Voyages in World History

1. THE PEOPLING OF THE WORLD, 7 MILLION YEARS AGO CIRCA 4000 B.C.E. Traveler: Kennewick Man. 2. THE FIRST COMPLEX SOCIETIES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, CA. 4000 550 B.C.E. Traveler: Gilgamesh. 3. ANCIENT INDIA AND THE RISE OF BUDDHISM, 2600 B.C.E. C.E. 100 Traveler: King Ashoka. 4. BLUEPRINT FOR EMPIRE: CHINA 1200 B.C.E. 220 C.E. Traveler: Qin Shi Huangdi (the first emperor). 5. THE AMERICAS AND THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC TO 1200 C.E.: DIFFERENT PATHS TO COMPLEX SOCIETY. Traveler: Yax K'uk Mo' (Maya ruler). 6. NEW EMPIRES IN IRAN AND GREECE, 2000 B.C.E. 651 C.E. Traveler: Herodotus (Greek historian). 7. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY, 509 B.C.E. 476 C.E. Traveler: Polybius (Roman historian). 8. HINDU AND BUDDHIST RULERS ALONG THE SILK ROADS OF ASIA, 100 1000 C.E. Traveler: Xuanzang (Chinese Buddhist monk). 9. ISLAMIC EMPIRES OF WESTERN ASIA AND AFRICA, 600 1258. Traveler: Khaizuran, the wife of the caliph. 10. THE MULTIPLE CENTERS OF EUROPE, 500 1000. Traveler: Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid. 11. THE EXPANSION OF AFRICA'S TRADE NETWORKS, 1000 1500. Traveler: Ibn Battuta. 12. CHINA'S COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION, CA. 900 1276. Traveler: Li Qingzhao (Chinese woman poet). 13. EUROPE'S COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION, 1000 1400. Traveler: Peter Abelard and Heloise. 14. THE MONGOL RULERS OF EURASIA AND THEIR SUCCESSORS, 1200 1500. Traveler: William of Rubruck. 15. MARITIME EXPANSION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD, 1400 1600. Traveler: Christopher Columbus. 16. MARITIME EXPANSION AND EARLY MODERN CONNECTIONS IN AFRO-EURASIA, 1500 1660. Traveler: Matteo Ricci. 17. RELIGION, POLITICS AND THE POWER BALANCE IN WESTERN EURASIA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1500 1750. Traveler: Jean de Chardin. 18. EMPIRES, COLONIES, AND PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS, 1600 1750. Traveler: Catalina de Erauso. 19. THE ATLANTIC SYSTEM: AFRICA, THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE, 1600 1808 Traveler: Olaudah Equiano. 20. EMPIRES IN EARLY MODERN ASIA, 1650 1818. Traveler: Xie Qinggao. 21. EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND THE FOUNDATIONS