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History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective
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Contents

The Author		vii
Acknowledgments		viii
This book		ix

1. Introduction
	Comparative international systems	2
	Institutions, rules, and norms	3
	Stateless societies	5
	Walls and bridges	6
	Further reading	10
	Think about	11

2. China and East Asia
	The Warring States period	14
	The development of the Chinese state	19
	The overland system	30
	The tribute system	33
	A Japanese international system?	36
	Further reading	40
	Timeline	41
	Short dictionary	42
	Think about	43

3. India and Indianization
	Vedic India	46
	Classical India	52
	Indianization	58
	The Mughal Empire	64
	India as an international system	67
	Timeline	69
	Short dictionary	70
	Think about	70

4. The Muslim Caliphates
	The Arab expansion	74
	The Umayyads and the Abbasids	78
	The Arabs in Spain	81
	An international system of caliphates	86
	The Ottoman Empire	91
	Further reading	96
	Timeline	97
	Short dictionary	98
	Think about	99

5. The Mongol Khanates
	From Temüjin to Genghis Khan	102
	A nomadic state	103
	How to conquer the world	106
	Dividing it all up	112
	An international system of khanates	116
	Further reading	122
	Timeline	123
	Short dictionary	124
	Think about	125

6. Africa
	The Nile River Valley	129
	North Africa	131
	The kingdoms of West Africa	133
	East Africa and the Indian Ocean	139
	An African international system?	144
	Further reading	146
	Timeline	147
	Short dictionary	148
	Think about	149

7. The Americas
	The Maya	152
	The Aztecs	160
	The Incas	163
	North America	170
	Further reading	174
	Timeline	175
	Short dictionary	176
	Think about	177

8. European Expansion
	A sea route to India	180
	Europeans in the “New World”	182
	A commercial world economy	186
	An industrial world economy	189
	The apotheosis of colonialism	194
	Decolonization	197
	Further reading	200
	Timeline	201
	Short dictionary	202
	Think about	203

Afterthoughts: Walls and Bridges

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