REVEL™ for The Heritage of World Civilizations provides an accessible overview of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, European, and American civilizations with an emphasis on the role played by the world's great religious and philosophical traditions throughout history. Leading scholars in their respective fields, the authors empower students to view the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world through a comparative, global lens. REVEL is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, REVEL offers an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Enlivening course content with media interactives and assessments, REVEL empowers educators to increase engagement with the course, and to better connect with students. NOTE: REVEL is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone REVEL access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use REVEL.

Table of Contents:
Brief Contents Part 1: Human Origins and Early Civilizations, to 500 B.C.E. The Birth of Civilization Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion Part 2: Empires and Cultures of the Ancient World, 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. Greek and Hellenistic Civilization West Asia, Inner Asia, and South Asia to 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. Africa: Early History to 1000 C.E. Republican and Imperial Rome China’s First Empire, 221 B.C.E. - 589 C.E. Part 3: Consolidation and Interaction of World Civilizations, 500 C.E. to 1500 C.E. Imperial China, 589—1368 Early Japanese History The Formation of Islamic Civilization, 622—1000 The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe to 1000 The Islamic World, 1000-1500 Ancient Civilizations of the Americas Africa, ca. 1000—1700 Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival, Decline, and Renaissance Part 4: The World in Transition, 1500—1850 Europe, 1500—1650: Expansion, Reformation, and Religious Wars Conquest and Exploitation: The Development of the Transatlantic Economy 18. East Asia in the Late Traditional Era State Building and Society in Early Modern Europe The Last Great Islamic Empires, 1500—1800 Part 5: Enlightenment and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1700—1850 The Age of European Enlightenment Revolutions in the Transatlantic World Political Consolidation in Nineteenth Century Europe and North America Part 6: Into the Modern World, 1815—1949 Northern Transatlantic Economy and Society, 1815—1914 Latin America from Independence to the 1940s India, the Islamic Heartlands, and Africa, 1800—1945 Modern East Asia Part 7: Global Conflict and Change, 1900—Present Imperialism and World War I Depression, European Dictators, and the American New Deal World War II The West since World War II East Asia: The Recent Decades Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East