Spinning World History: The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of World History and the Regional Challenges of Today

667 Pages·2017·6.915 MB·English

by  Eric Burnett

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SPINNING WORLD
HISTORY
The Tales, Traditions and Turning
Points of the Past and the Regional
Challenges of Today

ERIC BURNETT
First published in the United States by CreateSpace.

This edition published May 13,2017.

Copyright © by Eric J. Burnett

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Cover Image: Mitransh Singh Parihar

ISBN-13: 978-1546693840

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Contents

PART I:
The Tales, Traditions and Turning Points of World History

1 – The State of Our World 3
The Earth in 2017
2 – Humans Take the Stage 9
Early Hominids - 3,500,000 BC > 200,000 BC
3 – The Greatest Travelling Expedition Ever 13
Hunter-gatherers - 200,000 BC > 5000 BC
4 – We Farm 17
The Neolithic Revolution – 10,000 BC > 2000 BC
5 – What We Believe 23
Foundation of the World’s Religions – 200,000 BC > 1000 BC
6 – From River Valleys to Golden Ages 29
India – Harappa to Gupta - 3000 BC > 600 AD
7 – The Middle Kingdom Rises 41
China – Xia to Qin to Han Dynasties – 2200 BC > 220 AD
8 – The Middle East United 53
The Persian Empire – 800 BC > 300 BC
9 – It’s All Greek to Us 59
Golden Age of Greece – 500 BC > 300 BC
10 – Alexander the Very Good 71
The Macedonian Empire – 330 BC > 250 BC
11 – All Roads Lead to Rome 83
The Roman Empire – 500 BC > 500 AD
12 – Barbarians and Horse People 99
The Huns and the Goths – 300 > 600
13 – One Step Forward, Five Steps Back 107
The European Middle Ages – 400 > 1100
14 – All Eyes Turn to Mecca 119
Rise of Islam – 600 > 800
15 – Crusade for the Kingdom of Heaven 131
The Crusades – 1000 > 1300
16 – The Final Strike from the Steppe 141
The Mongols – 1200 > 1400
17 – The Dragon Never Sleeps 149
China – Tang to Song Dynasties – 600 > 1300
18 – The Land of the Rising Sun 159
Japan – Foundation to Feudalism - 300 > 1600
19 – A Light at the End of the Tunnel 169
Europe – High Middle Ages – 1200 > 1500
20 – Checking in From All Corners 177
Polynesia, Africa and the Americas – 400 > 1500
21 – Europe Reopens its Eyes 189
Europe - Renaissance, Exploration and
Reformation – 1400 > 1700
22 – The Century of Death 205
Europe – Revolutionary Impact – 1550 > 1650
23 – The Cannon and the Crescent 213
Muslim Empires of the Near East – 1400> 1700
24 - Chinese Expansion and Withdrawal 225
China – The Ming Dynasty - 1400 > 1600
25 – Leave Us Alone 233
Japan – Tokugawa Shogunate and
Isolationism - 1500 > 1700
26 - Goodbye to the Old World 245
Europe - Scientific Revolution and
Enlightenment – 1600 > 1800
27 – The Beast of the East 255
Russia – Kiev Rus to Catherine the Great - 1400 > 1800
28 – The Documents Heard ‘Round the World 265
The United States of America – Founding – 1700 > 1800
29 – You Say You Want a Revolution? 273
France – Revolution to Napoleon – 1770 > 1850
30 – Latin America Stands On Its Own 291
South American Revolutions – 1800 > 1900
31 – Man and His Machines 303
Europe - Industrial Revolution – 1750 > 1900
32 – Europe Takes Over the World 317
Europe - Imperialism – 1750 > 1910
33 – The Last Emperor 327
China – Qing Dynasty – 1800 > 1910
34 – An Island on Overdrive 335
Japan – The Meiji Restoration – 1850 > 1910
35 – Taking Stock of Our Progress 345
The World at the Turn of the Century – 1880> 1910
36 – The War to End All Wars 353
World War I – 1900 > 1920
37 – Roaring into Chaos 373
The Interwar Period – 1920 > 1940
38 – Countdown to Horror 387
Causes of World War II – 1925 > 1940
39 - The Just War 397
World War II – 1935 > 1947
40 – Farewell to the Ages of Empires 423
Decolonization and Independence Movements – 1920 > 1970
41 – Avoiding Armageddon 437
The Cold War – 1945 > 1989

PART II:
The Regional Challenges of Today

42 – Sub-Saharan Africa 461
43 - Latin America 487
44 - Japan 503
45 - China 519
46 - India 539
47 - The Middle East 559
48 - Russia 587
49 - Europe 597
50 – The United States of America 611

Index 646
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Part I

The Tales, Traditions and
Turning Points of our Past