mapping key contacts and their imprints in world history /
Peter N. Stearns
vii, 120 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
23 x 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index
Early cultural contacts through the classical period -- Egypt and the Middle East: the contact with early Greece -- Hellenistic-Indian encounter -- Buddhism and new cultural contacts in Asia -- Jewish diaspora -- Spread of Christianity -- Postclassical and early modern periods, 450-1750 CE -- Spread of Islam -- Christianity and the Americas -- Spread of science -- African diaspora -- Modern centuries -- Spread of nationalism -- Imperialist ideas about women -- Development of international art -- Spread of Marxism -- International consumer culture