David Christian and Cynthia Brown and Craig Benjamin
Big History: Between Nothing and Everything
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Big History: Between Nothing and Everything
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By David Christian and Cynthia Brown and Craig Benjamin
Copyright: 2014
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Contents
Preface
Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It?
Seeing the Big Picture
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It?
Seeing the Big Picture
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Credits
Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It?
Seeing the Big Picture
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It?
Seeing the Big Picture
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Whole of the Past
What Is Big History?
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity
A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates
Summary
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe
Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements
Summary
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth
Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Early Earth—a Short History
Shaping of Earth’s Surface
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
How Life Changes through Natural Selection
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth
A Brief History of Life on Earth
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 4 The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens
The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 5 The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 7: Agriculture
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Explaining the Agricultural Revolution
The Early Agrarian Era
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Emergence of Consensual Power
Summary
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 6 Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations
The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State
Cities and States in Other Regions
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 7 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Era of Agrarian Civilizations
First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 8 Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity
Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 9 Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Pacific and Australasian World Zones
Chapter 10 On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
The Approach of the Modern Revolution
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation
The World in 1000 CE
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE
The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The World in 1700 CE
Summary
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 11 Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity
Seeing the Big Picture
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Threshold 8: The Modern World/Anthropocene
Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing
Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Chapter 12 The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Seeing the Big Picture
Introduction
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Part 1: Political and Military Changes
Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies
Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?
Summary
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Chapter 13 The History of the Future
Seeing the Big Picture
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Future 1: The Near Future
Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Future 3: The Remote Future
Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Summary
Glossary
Credits
Index
Credits
Index
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