The Cambridge World History of Genocide (original) (raw)

Volume I offers an introductory survey of the phenomenon of genocide. The first five chapters examine its major recurring themes, while the further nineteen are specific case studies. The combination of thematic and empirical approaches illuminates the origins and long history of genocide, its causes, consistent characteristics, and the connections linking various cases from earliest times to the early modern era. The themes examined include the roles of racism, the state, religion, gender prejudice, famine, and climate crises, as well as the role of human decision-making in the causation of genocide. The case studies cover events on four continents, ranging from prehistoric Europe and the Andes to ancient Israel, Mesopotamia, the early Greek world, Rome, Carthage, and the Mediterranean. It continues with the Norman Conquest of England's North, the Crusades, the Mongol Conquests, medieval India and Viet Nam, and a panoramic study of pre-modern China, as well as the Spanish conquests of the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, and Mexico.

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Select Contributors to Volume I

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Select Introduction to Volume I

Select 1 - Genocide before the State?

Select 2 - The Religion–Genocide Nexus

Select 3 - Genocide and Gender

Select 4 - Genocide, Starvation and Famine

Select 5 - Climate, Violence and Ethnic Conflict in the Ancient World

Select Part II - The Ancient World

Select 6 - Genocide in Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Sources

Select 7 - Genocide in Ancient Mesopotamia during the Bronze and Iron Ages

Select 9 - Violence, Emotions and Justice in the Hellenistic Period

Select 10 - A Tale of Three Cities

Select 11 - Caesar’s Gallic Genocide

Select 13 - Religious Violence in the Later Roman Empire

Select 14 - Genocide, Extermination and Mass Killing in Chinese History

Select 15 - William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North, 1069–1070

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