CONTENTS
Contributors viii
Director's Foreword X
Editors' Acknowledgments XI
Editors' Introduction xii
Editors' Note to the Reader xiii
1400-1600
Chapter 1 East Asia 2
Chapter 2 India 32
Chapter 3 The Islamic World 48
Chapter 4 Africa 66
CHAPTER 5 Europe 82
CHAPTER 6 The Americas 116
1600-1750
CHAPTER 7 East Asia 144
CHAPTER 8 India 174
CHAPTER 9 The Islamic World 196
CHAPTER 10 Africa 212
CHAPTER 11 Europe 230
CHAPTER 12 The Americas 268
1750-1900
CHAPTER 13 Asia 308
CHAPTER 14 India 338
CHAPTER 15 The Islamic World 358
CHAPTER 16 Africa 374
CHAPTER 17 Europe 394
CHAPTER 18 The Americas 436
1900-2000
CHAPTER 19 East Asia 482
CHAPTER 20 India 514
CHAPTER 21 The Islamic World 532
CHAPTER 22 Africa 546
CHAPTER 23 Europe and the Americas 566
RESOURCES
Maps 656
Quotation Sources 664
Further Reading 666
Index 674
Authors' Acknowledgments 696
Illustration Credits 696