World Cultures
MIDDLE EAST UNIT
Reading List
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OLD TEXT- World Cultures: A Global Mosaic (File on my website)
Unit 7 -The Middle East
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Chapter 25- Geography and Early History of Middle East p550
Sec. 1 Land and the People p551
Sec. 2 Early Civilizations p556
Sec 3 Judaism and Christianity 563
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Chapter 26-Heritage of the Middle East p568
Sec 1 World of Islam p569
Sec 2 Centuries of Turmoil p575
Sec 3 Patterns of Life p580
Sec 4 Imperialism and Nationalism p583
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NEW TEXT- World History & Geography (Issued and Available with your Access Code)
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Chapter 1 Rise of Civilization p1
Lesson 3 Mesopotamia p14
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Chapter 2 The Spread of Civilization p19
Lesson1 Rise of Egypt p22
Lesson 2 People in the Eastern Mediterranean p27
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Chapter 3 Early Empires in the Ancient Near East p45
Lesson 1 Akkad and Babylon p48
Lesson 2 Egypt and Kush p51
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Chapter 8 The Byzantine Empire & Emerging Europe p147
Lesson 1 The First Christians p150
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Chapter 9 Islam and the Arab Empire p171
Lesson 1 The First Muslims p174
Lesson 2 Arab Empire and the Caliphates p178
Lesson 3 Islamic Civilization p183
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Chapter 19 The Muslim Empires p359
Lesson 1 Rise and Expansion of the Ottoman Empire p362
Lesson 2 Ottomans and Safavids p366
Lesson 3 Mogul Empire p370
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Chapter 27 World War I p535
Lesson 4 World War I
*Treaty of Versailles: Legacies of War p556-557
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Chapter 29 Nationalism Around the World p579
Lesson 1 Nationalism in the Middle East p582
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Chapter 32 Independence & Nationalism in the Developing World p
Lesson 2 The Middle East p659
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Chapter 34 A New Era Begins p698
Lesson 1 Regions after the Cold War
*Pakistan p718
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Chapter 35 Contemporary Global Issues
Lesson 1 Political Challenges in the Modern World p724
*WMDs,terrorism
Lesson 2 Social Challenges in the Modern World p729
*human rights, equality for women