Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 376 g
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 376 g
Reihe: Annual Editions: World History
ISBN: 978-0-07-805087-9
Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.
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Annual Editions: World History, Volume IPrefaceCorrelation GuideTopic GuideInternet ReferencesUNIT 1: Natural History and the Spread of HumankindUnit Overview1. Gone but Not Forgotten, Richard Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 1, 2006A recent advertising campaign and an ill-fated television sit-com have brought cavemen to a wider audience. Recently, geneticists, using DNA samples from Neanderthals, have concluded that their relationship with Homo sapiens was much closer than originally thought. Will the Neanderthal cavemen finally get the respect they deserve?2. Out of Africa, Spencer Wells, Vanity Fair, July 2007By examining human genomes, obtained through DNA samples, scientists have learned that all of us can trace our existence back to Africa. Since that continent’s peoples saved humankind from extinction, do we not have an obligation to assist Africans in their time of need?3. First Americans, Karen Wright, Discover, February 1999It was long thought that the first humans in the New World crossed the Bering Strait at the end of the Ice Age, but recent archaeological evidence seems to indicate that none of this may be true. Scientists continue to search for clues pertaining to who the earliest Americans were and how and when they arrived.4. Stone Age India, Samir S. Patel, Archaeology, January/February 2010Most of the information about evolution and migration during the Paleolithic Era has concentrated on Africa, Europe, and the eastern Mediterranean area. However, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the remains of a 74,000 year old civilization that was buried by a volcanic eruption may force scientists to rewrite India’s prehistory.5. Kelp Highways, Heather Pringle, Discover, June 2008Conventional wisdom taught that early human migrations occurred only across now vanished land bridges. However, recent evidence has raised the possibility that Ice Age mariners may have played a significant role in the colonization of the globe.UNIT 2: The Beginnings of Culture, Agriculture, and CitiesUnit Overview6. Who Were the Hurrians?, Andrew Lawler, Archaeology, July/August 2008The Hurrians have been historically dismissed as a marginal tribe from north of Mesopotamia. Recent archaeological evidence claims that they may have played a key role in shaping Mesopotamia’s first cities, empires, and states.7. Dawn of the City: Excavations Prompt a Revolution in Thinking about the Earliest Cities, Bruce Bower, Science News, February 9, 2008The excavation of Tell Brak in northern Syria has cast new light on the history of urban development in ancient Mesopotamia. It also provides an interesting case study involving the rise and fall of Tell Brak, including the reasons for both.8. The Dawn of Art, Andrew Curry, Archaeology, September/October 2007Swabia today is a German region that many consider a center for creativity and innovation. The recent discovery of artifacts from as far back as 40,000 years ago provides a possible connection between present-day conditions and Swabia’s advanced ancient past.9. Prehistory of Warfare, Steven A. LeBlanc, Archaeology, May/June 2003According to Steven LeBlanc, humans have been at each others’ throats since the p
