Abulafia David. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans. Oxford University Press,2019. — 1088 p.. 2019

In the making of connections between human societies, the role of the sea is particularly fascinating. Connections across large open spaces have brought together peoples, religions and civilizations in stimulating ways. Sometimes this has been through individual encounters, as travellers, including pilgrims and merchants, found themselves visiting alien environ­ments; sometimes it has been the result of mass migrations that have changed the character of regions; sometimes it has been the result as much of the movement of goods as of people, when the inhabitants of distant lands saw, admired, and imported or copied the art works of another culture, or read its literature, or were taken aback by some rare and pre­cious item that opened their eyes to its existence. Such contacts were made overland and up and down river systems, as well as by sea; but overland they were mediated by the cultures that lay along the routes being fol­lowed, whereas links across the sea could tie together very different worlds, as far apart as Portugal and Japan or Sweden and China.

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