The Global Experience, Volume I: Readings in World History to 1550

by Philip F. Riley, Robert L. Lembright

New selections in the Fourth Edition of
The Global Experience: Readings in World History, Volume I

The Egyptian Creation Story: "The Creation According to Ra" The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi Homer, The Iliad Pure Land Scripture, Sukhavativyuha Thucydied on Peloponnesian War and the Plague Plutarch, "Lycurgus," on the Spartan Way of Life St. Augustine of Hippo, The Just War Paulus Orosius, History Against the Pagans Law Codes of the Salian Franks Idn Fadlan's Accounts of Vikings in Early Russia Michael Psellus, Chronographia, "Empress Zoe" Murasaki Skikibu, The Tale of Genji Charles Borromeo, Instructions to Confessors Bernardino de Sahagun, Aztec Festival and the Conquest An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico: The Broken Spears Pope Paul III, "Indians are Men," 1537

Genres: History

399 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1991

Reviews

[Erica]

The book is a great read if you want to learn more about important civilizations of the western and non-western world from early antiquity to 1500 C.E. The book examines the contributions of Asians, Africans, and Europeans in terms of cultural and religious attitudes, artistic achievements, socio-economic developments, and the growth of world trade.