Includes pre-Islamic Arabia, the life of Muhammad and spread of Islam, history of Africa before 1100, the Turks and other Asian nomads, medieval China, India, and Japan, the Byzantine Empire, the Dark Ages, Muslim Spain, the European Middle Ages from the Crusades to the Black Death, the Italian Renaissance, Portugal's African ventures, and Columbus's departure.

W. W. Norton, 300+ pages

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