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500–1800
Connecting Hemispheres
CHAPTER ● 16 500–1500
People and Empires in the Americas 438
1 North American Societies 441
2 Maya Kings and Cities 446
HISTORY THROUGH ART: Maya Architecture 450
3 The Aztecs Control Central Mexico 452
HISTORY IN DEPTH: The Aztec Calendar 457
4 The Inca Create a Mountain Empire 459
SOCIAL HISTORY: Incan Mummies 464
Elizabeth I of England
(page 493)
Safavid shah (page 506)
CHAPTER ● 17 1300–1600
European Renaissance and Reformation 468
1 Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance 471
HISTORY THROUGH ART: Renaissance Ideas Influence
Renaissance Art 478
2 The Northern Renaissance 480
SOCIAL HISTORY: City Life in Renaissance Europe 486
3 Luther Leads the Reformation 488
ANALYZING KEY CONCEPTS: Protestantism 491
4 The Reformation Continues 495
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: The Reformation 501
CHAPTER ● 18 1300–1700
The Muslim World Expands 504
1 The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire 507
2 Cultural Blending
CASE STUDY The Safavid Empire 512
3 The Mughal Empire in India 516
HISTORY THROUGH ART: Cultural Blending in Mughal India 522
CHAPTER ● 19 1400–1800
An Age of Explorations and Isolation 526
1 Europeans Explore the East 529
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: The Tools of Exploration 531
2 China Limits European Contacts 536
HISTORY IN DEPTH: The Forbidden City 538
3 Japan Returns to Isolation 542
Early globe (page 529)
CHAPTER ● 20 1492–1800
The Atlantic World 550
1 Spain Builds an American Empire 553
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES: The Legacy of Columbus 560
2 European Nations Settle North America 561
3 The Atlantic Slave Trade 566
4 The Columbian Exchange and Global Trade 571
GLOBAL IMPACT: Food Exchange 572
ANALYZING KEY CONCEPTS: Mercantilism 574
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COMPARING AND CONTRASTING: Methods of Government 578