Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Old world encounters crosscultural contacts and exchanges. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Bentley oxford university press well before modern times. Bentleys book is a marvelous survey of crosscultural networks in afroeurasian. Learn history old world encounters with free interactive flashcards. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In a short book 184 pages of text on a large subject, jerry bentley aims to reveal the dynamics of crosscultural encounters as they. Access restricted, please login to continue reading.
Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times new york, 1993 examines processes of cultural exchange and religious conversion before the modern era, and his pamphlet shapes of. The pilgrim art cultures of porcelain in world history. This study examines crosscultural encounters before 1492 ad, focusing on the. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times by jerry h. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in the premodern times.
Jerry bentley argues against the popular eurocentric belief that the world began with christopher columbus. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Well before modern times, asian, african, and european peoples. The region was a bastion of the ancient buddhist mauryan and palan empires, when the mahayana and vajrayana. Cambridge core institutional access books catalogue individuals cambridge english. The book analyzes the dynamics of these premodern encounters, and seeks to. The articles on conceptions deal with issues of space and time as treated in the. What is the difference between social conversion and voluntary conversion according to jerry h. Jerry h bentley well before modern times, asian, african, and european peoples were regularly interacting and intermingling with each other. The oxford handbook of world history presents thirtyone articles by leading historians on the most important issues explored by contemporary world historians. This innovative study examines processes of crosscultural encounter before 1492. Crosscultural interaction and periodization in world history the. Bentley, oxford university press, 1993, 0195076400, 9780195076400, 220 pages.
Crosscultural encounters began in 1492 at the initiative of european people. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times new york, 1993 examines processes of cultural exchange and religious conversion before the modern era, and his pamphlet shapes of world history in twentiethcentury scholarship washington, d. Cultural exchanges in world history oxford handbooks. Bentley essay joshua d kennedy bentley jerry h old world. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times 1993 and shapes of world history in twentiethcentury scholarship 1996. Their encounters rank among the most effective agents of change in all of world history, fostering the spread of technologies, ideas, beliefs, values and religions. Old world encounters november 11, 1992 edition open. In other words, before 1492 crosscultural encounters did not exist. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. He was a founding editor of the journal of world history since 1990. The pilgrim art by robert finlay hardcover university of. Jerry harrell bentley december 12, 1949 july 15, 2012 was an american academic and professor of world history.
Old world encounters crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times by jerry h. Download cover image create a flier for this title. Rent or buy old world encounters crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times 9780195076400 by bentley, jerry h. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in pre modern times 1993 examines processes of cultural. The book examines crosscultural contacts and social conversion, a process by which premodern peoples. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times, jerry h. Bentley, november 11, 1992, oxford university press. Well before modern times, asian, african, and european peoples were regularly interacting and intermingling with each other. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times by bentley, jerry h. Read old world encounters pdf crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times by jerry h.
Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times bentley, jerry h. New york and oxford, oxford university press, 1993. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times 240. Choose from 500 different sets of history old world encounters flashcards on quizlet. Buddhism has a rich ancient heritage in the bengal. An effective part structure organizes developments into seven eras of global history, putting events into perspective and creating a framework for crosscultural comparisons, while the strong themes of traditions the formations and development of the world s major societies and encounters crosscultural interactions and exchanges bring. What is the difference between social conversion and. Their encounters rank among the most effective agents of change in all of. Bentley 1993, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Premodern times didnt have much research having to do with conversions and change so they were parted into 3 vague categoriesconversion through assimilation, pressures, and voluntary association. More recently, his research has concentrated on global history and particularly on processes of crosscultural interaction. The imperial context acts as a framework for bentleys examination of crosscultural contacts before 1492. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times at.
Old world encounters crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times jerry h. Start studying old world encounters study guide chapters 1 3. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times edition 1. He wrote on the cultural history of early modern europe and on crosscultural interactions in world history. Conversion could not have occurred in premodern times. Crosscultural contacts and exchanges in premodern times 1993 examines processes of cultural exchange and religious conversion before the modern era, his aha pamphlet shapes of world.
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