Traditions & Encounters A Global History 2nd by Bentley, Jerry

Traditions & Encounters A Global History 2nd by Bentley, JerryBy: Bentley, Jerry;Ziegler, Herbert;Streets Salter, Heather; Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education Print ISBN: 9780077407612, 007740761X other ISBN: 0077422694 Edition: 2nd Copyright year: 2011World history is about people. But it is easy to lose people in the telling of history.Traditions and Encounters: A Brief Global History is not merely a recounting of the factsof history. Rather, we wanted to tell the story of people in history, the traditions theyembraced and the encounters with other cultures that brought about inevitable change.It is the interaction of these traditions and encounters that provides the key to makingsense of our past. Human communities furthered themselves not by remaining isolated, butby interacting with others and exploring the benefi ts and risks of reaching out.Th e vitality of history?and its interpretation?lies in understandingthe nature of individual traditions and the scope of encountersthat punctuated every signifi cant event in human history.