The text reflects the author's extensive background in the study of Humanities which has enabled her to craft a narrative that is at once brief and comprehensive, giving students a thorough understanding of the humanities without overwhelming them with detail. Each of the text's fifteen chapters is centered on a key idea related to the period being discussed and contains a series of valuable pedagogical features including chapter ending timelines, high-quality maps, and boxed material examining primary sources and cross-cultural comparisons.

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An extensively revised Chapter 15, Globalism, explores impact of the digital revolution on the arts and adds new and expanded coverage of recent contributors and developments in global cultural history, including the Best Generation, Lessing, Pynchon, Heaney, Tan Dun, Green buildings, Calatrava, Yamaguchi, Viola, Yue Minjun, hip-hop and rap, Wikipedia, and computers and film.

Selected images from the illustration program are available to adopting instructors in digital format in The Image Vault, McGraw-Hill's new web-based presentation manager. Instructors can incorporate images from The Image Vault in digital presentations that can be used in class (no Internet access required), burned to CD-ROM, or embedded in course Web pages. See www.mhhe.com/theimagevault for more details.

Critical thinking questions now accompany "Ideas and Issues" boxes throughout the text, prompting thought and classroom discussion. These boxes contain excerpts from notable works or commentary on key ideas discussed in the chapter and address such topics as Aristotle's defense of slavery, the battle over antiquities, translating the Qur'an, a Native American view of human creation, and the impact of computers on film.

An outstanding, updated ancillary package provides a wealth of resources for both students and instructors. The interactive activities and study resources from the prior edition's Core Concepts DVD-Rom are now online and more accessible than ever on McGraw-Hill's new MyHumanitiesStudio (www.mhhe.com/HumanitiesStudio). A text-specific Online Learning Center offers additional materials keyed to the text. Instructor resources include an instructor's manual, test item file, and computerized test bank. Landmarks in Music audio CDs are also available for instructors or for optional student purchase, featuring 120 minutes of music discussed in the textbook, ranging from Gregorian chant to Louis Armstrong.