From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Consideri

From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Consideri

The development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume 2 of the Cambridge World History series exp

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport

From the fourth millennium BCE to the early second millennium CE the world became a world of cities. This volume explores this critical transformation, from the