00528cam a2200121 a 4500020002000000082001400020100004300034245006400077260003100141300004300172500003100215650016000246  a0072424354 (hb)00a909bBEN 1 aBentley, Jerry H.aHerbert F. Ziegler 10aTraditions & encounters ba global perspective on the past   aBoston bMcGraw-Hillc2003  axlvi, 1169 p. b: ill., Col.c; 26 cm.  aIssued also in a 2 v. set. 0aWorld historyaIntercultural communicationvEarly complex societies vThe empires of persia vThe unification of china vPostclassical era vMediterranean