Contents of Reader, Honors 210A

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1. Basil Davidson, African Civilization Revisited, 54-59.

2. Overfield, The Human Record, AEstablishing a Covenant with the Chosen People,@ from the Book of Deuteronomy, 58-61.

3. Sources of Chinese Tradition, vol. 1, ch. XII, AThe Introduction of Buddhism,@ 266-286.

4. AGupta India as viewed by a Chinese Monk,@ from Faxian=s Travels in India and Ceylon, from Overfield, The Human Record, 164-172.

5. From Stearns, et. al., Documents in World History, AGlobal Contacts: Whistling Arrows and Chinese Emperors.@

6. AChristianity: Conquering the World for Christ,@ ch. 7 of Overfield, The Human Record, 201-228.

7. Stearns. et. al., Documents in World History, AGlobal Contacts: Precious Commodities and Cultural Interchange,@ 100-116.

8. AMediterranean Social and Family Structure,@ excerpts from the works of Aristotle, ch. 14 of Documents in World History, 92-95.

9. AIslam, Universal Submission to God,@ ch. 8, Overfield, The Human Record, 246-260.

10. AAfrican Kingdoms and Islam,@ ch. 29, Documents in World History.

11. Al Omari, AMali in the Fourteenth century, Davidson, African Civilization Revisited, 91-97.

12. Davidson, African Civilization Revisited, 125-166.

13. AFive Robed Statues, Overfield, The Human Record, 172-176.

14. AZheng He=s Western Voyages,@ Overfield, The Human Record, 450-453.

15. AChina and the Barbarian Tribes,@ Sources in Chinese Tradition, V. 1, 547-548.

16. ATravel in the Age of the Pax Mongolica,= from Overfield, The Human Record, 426-444.

17. AWest Africa meets Europe,@ from Davidson, African Civilization Revisited, 201-242.

18. Hernán Cortés, Five Letters, excerpt from the AThird Letter,@ 135-162.