TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schenkluhn, Wolfgang, ed.
AU  - Heitzman, James, ed.
TI  - The world in the year 1000
SN  - 0761825614 (cloth : alk. paper)
U1  - 909.1 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - University Press of America
KW  - One Thousand, A.D
KW  - Civilization, Medieval
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Civilization, Oriental
KW  - Islamic Civilization
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
N1  - "This volume is a collection of papers originally delivered by an international group of researchers at a conference organized in April 2000"--Cover, p. [4]; Includes bibliographical references; Ch. 1; Introduction : world history and the year 1000; James Heitzman and Wolfgang Schenkluhn --; Pt. I; Natural orders, social orders --; Ch. 2; Nature and environment in Europe : perceiving, taming, harnessing; Gerhard Jaritz --; Ch. 3; The use of natural resources in the Islamic world; Heinz Grotzfeld --; Ch. 4; Natural resources and human settlements : perceiving the environment in India; Ranabir Chakravarti --; Ch. 5; Different transitions : the year 1000 in China's environmental history; Mark Elvin --; Ch. 6; Perpetuating celestial order in an earthly environment : astronomy in Mesoamerica around 1000; Ivan Sprajc --; Pt. II; Regimes of production and exchange --; Ch. 7; Minting, silver routes and mining in Europe : economic expansion and technical innovation; Heiko Steuer --; Ch. 8; Interdependencies between the military and the economy in the Near East and Egypt; Gerhard Hoffmann --; Ch. 9; Temple economy in South Asia; James Heitzman --; Ch. 10; Trade under the sign of the feathered serpent : Mesoamerica's route into the second millennium; Andreas Brockmann --; Pt. III; Ritual centers --; Ch. 11; Temple networks and royal power in Southeast Asia; Kenneth R. Hall --; Ch. 12; The ballgame at the climax of the feathered serpent : a religious focus in Mesoamerica; Ulrich Kohler --; Ch. 13; Gods and worshippers on South Indian sacred ground; Leslie C. Orr --; Pt. IV; The perception of self and others --; Ch. 14; Byzantium and its neighbors; Krijnie Ciggaar --; Ch. 15; Islam : self and neighbors; Tarif Khalidi --; Ch. 16; Chinese perceptions of Southeast Asia; Billy Kee Long So --; Ch. 17; Other, or the others? Varieties of difference in Indian society at the turn of the first millennium and their historiographical implications; B. D. Chattopadhyaya
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