How to use the Jacaranda World

History Atlas iv

About the Jacaranda myWorld

History Atlas vi

Foreword viii

Contents The ancient world

(c. 60 000 BCE – 650 CE) 10

Overview

Out of Africa? 12

Early cultures 14

Indigenous migrations to Australia 16

Early river civilisations 18

Early urban civilisations 20

Mesopotamia — Sumer 22

Mesopotamia — Babylon 24

Mesopotamia — Assyria 26

Cities of the Near East 28

Persian Empire 30

Mayas and Toltecs 32

Monotheistic belief systems 34

Eastern belief systems 36

Depth study: The Mediterranean world

Egypt — the Old Kingdom 38

Egypt — the Middle Kingdom 40

Egypt — the New Kingdom 42

Development of Greece 44

Persian Wars 46

Peloponnesian Wars 48

Philip of Macedon 50

Alexander the Great 52

Hellenistic world 54

Republican Rome 56

Punic Wars 58

Roman civil wars 60

Roman Empire 62

Depth study: The Asian world

Indus Valley civilisations 64

Mauryan Empire 66

Early Chinese kingdoms 68

Uni� cation of China 70

Silk Roads 72

Year 7 Year 8

Working with maps 2

Working with primary and

secondary sources 4

Working with visual sources 6

Working with chronologies and

timelines 7

Effective note taking 8

Writing a paragraph 9

Working historically 1

The ancient to the modern

world (c. 600 – 1750 CE) 74

Overview

Transformation of the Roman world 76

Byzantine Empire 78

Spread of Islam 80

Invasion of Britain 82

Protestant Reformation 84

The West visits the East 86

European exploration 88

Non-European exploration 90

European contact with Australia 92

Depth study: The Western and

Islamic world

Viking homelands and settlement 94

Medieval Christendom 96

Holy Roman Empire 98

The Crusades 100

Renaissance Italy 102

Ottoman Empire 104

Depth study: The Asia–Paci� c world

Khmer Empire 106

Japan under the shoguns 108

Polynesian expansion 110

Depth study: Expanding contacts

China: the Middle Kingdom 112

Mongol Empire 114

Aztecs 116

Incas 118

Spanish conquest of South America 120

Black Death 122

The making of the modern

world (c. 1750–1918 CE) 124

Overview

Movement of peoples 126

European imperial expansion into Asia 128

French and Dutch imperialism in Asia–Paci� c 130

Imperialism and Africa 132

Depth study: Making a better world?

Egalitarianism: the French Revolution 134

Egalitarianism: the American Revolution 136

Capitalism and socialism 138

Darwinism 140

Nationalism: Napoleon Bonaparte 142

Nationalism: the Congress of Vienna 144

Nationalism: Italy and Germany 146

Imperialism: the Boer War 148

Industrial Revolution 150

The British Empire 152

Slave trade 154

Depth study: Australia and Asia

China in the nineteenth century 156

The Chinese diaspora 158

Japan in the nineteenth century 160

India in the nineteenth century 162

Cook, and the First Fleet 164

Convict transportation to Australia 166

Non-European migration to Australia 168

European migration to Australia 170

Social reforms 172

Democratic reform 174

Living and working in Australia 176

Depth study: World War I

Europe on the eve of war 178

World War I 180

The Gallipoli campaign 182

Consequences of World War I 184

Glossary 250

Gazetteer index 254

Subject index 261

Acknowledgements 264

Year 9 Year 10

The modern world and

Australia (c. 1918 – 2010 CE) 186

Overview

The interwar period 188

Post-world war peace 190

The Great Depression 192

The Cold War 194

The rise of China 196

The rise of India 198

Arab–Israeli con� ict 200

Australia and Cold War con� icts 202

The Cuban Missile Crisis 204

The Vietnam War 206

Australia’s international relationships 208

UN interventions and peacekeeping 210

Post–Cold War con� icts 212

Global terrorism 214

Independence movements in Asia 216

Independence movements in Africa 218

Women’s rights 220

Refugees 222

Global health and wealth 224

Depth study: World War II

Causes of World War II 226

World War II in Europe 228

World War II in the Paci� c 230

World War II at home 232

Depth study: Rights and freedoms

Civil rights movements 234

Indigenous rights 236

Depth study: The globalising world

Politics and sport 238

Film and television 240

Global media 242

Green politics 244

Post-war migration to Australia 246

Australia’s changing identity 248