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Bekeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, [2011]

xxvii, 642 stran : ilustrace, mapy ; 23 cm

ISBN 978-0-520-27144-9 (brožováno)

California world history library

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List of Illustrations ix // List of Tables xiii // Foreword XV // Acknowledgments xix // Preface to the 2011 Edition xxiii // Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth? i // PARTI. THE INANIMATE UNIVERSE // Ń–.The First 300,000 Years: Origins of the Universe, // Time, and Space 17 // 2. Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings // of Complexity 39 // 3. Origins and History of the Earth 57 // PART II. LIFE ON EARTH // 4. The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution 79 // 5. The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere 107 // PART III. EARLY HUMAN HISTORY: MANY WORLDS // 6. The Evolution of Humans 139 // 7. The Beginnings of Human History 171 // PART IV. THE HOLOCENE: FEW WORLDS // 8. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture 207 // 9- From Power over Nature to Power over People: // Cities, States, and "Civilizations" 245 // 10. Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian "Civilizations" 283 // PARTV. THE MODERN ERA: ONE WORLD // 11. Approaching Modernity 335 // 12. Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovation 364 // 13. Birth of the Modern World 406 // 14. The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century 440 // PART VI. PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE // 15. Futures 467 // Appendix 1. Dating Techniq // and Timelines 493 // Appendix 2. Chaos and O505 // Notes 513 // Bibliography 563 // Index 595