Bagge Sverre H.. State Formation in Europe, 843-1789: A Divided World. Routledge,2019. — 306 p.. 2019

Today we take the state for granted. We grumble about its demands; we complain that it is encroaching more and more on what used to be our private concerns, but we can hardly envisage life without it. In the world today, the worst fate that can befall a human being is to be stateless... This was not always so. There were peri­ods — not long ago as historians measure time — when the state did not exist, and when no one was concerned that it did not exist.1 With these words, the American historian Joseph Strayer draws our attention to one of the most fundamental changes in the Western world — and, by implication, also the rest of the world — the formation of the state, which he dates to between 1100 and 1600, with the thirteenth century as a particularly crucial period. Although there can hardly be any doubt about the importance of Strayer’s obser­vation, both the chronology and the character of European state formation have been subject to extensive debate.

Books and textbooks on the discipline World history:

1. Beaton Roderick. The Greeks: A Global History. Basic Books,2021. — 608 p. - 2021 ãîä
2. Antony Robert, Carroll Stuart, Pennock Caroline D. (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Violence. Volume 3: AD 1500-AD 1800. Cambridge University Press,2020. — 710 p. - 2020 ãîä
3. Bang Peter F., Bayly C.A., Scheidel Walter (eds.). The Oxford World History of Empire. Volume Two: The History of Empires. Oxford University Press,2020. — 1352 p. - 2020 ãîä
4. Bang Peter F., Bayly C.A., Scheidel Walter (eds.). The Oxford World History of Empire. Volume One: The Imperial Experience. Oxford University Press,2020. — 584 p. - 2020 ãîä
5. Edwards Louise, Penn Nigel, Winter Jay (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Violence. Volume 4: 1800 to the Present. Cambridge University Press,2020. — 676 p. - 2020 ãîä
6. Fagan Garrett G., Fibiger Linda, Hudson Mark, Trundle Matthew (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Violence. Volume 1: The Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds. Cambridge University Press,2020. — 756 p. - 2020 ãîä
7. Gordon Matthew, Kaeuper Richard, Zurndorfer Harriet (eds.). The Cambridge World History of Violence. Volume 2: AD 500-AD 1500. Cambridge University Press,2020. — 696 p. - 2020 ãîä
8. Abulafia David. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans. Oxford University Press,2019. — 1088 p. - 2019 ãîä
9. Armitage David, Bashford Alison et al. (eds.). Oceanic Histories. Cambridge University Press,2018. — 338 p. - 2018 ãîä
10. Barcelo Juan A., Del Castillo Florencia (eds.). Simulating Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds. Springer,2016. — 410 p. - 2016 ãîä
11. Bauer Susan Wise. The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor. Peace Hill Press,2015. — 338 p. - 2015 ãîä
12. Aldrich Robert, McKenzie Kirsten (eds.). The Routledge History of Western Empires. Routledge,2014. — 542 p. - 2014 ãîä
13. Alpers Edward A.. The Indian Ocean in World History. Oxford University Press,2014. — 182 p. - 2014 ãîä
14. Abulafia David. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean. London: Allen Lane; Penguin Books,2012. — 816 p. - 2012 ãîä
15. Aberth John. Plagues in World History. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,2011. — 257 p. - 2011 ãîä
16. Abbenhuis Maartje, Buttsworth Sara. Restaging War in the Western World: Noncombatant Experiences, 1890-Today. Palgrave Macmillan,2009. — 242 p. - 2009 ãîä
17. Adolf Antony. Peace: A World History. Polity,2009. — 298 p. - 2009 ãîä
18. Ansary Tamim. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. PublicAffairs,2009. — 416 p. - 2009 ãîä
19. Best Antony. International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond. Routledge,2008. — 638 p. - 2008 ãîä
20. Abernethy David B.. The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980. Yale University Press,2002. — 524 p. - 2002 ãîä