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WORLD HISTORY / GENERAL

ABC-CLIO SERIES
Crossroads in World History

Through a mix of reference entries, primary source documents, and original essays, this series helps readers understand and
contextualize events central to world history. Each volume in the series explores a particular turning point in world history and
contains a timeline, a historical overview, approximately 50 reference entries, 10 to 15 primary sources, original argumentative essays,
and a bibliography. Designed as a series of one-stop resources, the books help students understand the background, causes, and
consequences of critical historical events and evaluate original evidence and arguments.

FORTHCOMING The Industrial The Rise of Fascism

Mesopotamia and the Revolution History, Documents,
Rise of Civilization History, Documents, and Key Questions
and Key Questions PATRICK G. ZANDER
History, Documents,
and Key Questions JEFF HORN
JANE R. MCINTOSH

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turning point in human development, the Industrial Revolution was like and
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the emergence of civilization in rapidly changed as societies transitioned for understanding the character,
Mesopotamia, when city life began and from an agrarian economy to one based development, and consequences of
writing was invented. fascist dictatorships.
on machines and mass production.
FEATURES FEATURES
FEATURES • Analyzes the rise of fascism in
• Enables readers to gain insight into
the thinking and life experience of • Offers a historical overview essay that different countries and settings
presents a narrative summary of the
ancient Mesopotamians through • Serves as an ideal reference for high
primary sources causes of the Industrial Revolution school students and undergraduates
and a timeline of the most important
• Provokes discussion through the events related to the Industrial
debate of three major questions Revolution PATRICK G. ZANDER, PhD, is
about the rise of civilization assistant professor of history at
Georgia Gwinnett College, Atlanta, GA.
JEFF HORN, PhD, is professor of
JANE R. MCINTOSH, PhD, is a history at Manhattan College in New
professional archaeological writer. York City.
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