Studying change in the course of human history, in different places,
through the lens of a diverse set of core themes, World History for
International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different
debates historians have been conducting. Key themes, such as
communication, trade, order, slavery, religion, war, identity,
modernity, norms and ecology, are linked to specific world regions,
which tell a story about how local ideas and individual contacts
developed, started to overlap and became globally understood and used by
ever larger groups of people. These themes are brought to life by a
diverse set of key primary sources, such as a book, a letter, a medal, a
temple and an epic, to showcase how historians have used sources to tell
these stories and conduct debates. The book provides an introductory
resource into the study of history and includes detailed suggestions for
further study.