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The book organizes developments in time from the inanimate universe and the evolution of stars, to biosphere dynamics and human evolution. It then traces intensification, cities, state formation, and long agrarian trends, before addressing modern transformation, globalization, and the accelerating twentieth century, ending with futures and dating methods.","# AN INTRODUCTION TO BIG HISTORYDavid ChristianForeword by William H.McNeill\n\nThe publisher gratefully acknowledgesthe generous contribution to this bookprovided by the Ahmanson FoundationHumanities Fund and the GeneralEndowment Fund of the Universityof California Press Associates.  \nMAPS OF TIME  \nTHE CALIFORNIA WORLD HISTORY LIBRARY  \nEdited by Edmund Burke Ⅲ,Kenneth Pomeranz,and Patricia Seed  \n1.The Unending Frontier:Environmental History in the Early ModernWorld,by John F.Richards  \n2.Maps of Time:An Introduction to Big History,by David Christian  \nDAVID CHRISTIAN  \n# MAPS OF TIME\n\nAN INTRODUCTION TO BIG HISTORY  \nEpigraph:the final verse of the Diamond Sutra,as translated byKenneth Saunders,in The Wisdom of Buddhism,ed.ChristmasHumphreys(London:Curzon Press,1987),p.122.  \nUniversity of California PressBerkeley and Los Angeles,California  \nUniversity of California Press,Ltd.London,England  \n◎2004 byThe Regents of the University of California  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nChristian,David,1946-  \nMaps of time:an introduction to big history/David Christian.p.  cm.—(The California world history library;2)Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-520-90163-0  \n1.Civilization—Philosophy.2.Human evolution.3.World  \nhistory.I.Title.I.Series.CB19.C4772003901—dc212003012764  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \n1312111009080706050410987654321  \nThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirementsof ANSI/NIS0 Z39.48-1992(R1997)〔Permanence of Paper〕.◎  \nThus shallye think of all this fleeting world:A star at dawn,a bubble in a stream,A Hash of lightning in a summer cloud,A flickering lamp,a phantom,and a dream.  \n—Diamond Sutra,ca.fourth century CE  \nCONTENTS  \nList of IllustrationsixList of TablesxiiiForewordXVAcknowledgmentsxix  \nIntroduction:A Modern Creation Myth?  \n1  \nPART I.THE INANIMATE UNIVERSE  \n1.The First 300,000 Years:Origins of the Universe,Time,and Space  \n17  \n2.Origins of the Galaxies and Stars:The Beginningsof Complexity  \n39  \n3.Origins and History of the Earth57PART II.  LIFE ON EARTH  \n4.The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution  \n79  \n5.The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere107PART IⅢ.  EARLY HUMAN HISTORY:MANY WORLDS  \n6.The Evolution of Humans  \n139  \n7.The Beginnings of Human History171PART IV.THE HOLOCENE:FEW WORLDS  \n8.Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture207  \n9.From Power over Nature to Power over People:Cities,States,and“Civilizations”245  \n10.  ILong Trends in the Era of Agrarian“Civilizations”283  \n# PART V.THE MODERN ERA:ONE WORLD\n\nI1.Approaching Modernity335  \n12.Globalization,Commercialization,and Innovation  \n364  \n13.Birth of the Modern World406  \n14.The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century440  \n# PART VI.PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE\n\n15.Futures  \n467  \nAppendix 1.Dating Techniques,Chronologies,and Timelines493Appendix 2.Chaos and Order505Notes513Bibliography563Index595","cbCaibktbZ9SQtAc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibktbZ9SQtAc","pdf",32798320,4,1,668,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth?\n# Part I. The Inanimate Universe\n## The First 300,000 Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Space\n## Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexity\n## Origins and History of the Earth\n# Part II. Life on Earth\n## The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution\n## The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere\n# Part III. 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