(Continued from Volume 7)
PART 2 Exchanges Beyond Regions

CHAPTER 10 Western and Central Eurasia
CHAPTER 11 REGIONAL STUDIES: Bactria - A Crossroads of Ancient Eurasia
CHAPTER 12 The Mediterranean
CHAPTER 13 Athens, 5th century BC
CHAPTER 14 Late Antiquity in Europe, c. 300–900 AD
CHAPTER 15 East Asia
CHAPTER 16 Regional Studies: Confucianism and the State
CHAPTER 17 Regional Studies: The Silk Road and the Global Exchange System
CHAPTER 18 South Asia
CHAPTER 19 REGIONAL STUDIES: PATALIPUTRA
CHAPTER 20 America
CHAPTER 21: REGIONAL STUDIES: Chaco Canyon and the American Southwest
CHAPTER 22 Australasia and the Pacific

The 8th book in the Cambridge World History series (18 volumes)

The Cambridge World History Series is a vast world history series in which over 200 scholars from around the world have participated.
The Korean version is scheduled to be published in 18 volumes.
This book is the eighth in the series, and it provides specific examples of how changes have occurred in each region as the global system has been formed.

Large political units and trade networks

This book aims to trace the emergence of "mega-political units" and "trade networks" around the world, and to examine various issues related to this process.
The time range is from the end of the classical era, that is, the subsequent period created beyond the limits of the classical era.
The process of establishment and expansion of nations and empires around the world will be discussed, as will the economic, political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments that accompanied them.
This process will be examined in three dimensions, each of which is interrelated and intertwined.


Macroscopic view and detailed cases

First, in Volume 7 of the Korean edition, we will comprehensively examine the development of the economy, politics, society, culture, and intellect, the core topics of our discussion, on a global scale.
The time period is from 1200 BC to 900 AD.
Next, in Volume 8 of the Korean version, discussions are conducted at the regional level.
That is, within the time frame we wish to discuss, we will divide the world into four regions: Afro-Eurasia, the Americas, Australasia, and Oceania, and focus on the aspects that clearly reveal the development of political and cultural groups in each region.
We will then present the results of individual case studies to supplement the comprehensive discussion at the regional level.
By examining the cases "closely and in detail," we can reaffirm the developmental processes and patterns examined in the global and regional discussions. (From the editor's preface)