interactivestudenteditionJacksonJ.Spielvogel,Ph.D.JacksonJ.SpielvogelisassociateprofessoremeritusofhistoryatthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.fromTheOhioStateUniversity,wherehespecializedinReformationhistoryunderHaroldJ.Grimm.Hisarticlesandreviewshavebeenpublishedinseveralscholarlypublications.Heiscoauthor(withWilliamDuiker)ofWorldHistory,publishedin1994(3rdedition,2001).ProfessorSpielvogelhaswonfivemajoruniver-sity-wideawards,andin1997,hebecamethefirstwinneroftheSchreyerInstitute’sStudentChoiceAwardforinnovativeandinspiringteaching.TheNationalGeographicSociety,foundedin1888fortheincreaseanddiffusionofgeographicknowledge,istheworld’slargestnonprofitscientificandeducationalorganization.Sinceitsearliestdays,theSocietyhasusedsophisticatedcommunicationtechnologies,fromcolorphotographytoholography,toconveygeographicknowledgetoaworldwidemembership.TheEdu-cationProductsDivisionsupportstheSociety’smissionbydevel-opinginnovativeeducationalprograms—rangingfromtraditionalprintmaterialstomultimediaprogramsincludingCD-ROMs,videodiscs,andsoftware.AbouttheCover:Throughoutancienthistoryandacrosstheworld,peoplehavebuiltgreatmonumentsthatstillstandtoday.Top:TheGreatPyramidofKhafrebuiltbytheancientEgyptiansc.2520B.C.stands417feet(144m)tall.Left:Thislife-sizeterra-cottastatueofaChinesearcherwasoneof7,000figurescreatedfortheEmperorQinShihuangdi'stombc.200B.C.Right:TheRomanColosseumheld60,000spectatorsandwasbuiltinA.D.70duringthereignoftheEmperorVespasian.Copyright©2006byTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.ExceptaspermittedundertheUnitedStatesCopyrightAct,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutpriorpermissionofthepublisher.Thename“NationalGeographicSociety”andthe“YellowBorderRectangle”aretrade-marksoftheSocietyandtheiruse,withoutpriorwrittenpermission,isstrictlyprohibited.Sendallinquiriesto:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill8787OrionPlaceColumbus,OH43240-4027ISBN:007-868874-4PrintedintheUn...
