TY - BOOK AU - Goucher, Candice L. AU - Le Guin, Charles A. AU - Walton, Linda A. TI - In the balance : themes in global history vol. I SN - 0070241813 9780070241817 AV - D22 .G68 PY - 1998///- CY - Boston, Mass. : PB - McGraw-Hill, KW - World history. N1 - Includes index; Contents: Part I: World history and human origins -- Changing environments, changing societies -- Settled societies: The Emergence of cities -- Part II: Ideas and power:Goddesses, God-Kings and sages -- Religion and state: Buddhissm, christianity, and islam -- Trade, transport, temples and tribute: The Economics of power -- Ties that bind: Lienage, clientage and caste -- Ordering the world: Family and household -- Culture and memory -- Connections. ER -