Intro -- Contents -- The Author -- Acknowledgments -- This book -- 1. Introduction -- Comparative international systems -- Institutions, rules, and norms -- Stateless societies -- Walls and bridges -- Further reading -- Think about -- 2. China and East Asia -- The Warring States period -- The development of the Chinese state -- The overland system -- The tribute system -- A Japanese international system? -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 3. India and Indianization -- Vedic India -- Classical India -- Indianization -- The Mughal Empire -- India as an international system -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 4. The Muslim Caliphates -- The Arab expansion -- The Umayyads and the Abbasids -- The Arabs in Spain -- An international system of caliphates -- The Ottoman Empire -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 5. The Mongol Khanates -- From Tem�ujin to Genghis Khan -- A nomadic state -- How to conquer the world -- Dividing it all up -- An international system of khanates -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 6. Africa -- The Nile River Valley -- North Africa -- The kingdoms of West Africa -- East Africa and the Indian Ocean -- An African international system? -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 7. The Americas -- The Maya -- The Aztecs -- The Incas -- North America -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- 8. European Expansion -- A sea route to India -- Europeans in the "New World" -- A commercial world economy -- An industrial world economy -- The apotheosis of colonialism -- Decolonization -- Further reading -- Timeline -- Short dictionary -- Think about -- Afterthoughts: Walls and Bridges.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.