The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative

The Origins of the Modern World

A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century, 4th Edition

By Robert B. Marks

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Suggested Readings

Chapter 2 - Starting with China

Primary Sources:

The Pact of Umar. ca. 637. Pact of Umar Full Text
Han, Zhang. “On Strange Tales” and “On Merchants.” Zhang Han Full Text
The Papal Bull Inter Caetera of Alexander VI, 1493. Papal Bull Full Text
Da Gama, Vasco. Round Africa to India, 1497–1498. Gama Full Text
Pereira, Galeote. “Certain Reports of China…” 1565. Pereira Full Text

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