World History, Grades 9-12

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Hebrew Flood Story art

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Great Wall of China

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Introduction

Atlas A

Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests S

PART 1: Strategies for Studying History S

PART 2: Test-Taking Strategies and Practice S

CHAPTER ● 1 Prehistory–2500 B.C.

The Peopling of the World 2

1 Human Origins in Africa 5

ANALYZING KEY CONCEPTS:Culture 6

HISTORY THROUGH ART: Cave Paintings 12

2 Humans Try to Control Nature 14

3 Civilization

CASE STUDY Ur in Sumer 19

ANALYZING KEY CONCEPTS: Civilization 21

CHAPTER● 2 3500 B.C.–450 B.C.

Early River Valley Civilizations 26

1 City-States in Mesopotamia 29

2 Pyramids on the Nile 35

HISTORY IN DEPTH: Pyramids and Mummies 39

SOCIAL HISTORY: Work and Play in Ancient Egypt 42

3 Planned Cities on the Indus 44

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Plumbing in Mohenjo-Daro 47

4 River Dynasties in China 50

CHAPTER● 3 2000 B.C.–250 B.C

People and Ideas on the Move 58

1 The Indo-Europeans 61

2 Hinduism and Buddhism Develop 66

3 Seafaring Traders 72

HISTORY IN DEPTH: Phoenician Trade 75

4 The Origins of Judaism 77

ANALYZING KEY CONCEPTS: Judaism 80

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: The Flood Story 83

CHAPTER● 4 1570 B.C.–200 B.C.

First Age of Empires 86

1 The Egyptian and Nubian Empires 89

HISTORY IN DEPTH: Egyptian Influence on Nubian Culture 92

2 The Assyrian Empire 95

3 The Persian Empire 99

GLOBAL IMPACT: Empire Building 102

4 The Unification of China 104

HISTORY IN DEPTH: The Great Wall of China 108

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING: Ancient Civilizations 112

4 million B.C.–200 B.C.

Beginnings of Civilization

Tutankhamen death mask

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