World in the Year 1000 (eBook)

James Heitzman holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Georgia State University, Atlanta. His fields of interest include the history of South Asia, urbanization, science and technology.Wolfgang Schenkluhn is Professor of Medieval Art History at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His fields of research include medieval art and architecture.

Chapter 1 Regional MapsChapter 2 Introduction: World History and the Year 1000Chapter 3 Natural Orders, Social Orders: Nature and Environment in Europe: Perceiving, Taming, Harnessing; The Use of Natural Resources in the Islamic World; Natural Resources and Human Settlements: Perceiving the Environment in India; Different Transitions: Chapter 4 Regimes of Production and Exchange: Minting, Silver Routes and Mining in Europe: Economic Expansion and Technical Innovation; Interdependencies Between the Military and the Economy in the Near East and Egypt; Temple Economy in South Asia; Trade UndeChapter 5 Ritual Centers: Temple Networks and Royal Power in Southeast Asia; The Ballgame at the Climax of the Feathered Serpent: A Religious Focus in Mesoamerica; Gods and Worshippers on South India Sacred GroundChapter 6 The Perception of Self and Others: Byzantium and its Neighbors; Islam: Self and Neighbors; Chinese Perceptions of Southeast Asia; Other, or the Others? Varieties of Difference in Indian Society at the Turn of the First Millennium and their HistoriogChapter 7 About the Contributors