A new addition to the popular "Major Problems in History" series, Duiker’s “Major Problems in World History, Volume I” 1st Edition, is intended for instructors who would like a source for documents and secondary essays dealing with the broad sweep of World History. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay providing historical context for that period of history. Essays, illustrations and short secondary essays by respected scholars on the subject are supplemented with a map, timeline and short bibliography.