1. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History First Edition
Robert W. Strayer
Ways of the World: A Brief Global History First Edition
CHAPTER 7
Classical Era Variations:
Africa and the Americas
500 B.C.E.–1200 C.E.
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

2. The African Northeast Meroë: Continuing a Nile Valley Civilization
Axum: The Making of a Christian Kingdom

3. Along the Niger River:
Cities without States

4. The World of Bantu Africa
South of the Equator:
The World of Bantu Africa
Cultural Encounters
Society and Religion

5. Civilizations of Mesoamerica
The Maya: Writing and Warfare
Teotihuacán: America’s Greatest City

6. Civilizations of the Andes
Chavín: A Pan-Andean Religious Movement
Moche: A Regional Andean Civilization

7. North America in the Classical Era:
From Chaco to Cahokia
Pit Houses and Great Houses: The Ancestral Pueblo
The Mound Builders of the Eastern Woodlands

8. Chapter 7 Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas, 500 B. C
Chapter 7 Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas, 500 B.C.E.‒1200 C.E.
Map 7.1 Africa in the Classical Era (p. 185)
Spot Map 7.1 Classical Civilizations of Mesoamerica (p. 193)
Spot Map 7.2 Classical Civilizations of the Andes (p. 197)
Spot Map 7.3 North America in the Classical Era (p. 201)
An Elite Maya Woman (p. 180)
A Bracelet from Meroë (p. 186)
The Columns of Axum (p. 187)
Khoikhoi of South Africa (p. 191)
A Mural of Teotihuacán (p. 196)
The Lord of Sipan (p. 200)
Pueblo Bonito (p. 202)