the Andes -- Understanding Claims -- Claims on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Japanese Samurai Culture -- Imagawa Ryoshun | The Imagawa Letter | 1412 -- AP® Activity: Identifying An Argument -- AP® Working with Evidence: Social Patterns in Tang and Song China -- Document 1 Family and Society -- Document 2 On War, Soldiers, and Society -- Document 3 Becoming a Scholar-Official -- Document 4 Life in the Fields -- Document 5 Scholar-Officials and the Emperor -- Document 6 City Life in Art -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Economy and Society in Golden Age China -- Voice 2.1 Morris Rossabi on the Place of Merchants in Chinese Society | 2014 -- Voice 2.2 Valerie Hansen on the Social Implications of the Commercializing Economy | 2020 -- Chapter 2 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 3 Connections and Interactions: Networks of Exchange, 1200–1450 -- Landmarks for Chapter 3 -- Connections across Eurasia: The Silk Roads -- The Making of the Silk Roads -- Religion and the Silk Roads -- Connections across Eurasia: The Mongol Network -- The Making of the Mongol Empire -- Encountering the Mongols: Russia, China, and Persia -- The Mongol Empire as a Eurasian Network -- The Plague: An Afro-Eurasian Pandemic -- Connections across the Indian Ocean: The Sea Roads -- The Making of the Sea Roads -- The Sea Roads as a Catalyst for Change -- Chinese Maritime Voyages in the Indian Ocean World -- Connections across the Sahara: The Sand Roads -- The Making of the Sand Roads -- Islam in West Africa -- Zooming In: Mansa Musa, West African Monarch and Muslim Pilgrim -- Connections across the Islamic World -- Patterns of Exchange in the Islamic World -- Snapshot: Key Achievements in Islamic Science and Scholarship -- Encounter: The Islamic World and Christendom -- Connections across the Americas -- AP® Skills Workshop: Evidence -- Understanding Evidence -- Evidence on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Chinese Cultural Traditions: The Relationship between Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism -- AP® Activity: Identifying Intention -- AP® Working with Evidence: Travelers’ Tales and Observations -- Document 1 A European Christian in China -- Document 2 A Korean World Map -- Document 3 A European Artist Depicts Asia -- Document 4 A Chinese Maritime Explorer in India -- Document 5 A Moroccan Diplomat in West Africa -- AP® Historians’ Voices: On Travel Writers -- Voice 3.1 John Larner on Whether Polo Really Traveled to China | 1999 -- Voice 3.2 Natalie Zemon Davis on Leo Africanus’s Audiences | 2006 -- Chapter 3 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 4 Political Transformations: Empires and Encounters, 1450–1750 -- Landmarks for Chapter 4 -- European Empires in the Americas -- The European Advantage -- Zooming In: Doña Marina: Between Two Worlds -- The Great Dying and the Little Ice Age -- The Columbian Exchange -- Comparing Colonial Societies in the Americas -- In the Lands of the Aztecs and the Incas -- Colonies of Sugar -- Snapshot: Ethnic Composition of Colonial Societies in Latin America (1825) -- Settler Colonies in North America -- Empire Building in Russia and China -- The Steppes and Siberia: The Making of a Russian Empire -- Into Central Asia: The Making of a Chinese Empire -- Empires of the Islamic World -- In the Islamic Heartland: The Ottoman and Persian Safavid Empires -- On the Frontiers of Islam: The Mughal and Songhay Empires -- AP® Skills Workshop: Contextualization -- Understanding Contextualization -- Contextualization on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Louis XIV on “Spectacle” as an Aid to Royal Rule -- Louis XIV | Memoirs | 1670 -- AP® Activity: Identifying An Argument -- AP® Working with Evidence: State Building in the Early Modern Era -- Document 1 An Outsider’s View of the Inca Empire -- Document 2 Ivan the Terrible’s Treatment of Boyars -- Document 3 The Court of Benin -- Document 4 The Memoirs of Emperor Jahangir -- Document 5 French State Building and Louis XIV -- Document 6 The Sacred Edict -- Document 7 The Palace of an Ottoman Emperor -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Early Modern Rulers -- Voice 4.1 Charles Parker on Emperor Kangxi of China and Louis XIV of France | 2010 -- Voice 4.2 John Darwin on Emperor Akbar’s Public Image | 2008 -- Chapter 4 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 5 Cultural Transformations: Religion and Science, 1450–1750 -- Landmarks for Chapter 5 -- The Globalization of Christianity -- Western Christendom Fragmented: The Protestant Reformation -- Snapshot: Catholic/Protestant Differences in the Sixteenth Century -- Christianity Outward Bound -- Conversion and Adaptation in Spanish America -- An Asian Comparison: China and the Jesuits -- Persistence and Change in Afro-Asian Cultural Traditions -- Expansion and Renewal in the Islamic World -- China: New Directions in an Old Tradition -- India: Bridging the Hindu/Muslim Divide -- A New Way of Thinking: The Birth of Modern Science -- The Question of Origins -- Science as Cultural Revolution -- Zooming In: Galileo and the Telescope: Reflecting on Science and Religion -- Science and Enlightenment -- European Science beyond the West -- Looking Ahead: Science in the Nineteenth Century and Beyond -- Then and Now: Science -- Understanding Causation -- Causation on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Religious Interaction in Indian Art -- Kumbhaka (breathing exercises) | ca. 1600 -- AP® Activity: Writing A Sourcing Statement -- AP® Working with Evidence: Christianity: Becoming a Global Religion -- Document 1 European Influence in Kongo -- Document 2 Christian Missionaries in India -- Document 3 Christianity as a Threat to Japan -- Document 4 Conversion of the Mohawks -- Document 5 Christianity through Maya Eyes -- Document 6 The Chinese Rites Controversy -- Document 7 Cultural Blending in Andean Christianity -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Missions in Mesoamerica and China -- Voice 5.1 Merry Wiesner-Hanks on the Virgin of Guadalupe | 2015 -- Voice 5.2 Diarmaid MacCulloch on Jesuit Missionary Strategies in China | 2009 -- Chapter 5 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 6 Economic Transformations: Commerce and Consequence, 1450–1750 -- Landmarks for Chapter 6 -- Europeans and Asian Commerce -- A Portuguese Empire of Commerce -- Spain and the Philippines -- The East India Companies -- Asians and Asian Commerce -- Silver and Global Commerce -- “The World Hunt”: Fur in Global Commerce -- Commerce in People: The Transatlantic Slave System -- Controversies: Debating the Atlantic World -- The Slave Trade in Context -- The Slave Trade in Practice -- Snapshot: The Slave Trade in Numbers (1501–1866) -- Consequences: The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa-- Zooming In: Ayuba Suleiman Diallo: To Slavery and Back-- Commerce and Social Change -- AP® Skills Workshop: Making Connections: Continuity and Change -- Understanding Continuity and Change -- Continuity and Change on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Describing the Middle Passage: Comparing the Accounts of Two Historians -- Lisa Lindsay on Conditions above and below Deck during the Middle Passage | 2008 -- Johannes Postma on Mortality during the Middle Passage | 2003 -- AP® Activity: Summarizing Arguments -- AP® Working with Evidence: Consumption and Culture in the Early Modern World -- Document 1 Regulating Dress in Europe -- Document 2 A Critical View of Coffeehouses in the Ottoman Empire -- Document 3 Tobacco Smoking in Eurasia -- Document 4 Coffeehouse Culture in England -- Document 5 Regulating Dress in Japan -- Document 6 Tea and Porcelain in Europe -- Document 7 Chinese Poems about Smoking -- AP® Historians’ Voices: On Consumer Culture in the Early Modern World -- Voice 6.1 Frank Trentmann on Consumer Culture in the Netherlands and Britain | 2016 -- Voice 6.2 Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello on the Impacts of Global Consumption and Exchange | 2018 -- Chapter 6 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 7 Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1900 -- Landmarks for Chapter 7 -- Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context -- The North American Revolution, 1775–1787 -- The French Revolution, 1789–1815 -- The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804 -- Latin American Revolutions, 1808–1825 -- Echoes of Revolution -- The Abolition of Slavery -- Nations and Nationalism -- Feminist Beginnings -- Zooming In: Kartini: Feminism and Nationalism in Java -- AP® Skills Workshop: Making Connections: Comparison -- Understanding Comparison -- Comparison on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Defining Rights in the United States and France -- U.S. Bill of Rights | 1789 -- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | 1789 -- AP® Activity: Contextualizing Primary Sources -- AP® Working with Evidence: Claiming Rights -- Document 1 The French Revolution and the “Rights of Man” -- Document 2 A British Conservative’s Critique of the Universal Rights of Man -- Document 3 The French National Assembly and Slavery -- Document 4 The Rights of Women: Depicting a Revolutionary Woman -- Document 5 Rights and National Independence -- Document 6 Rights and Slavery: An African American Voice -- Document 7 The Rights of Women: An American Feminist Voice -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Origins and Echoes of the American Revolution -- Voice 7.1 Dorinda Outram on Enlightenment Ideas in the American Revolution | 1995 -- Voice 7.2 Carl Guarneri on British Expansion Redirected | 2007 -- Chapter 7 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 8 Revolutions of Industrialization, 1750–1900 -- Landmarks for Chapter 8 -- Industrialization: The Global Context -- Controversies: Debating “Why Europe?” -- The First Industrial Society -- The British Aristocracy -- The Middle Classes -- The Laboring Classes -- Social Protest -- Zooming In: The English Luddites and Machine Breaking -- Europeans in Motion -- Variations on a Theme: Industrialization in the United States and Russia -- The United States: Industrialization without Socialism -- Russia: Industrialization and Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution and Latin America in the Nineteenth Century -- Snapshot: The Industrial Revolution and the Global Divide -- After Independence in Latin America -- Facing the World Economy Becoming like Europe? -- AP® Skills Workshop: Sourcing and Situation in Primary and Secondary Sources -- Understanding Primary Sources and Sourcing -- Understanding Secondary Sources and Sourcing -- Understanding Quantitative Data as a Secondary Source -- Primary and Secondary Sources on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: The Internationale: Analyzing a Protest Song -- Eugène Pottier | The Internationale | 1871 -- AP® Activity: Comparing Claims in Sources -- AP® Working with Evidence: Socialist Visions -- Document 1 The Utopian Socialists -- Document 2 Socialism According to Marx and Engels -- Document 3 Socialism in Song -- Document 4 Socialism without Revolution -- Document 5 Lenin and Russian Socialism -- Document 6 The Woman Question -- Document 7 Socialist Perspectives in Art: Depicting Capitalist Society -- AP® Historians’ Voices: The Legacy of Karl Marx in the Twenty-First Century -- Voice 8.1 Allan Todd on Marx and Current History | 2016 -- Voice 8.2 Terry Eagleton on the Continuing Relevance of Marx | 2011 -- Chapter 8 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 9 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia, 1800–1900 -- Landmarks for Chapter 9 -- Reversal of Fortune: China’s Century of Crisis -- The Crisis Within -- Western Pressures -- Snapshot: Chinese/British Trade at Canton, 1835–1836 -- Zooming In: Lin Zexu: Confronting the Opium Trade -- The Failure of Conservative Modernization -- The Ottoman Empire and the West in the Nineteenth Century -- “The Sick Man of Europe” -- Reform and Its Opponents -- Outcomes: Comparing China and the Ottoman Empire -- The Japanese Difference: The Rise of a New East Asian Power -- The Tokugawa Background -- American Intrusion and the Meiji Restoration -- Modernization Japanese-Style -- Japan and the World -- AP® Skills Workshop: Claims and Evidence in Primary Sources -- Understanding Claims and Evidence in Primary Sources -- Primary Sources on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Critiquing Westernization: A Cartoon from Meiji Japan -- Honda Kinkichiro | Monkey-show | 1879 -- AP® Activity: Using Visual Sources as Evidence -- AP® Working with Evidence: The Opium War -- Document 1 Macartney Mission -- Document 2 A Chinese Response to Lord Macartney -- Document 3 Debating the Opium Problem -- Document 4 The Case against the Legalization of Opium -- Document 5 A Moral Appeal to Queen Victoria -- Document 6 War and Defeat -- Document 7 Addiction to Opium -- AP® Historians’ Voices: The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 -- Voice 9.1 David Atwill and Yurong Atwill on the Significance of the War for China | 2010 -- Voice 9.2 James L. Huffman on the Significance of the War for Japan | 2010 -- Chapter 9 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 10 Colonial Encounters in Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 1750–1950 -- Landmarks for Chapter 10 -- Industry and Empire -- Then and Now: Imperialism -- A Second Wave of European Conquests -- Under European Rule -- Cooperation and Rebellion -- Colonial Empires with a Difference -- Ways of Working: Comparing Colonial Economies -- Economies of Coercion: Forced Labor and the Power of the State -- Economies of Cash-Crop Agriculture: The Pull of the Market -- Economies of Wage Labor: Migration for Work -- Snapshot: Long-Distance Migration in an Age of Empire, 1846–1940 -- Women and the Colonial Economy: Examples from Africa -- Assessing Colonial Development -- Believing and Belonging: Identity and Cultural Change -- Education -- Religion -- Zooming In: Vivekananda, a Hindu Monk in America -- “Race” and “Tribe” -- AP® Skills Workshop: Claims and Evidence in Secondary Sources -- Understanding Claims and Evidence in Secondary Sources -- Understanding Claims and Evidence in Quantitative Data -- Claims and Evidence in Secondary Sources, Including Quantitative Data, on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Advocating for Western Education in India -- Ram Mohan Roy | Letter to Lord Amherst | 1823 -- AP® Activity: Considering British Colonial Rule -- AP® Working with Evidence: Colonial Conquest: The Scramble for Africa -- Document 1 From Cape to Cairo -- Document 2 Agreement in Europe -- Document 3 Ethiopia and the Scramble for Africa -- Document 4 “Pacification” in East Africa -- Document 5 Exploiting African Resources -- Document 6 Empire Building in North Africa -- Document 7 An African American Voice on the Scramble for Africa -- AP® Historians’ Voices: The Invasion of Africa -- Voice 10.1 Thomas Pakenham on European Motivations | 1992 -- Voice 10.2 A. Adu Boahen on African Strategies | 1987 -- Chapter 10 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 11 Milestones of the Past Century: War and Revolution, 1900–1950 -- Landmarks for Chapter 11 -- The First World War: A European Crisis with a Global Impact, 1914–1918 -- Origins: The Beginnings of the Great War -- Outcomes: Legacies of the Great War -- The Russian Revolution and Soviet Communism -- Capitalism Unraveling: The Great Depression -- Democracy Denied: The Authoritarian Alternative -- European Fascism -- Hitler and the Nazis -- Snapshot: Comparing German Fascism and Soviet Communism -- Japanese Authoritarianism -- A Second World War, 1937–1945 -- The Road to War in Asia -- The Road to War in Europe -- Consequences: The Outcomes of a Second Global Conflict -- Zooming In: Hiroshima -- Communist Consolidation and Expansion: The Chinese Revolution -- AP® Skills Workshop: Writing an LEQ: Argumentation -- Understanding Argumentation -- Argumentation on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Depicting the Aftermath of War -- Otto Dix | Prague Street | 1920 -- AP® Activity: Using Art as Evidence -- AP® Working with Evidence: Experiencing World War I -- Document 1 In the Trenches -- Document 2 Reading the Letters of the Enemy -- Document 3 On the Home Front -- Document 4 An Indian Soldier in World War I -- Document 5 A Senegalese Veteran’s Oral Testimony -- Document 6 Nationalism and War -- Document 7 In the Aftermath of the Great War -- AP® Historians’ Voices: The Legacies of World War I -- Voice 11.1 John Keegan on the Legacies of World War I | 2000 -- Voice 11.2 Peter Frankopan on World War I and the Decline of Empire | 2015 -- Chapter 11 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 12 Milestones of the Past Century: A Changing Global Landscape, 1950–present -- Landmarks for Chapter 12 -- Recovering from the War -- Communism Chinese-Style -- Building a Modern Society -- Snapshot: China under Mao, 1949–1976 -- Confronting Enemies -- East versus West: A Global Divide and a Cold War -- Military Conflict and the Cold War -- Zooming In: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution -- Nuclear Standoff and Rivalry in the Developing World -- The Cold War and the Superpowers -- Toward Freedom: Struggles for Independence -- The End of Empire in World History -- Toward Independence in Asia and Africa -- After Freedom -- The End of the Communist Era -- Beyond Mao in China -- The Collapse of the Soviet Union -- After Communism -- AP® Skills Workshop: Writing a DBQ: Causation Arguments -- Understanding Causation Arguments -- Causation Arguments on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Kwame Nkrumah’s Vision of Postcolonial Africa -- Kwame Nkrumah | Africa Must Unite | 1963 -- AP® Activity: Summarizing an Argument -- AP® Working with Evidence: Mao’s China -- Document 1 Revolution in Long Bow Village -- Document 2 Marriage Law -- Document 3 Socialism in the Countryside -- Document 4 Generational Division -- Document 5 A Vision of the New China -- Document 6 Working for the Communist Party -- Document 7 Experiencing the Cultural Revolution -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Assessing Mao -- Voice 12.1 Maurice Meisner on Mao, Modernization, and Socialism | 1999 -- Voice 12.2 Frank Dikotter on Mao’s Great Famine | 2011 -- Chapter 12 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 13 Global Processes: Technology, Economy, and Society, 1900–present -- Landmarks for Chapter 13 -- Science and Technology: The Acceleration of Innovation -- A Second Scientific Revolution -- Fossil Fuel Breakthroughs -- Transportation Breakthroughs -- Communication and Information Breakthroughs -- Military Weapons Breakthroughs -- The Global Economy: The Acceleration of Entanglement -- Industrial Globalization: Development in the Global South -- Economic Globalization: Deepening Connections -- Growth, Instability, and Inequality -- Controversies: Debating Globalization -- Snapshot: Global Development and Inequality, 2011 -- Pushback: Resistance to Economic Globalization -- Producing and Consuming: The Shapes of Modern Societies -- Life on the Land: The Decline of the Peasantry -- The Changing Lives of Industrial Workers -- The Service Sector and the Informal Economy -- Global Middle Classes and Life at the Top -- Getting Personal: Transformations of Private Life -- Modernity and Personal Life -- The State and Personal Life -- Zooming In: Anna Dubova, a Russian Woman, and the Soviet State -- Feminism and Personal Life -- AP® Skills Workshop: Writing a DBQ: Continuity and Change Arguments -- Understanding Continuity and Change Arguments -- Continuity and Change Arguments on the AP® World History Exam -- AP® Looking Again: Analyzing Energy Consumption over Time -- Graph of Energy Consumption by Type, 1965–2018 -- AP® Working with Evidence: Reflections on Technology -- Document 1 Imagining the Future of Technology from a Western Viewpoint -- Document 2 Communism and Technology -- Document 3 Nehru and Gandhi on Technology and Industry -- Document 4 “Technology with a Human Face” -- Document 5 Nuclear Technology and Fears of a Nuclear Holocaust -- Document 6 Technology and Climate Change -- Document 7 Debating Artificial Intelligence -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Technological Change in the Twentieth Century -- Voice 13.1 Trevor Williams on the Impacts of Technology in the First Half of the Twentieth Century | 1982 -- Voice 13.2 J. R. McNeill on Challenges Overcome and Challenges Created in the Twentieth Century | 2000 -- Chapter 13 AP® Exam Practice --

Chapter 14 Global Processes: Demography, Culture, and the Environment, 1900–present -- Landmarks for Chapter 14 -- More People: Quadrupling Human Numbers -- Snapshot: World Population Growth, 1950–2100 (projected) -- People in Motion: Patterns of Migration -- To the Cities: Global Urbanization -- Moving Abroad: Long-Distance Migration -- Microbes in Motion: Disease and Recent History -- Cultural Identity in an Entangled World -- Race, Nation, and Ethnicity -- Popular Culture on the Move -- Religion and Global Modernity -- Zooming In: Barbie and Her Competitors in the Muslim World -- The Environment in the Anthropocene Era -- The Global Environment Transformed -- Changing the Climate -- Then and Now: Humanity and Nature -- Protecting the Planet: The Rise of Environmentalism -- Conclusions and Reflections: World History and the Making of Meaning -- AP® Big Picture Questions -- AP® Skills Workshop: Writing a DBQ: Comparative Arguments -- AP® Looking Again: The Anthropocene: A Modern Historian’s Assessment -- J. R. Mcneill | Something New under the Sun | 2000 -- AP® Activity: Using Secondary Sources -- AP® Working with Evidence: Contending for Islam -- Document 1 A Secular State for an Islamic Society -- Document 2 Toward an Islamic Society -- Document 3 The Ideas of the Ayatollah Khomeini -- Document 4 Islamic Feminism -- Document 5 Progressive Islam -- Document 6 Debating the Burqa -- Document 7 The Sufi Alternative -- AP® Historians’ Voices: Perspectives on the Iranian Revolution -- Voice 14.1 Francis Robinson on Islamic Renewal Movements | 1996 -- Voice 14.2 John Esposito on the Source of the Iranian Revolution | 1999 -- Chapter 14 AP® Exam Practice.

"Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources" stands out for its global approach, thematic organization, and integration of primary sources. It not only prepares students for the AP World History: Modern exam but also encourages them to think critically about the forces that have shaped our world. Strayer and Nelson's collaborative effort results in a textbook that is both educational and engaging, making it a valuable resource for students and teachers alike.--AI Generated.

Strayer, R. W., & Nelson, E. W. (2023). Thinking through sources for Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course since 1200 C.E.: A Global History with Sources (5th ed.). Macmillan Higher Education. APA - CHECK FORMATING BEFORE USE

Strayer, Robert W., and Eric W. Nelson. Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course Since 1200 C.E.: A Global History With Sources. 5th ed., Macmillan Higher Education, 2023. MLA - CHECK FORMATING BEFORE USE

Strayer, Robert W., and Eric W. Nelson. Thinking through Sources for Ways of the World for the AP® World History Modern Course since 1200 C.E.: A Global History with Sources. 5th ed. Macmillan Higher Education, 2023. Chicago/Turabian - CHECK FORMATTING BEFORE USE

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Robert W. Strayer brought a wealth of academic experience and insight into the field of world history. Until his retirement, he was a professor of history at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. Strayer earned his Ph.D. in African history from the University of Wisconsin. Before his tenure at Brockport, he taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin. Strayer's academic work focused extensively on the Soviet Union and the history of Africa. Over the years, he authored several influential textbooks on world history that are widely used in advanced placement courses. His approach to history is notable for its emphasis on comparative global narratives and the integration of environmental and social perspectives.

Eric W. Nelson, a professor at Missouri State University, specializes in modern European history with a strong emphasis on global historical perspectives. His academic credentials include a deep focus on the Enlightenment period and its impacts on modern political and social thought. Nelson has contributed significantly to the field of history education through his scholarship and teaching. His work in "Ways of the World" reflects his commitment to making history accessible and relevant to high school students, particularly those preparing for the AP World History exam. Nelson's teaching and writing are characterized by a clear, engaging style and a focus on using primary sources to illuminate historical events and trends.