World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500

by Eugene Berger, George L Israel, Charlotte Miller

World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, School

488 pages, Paperback

Published September 30, 2016

Reviews

[Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's good information in here, but the book itself needs help. A lot of the maps are extremely low-resolution WikiCommons images, which shouldn't be a problem in and of itself. But many of them are unreadable or missing key information. The text itself has quite a few readability issues as well, either from poor spacing or poor wording. It presents the information needed, but it could be presented much better.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very impressive for an open textbook. I would have preferred a more cross-regional approach, rather than separate chapters for separate regions.

[taylor harrison]

probably one of the worst textbooks I've read.

[emowhofromwhoville · Rating 4 out of 5]

it would be better if a glossary of key terms and definitions are added if they publish another version of the textbook

[Tucansam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though this was mandatory reading for my world history class I enjoyed reading it.