World in the year 1000
Heitzman, James Ed.
World in the year 1000 - New York University Press of America 2004 - x,328p.
Contents
Regional Maps vi
Chapter 1 Introduction: World History and the Year 1000 1
Part I
Natural orders, social orders 23
Chapter 2 Nature and Environment in Europe: Perceiving, Taming, Harnessing 25
Chapter 3 The Use of Natural Resources in the Islamic World 35
Chapter 4 Natural Resources and Human Settlements: Perceiving the Environment in India 48
Chapter 5 Different transitions: The year 1000 in China's environmental history 66
Chapter 6 Perpetuating Celestial Order in an Earthly Environment: Astronomy in Mesoamerica around 1000
Part 2 87
Regimes of production and exchange 103
Chapter 7 Minting, Silver Routes, and Mining in Europe: Economic Expansion and Technical Innovation 105
Chapter 8 Interdependencies between the Military and the Economy in the Near East and Egypt 118
Chapter 9 Temple Economy in South Asia 133
Chapter 10 Trade Under the Sign of the Feathered Serpent: Mesoamerica's Route into the Second Millennium 154
Part 3 Ritual centers 181
Chapter 11 Temple Networks and Royal Power in Southeast Asia 183
Chapter 12 The Ballgame at the Climax of the Feathered Serpent: A Religious Focus in Mesoamerica 214
Chapter 13 Gods and Worshippers on South Indian Sacred Ground 225
Part 4 The perception of self and others 255
Chapter 14 Byzantium and its Neighbors 257
Chapter 15 Islam: Self and Neighbors 277
Chapter 16 Chinese Perceptions of Southeast Asia 293
Chapter 17 Other, or the Others? Varieties of Difference in Indian Society at the Turn of the First Millennium and their Historiographical Implications 303
About the Contributors 325
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Architectural Practice -- Management
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Civilisation me�die�vale
Civilisation occidentale
Civilisation orientale
Civilization, Medieval
Civilization, Oriental
Civilization, Western
Commerce Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen A^ge)
Commerce History Medieval, 500-1500
Commerce Medieval
Congresses
Europa
Geschichte 1000
Handel
Islamic civilization
One thousand, A.D
909.1 / HEI
World in the year 1000 - New York University Press of America 2004 - x,328p.
Contents
Regional Maps vi
Chapter 1 Introduction: World History and the Year 1000 1
Part I
Natural orders, social orders 23
Chapter 2 Nature and Environment in Europe: Perceiving, Taming, Harnessing 25
Chapter 3 The Use of Natural Resources in the Islamic World 35
Chapter 4 Natural Resources and Human Settlements: Perceiving the Environment in India 48
Chapter 5 Different transitions: The year 1000 in China's environmental history 66
Chapter 6 Perpetuating Celestial Order in an Earthly Environment: Astronomy in Mesoamerica around 1000
Part 2 87
Regimes of production and exchange 103
Chapter 7 Minting, Silver Routes, and Mining in Europe: Economic Expansion and Technical Innovation 105
Chapter 8 Interdependencies between the Military and the Economy in the Near East and Egypt 118
Chapter 9 Temple Economy in South Asia 133
Chapter 10 Trade Under the Sign of the Feathered Serpent: Mesoamerica's Route into the Second Millennium 154
Part 3 Ritual centers 181
Chapter 11 Temple Networks and Royal Power in Southeast Asia 183
Chapter 12 The Ballgame at the Climax of the Feathered Serpent: A Religious Focus in Mesoamerica 214
Chapter 13 Gods and Worshippers on South Indian Sacred Ground 225
Part 4 The perception of self and others 255
Chapter 14 Byzantium and its Neighbors 257
Chapter 15 Islam: Self and Neighbors 277
Chapter 16 Chinese Perceptions of Southeast Asia 293
Chapter 17 Other, or the Others? Varieties of Difference in Indian Society at the Turn of the First Millennium and their Historiographical Implications 303
About the Contributors 325
9780761825616
Architectural Practice -- Management
500-1500
An mil
Aufsatzsammlung
Civilisation me�die�vale
Civilisation occidentale
Civilisation orientale
Civilization, Medieval
Civilization, Oriental
Civilization, Western
Commerce Histoire 500-1500 (Moyen A^ge)
Commerce History Medieval, 500-1500
Commerce Medieval
Congresses
Europa
Geschichte 1000
Handel
Islamic civilization
One thousand, A.D
909.1 / HEI