First published 2005
This comprehensive textbook examines global history from the Renaissance forward to current events. Ellis structures the material to serve contemporary world history curricula in high schools and colleges. The text traces major civilizations, political movements, wars, and cultural shifts across continents and centuries. Students encounter the rise and fall of empires, revolutionary movements, industrialization, world wars, decolonization, and globalization. The author presents historical developments through multiple perspectives, helping readers understand how different regions and peoples experienced the same time periods. Maps, primary source documents, and visual materials support the narrative. The book equips students with chronological understanding of how the modern world took shape, connecting past events to present conditions.
Genres: history, textbooks, world-history, non-fiction, academic, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: multiple-perspectives
Setting: Africa, Asia, Europe
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century, 21st-Century, Renaissance
1070 pages · Prentice Hall