The challenge to you as a teacher of world history in grade 9 is to use your textbook and other materials to add further readings to this Supplement, and develop the breadth of your repertoire in world history from 500 to 1800.
 

GENERAL ARTICLES

McNeill, William, Mythistory, Chapter one "Mythhistory or Truth, Myth, History and
Historians"; Chapter four "A Defense of World History" pp. 3-22, 71-95.  [page 1]

Bentley and Manning, AHR Forum "Periodization in World History" American
Historical Review v. 101 no. 3 June 1996  pp. 749- 782. [page 19]

Lewis and Wigen, The Myth of Continents  Chapter Two "The Spatial
Constructs of Orient and Occident, East and West" pp. 47-72.  [page 42]

Mazlish, Bruce "Comparing Global History to World History," Journal of
Interdisciplinary History vol.28, no. 3 (Winter 1998) 385-95.  [page 66]

Christian, David "The Case for 'Big History'" Journal for World History,
Vol 2, No 2 (1991) pp. 223- 238.  [page 72]

Green, William "Periodization in European and World History" Journal of
World History v. 3 no. 1 pp. 13- 53.  [page 81]
 

ERA I:  Human Beginnings and Early Civilizations (Prehistory to 1000 B. C.E.).

a. Human origins and early life; the work and findings of archeologists

Connah, Graham, ìCorridor or cul-de-sac: the middle Nile,î African Civilizations, pp. 24-31, 34.  [page 81]

b. Earth's geography: climate, soil, waters, topography, and human migration

c. The agricultural revolution; Neolithic technology and its effect on human life

Reilly, Kevin Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 21-25.  Elise Boulding,  "Women and the Agricultural Revolution"  pp. 21-25.  [page 86]

d. Early civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India

 Reilly, West and World  1980 ed. " Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civilization A
 Tale of Two Rivers"   pp. 52-57.  [page 89]
 

ERA 2:  Classical Civilizations of the Ancient World ( 1000 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.)

Miltner, Quinn, and Warren, World History Book I (Center for Learning
lesson plans) "The Development of Social Order in the Ancient World"  pp.
23- 30.  [page 92]

a. The origins, central teachings,, and legacies of Judaism

b. Greek civilization: literature, philosophy, arts, and science

Reilly, Kevin Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 63-65.  William H. McNeill, "Definition of Greek Civilization to 500 B.C. "  [page 100]

c. Athenian democracy; principles, practices and legacy

d. Alexander the Great and the spread of Hellenism

e. Institutions, culture and legacies of the Roman Republic and Empire

Weisner, Merry, Discovering the Global Past v. 1 (1997) Chapter 6 "Han and Rome:  Asserting Imperial Authority"  pp. 125-158.  [page 102]

f. The classical civilization of India; Hinduism, Buddhism

Hughes, Sarah, and Brady Hughes, Women in World History v. 1 (1995) "India: Women in Early Hindu and Buddhist Cultures" pp. 47-62.  [page 120]

g. The classical civilization of China; Confucianism, Taoism

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, ed. Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook.  "The World
Beyond China" pp. 54-56.  [page 129]

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, ed. Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook.  "The
Classic on Filial Piety" pp. 64-68.  [page 132]

h.  Origins, central teachings and spread of Christianity

i. The decline and fall of the Roman Empire; historian's debates
 

ERA 3:  Growth of Agricultural and Commercial Civilizations (500 C.E. - 1500 C.E.)

Liu Xinru, "Silks and Religions in Eurasia c. A.D. 600- 1200"  Journal of
World History v. 6 n. 1 Spring 1995 pp. 25- 48.  [page 137]

a. The Byzantine Empire; institutions, religion and culture

Reilly, Kevin Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 243-9.  J. M. Roberts, "Byzantium and its Sphere."  [page 150]

b. The origins and principles of Islam; spread of Muslim power

David McComb, ed., World history v. 1 (Dushkin Annual Editions, 1993). "The
master-chronologers of Islam" (includes Ibn Khaldun) pp. 202- 206.  [page 154]

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 225-34.  J. J. Saunders,  "The Civilization of Medieval Islam."  [page 159]

Sowards, J. Kelley, ed. Makers of World History v. 1 (1995), pp. 177-95.  "Muhammad:  Messenger of God.î  [page 165]

c.  Components of early European civilization: Roman, Christian, invaders

d. Western feudalism, manorialism, religion; the three social estates

Hughes and Hughes, Women in World History v. 1. "Western Europe:  Christian Women on Manors, in Convents, and in Towns" pp. 129-149.  [page 175]

e. The Middle Empire in China; trade and arts; Chinese Buddhism

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, ed. Chinese Civilization A Sourcebook  (1993), pp. 128-131. "The Examination System".  (Tang dyn.)  [page 186]

Ebrey, Chinese Civilization A Sourcebook, pp. 164-8.  "Women and the Problems they create" (Song dyn.)  [page 190]

Ebrey, Chinese Civilization A Sourcebook  "A Mongol Governor," pp. 192-194 . (Yuan dyn.)  [page 195]

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 200-205.  Lynda Shaffer, "China, Technology and Change.î  [page 198]

f. Japan's classical age; Shintoism, Buddhism, Sino-Japanese culture

Sowards, J. Kelley,  ed. Makers of World History v. 1 (1995), pp. 196- 214.  "Murasaki Shikibu: The Lady of the Shining Prince".  [page 201]

g. Kiev and Muscovy; Russia and the Mongol empire

ìKievan Rus.î  [page 211]

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations v. 1, pp. 279-86.  William H. McNeill, "The Impact of the Turkish and Mongol Conquests.  [page 215]

Christian, David, " Inner Eurasia as a Unit of World History"  Journal of
World History v. 5 n. 2 Fall 1994,  pp. 173- 212.  [page 220]

h. Africa; cities and states; gold, salt, and slave trade; Muslim expansion

Clark, Leon, Through African Eyes v. 1 (1991), pp. 63-74. "Ethiopia and East Africa."  [page 240]

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations, v. 2, pp. 53-57.  Jerry H. Bentley,  "Expansion of Islam" (in SE Asia).  [page 247]

Niane, D. T., Sundiata, an epic of old Mali (1965), pp. 1-3, 26-35.  [page 250]

i. Societies of pre- Columbian America: Mayan, Incan, Aztec

Hughes and Hughes, Women in World History, v. 1, pp. 227-45."The Americas: Aztec, Inca, and Iroquois Women."  [page 257]

j. Europe in the high Middle Ages; monarchs, parliaments, church and culture
 

ERA 4:  Emergence of a Global Age (1450 C.E. - 1750 C.E.)

Hughes and Hughes, Women in World History, v. 2, pp. 113-36.  "African Women in a new era of Commerce and State Building.î  [page 267]

Richards, John, "Early Modern India and World History"  Journal of World
History v. 8 n.2 Fall 1997, pp. 197-210.  [page 280]

Sowards, J. Kelley, ed. Makers of World History v. 2 (1995), pp. 42-65.  "Shah 'Abbas I: 'The Great King of Kings.î  [page 287]

a. Italian Renaissance; economic, social and political bases

b. Works and legacies of Renaissance artists and humanities, South and North

Bartlett, Kenneth, ìBurckhardtís Myopia:  The Renaissance, Humanism and the Worldî (unpublished paper).  [page 299]

c. Leaders, ideas, contending forces, and religious change in the Reformation era

d. China under Ming and Manchu dynasties; agriculture, trade, and cities

David McComb, ed. World history v. 1 (Dushkin Annual Editions, 1993), pp. 116-18. "A Silken Bond between East and West.î  [page 317]

David McComb, ed. World history v. 1 (Dushkin Annual Editions, 1993), p. 212. "Zheng He's Sailing Chart.î  [page 320]

e. Japanese unity under the Tokugawa Shogunate; the closing inward

Minear, Richard H. Through Japanese Eyes  (1994), pp. 44-52. "A Closed Society: 1600-1853.î  [page 321]

Sowards, J. Kelley, ed. Makers of World History, v. 2 (1995), pp. 22-40. "Tokugawa Ieyasu Shogun: 'The Old Badger'.î  [page 326]

f. European expansion and exploration; economic and technological forces

Curtin, Philip, Cross Cultural Trade in World History  (1984), pp. 207-29.
ìThe North American Fur Trade."  [page 336]

Davidson, Basil,  African Civilization Revisited (1991), pp. 128-31.  ìKilwa:  An East African  City-State.î  [page 348]

Flynn, Dennis O., and Arturo Giraldez, "Born with a 'Silver Spoon': The
Origin of World Trade in 1571,"  Journal of World History v. 6 n. 2, Fall
1995, pp. 201- 222.  [page 350]

g. European conquests, colonization and consequences in the Americas

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations, v. 2, pp. 44-52. "The Slave Trade:  Olaudah Equiano."  [page 361]

Rosenberg, Kincaid, and Logan,  Americas, An Anthology (1992), pp. 26-27. "The Aztec Dirge.î  [page 366]

Woyach et. al, World History and National Security (1989), pp. 103-38. "The
World Encounters the West"(lesson plans on Aztecs. the Tokugawa, Ottomans
and Moguls).  [page 361]

h. Absolute monarchs and constitutional governments

Reilly, Kevin, Readings in World Civilizations, v. 2, pp. 86-91.  "Russian Empire: Two Law codes: Peasants reduced to Serfdom and Westernizing by Peter the Great."  [page 395]  (note--missing pages will be supplied at Institute0
 

ERA 5: Age of Revolutionary Change (1700 C.E.- early 19th century )

a. The Scientific Revolution; earlier discoveries; new "laws" of nature

b. The Enlightenment in Europe and America

Ponting, Clive, A Green History of the World (1991), pp. 141-60.  ìWays of Thought."  [page 396]

c. Origins, stages and consequences of the American and French Revolution

McComb, David, ed. World history v. 2 (Dushkin Annual Editions, 1993), pp. 120-6.  "China:  Rethinking the Revolution," and ìThe French Revolution, North Africa, and the Middle East.î  [page 407]

Sowards, J. Kelley, ed. Makers of World History v. 2 (1995), pp. 90-113.  "Napoleon: Child or Betrayer of the Revolution?"  [page 414]

d. Latin America; wars for independence; economic and social stratification

Rosenberg, Kincaid, and Logan,  Americas, An Anthology (1992), pp. 40-44. "A
Revolutionary Look at Independent Spanish America."  [page 426]

e. Agricultural and Industrial Revolution in the Western World

Pacey, Arnold. Technology in World Civilization, pp. 108-30. "Three Industrial
Movements 1700-1815.î  [page 429]