Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is organized around major world history stories and themes: the emergence of cities, the building of the Silk Road, the spread of major religions, the spread of the Black Death, the Age of Exploration, alternatives to nineteenth-century capitalism, the rise of modern na[...]

A truly global approach to world history built around significant world history stories.

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is organized around major world history stories and themes: the emergence of cities, the building of the Silk Road, the spread of major religions, the spread of the Black Death, the Age of Exploration, alternatives to 19th-century capitalism, the rise of modern nation-s[...]

This is the most engaging and cutting-edge survey of the world available today. Beginning with the origins of humanity up to our current times, this leading group of world historians tells the history of the world through a series of transformative stories: "Out of Africa," the "Axial Age," the buil[...]