Sources of World History, Volume I by Mark A. Kishlansky

Preface. How to Read a Document. How to Read Visuals.
Part I. THE ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION. STORIES OF CREATION.
1.Popul Vuh (n.d.).
2.The Ancestors of the People Called Indians (The Huarochirí Manuscript)(ca. 1598-1608).
3.The Creation Epic (ca. 2000 B.C.E.).
4.The Book of Genesis (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.).
5.The Kojiki (712 C.E.). THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION.
6.The Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 2000 B.C.E.).
7.Code of Hammurabi (early 18th century B.C.E.).
8.The Book of the Dead (ca. 16th century B.C.E.).
9.Anonymous, "Instructions in Letter Writing by an Egyptian Scribe" (ca. 1200 B.C.E.).
10.The Book of Exodus (ca. 10th-6th century B.C.E.). ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE.
11.Homer, "The Iliad" (9th-8th century B.C.E.).
12.Herodotus, Description of Africa (450 B.C.E.).
13.Plato, "The Apology" (399 B.C.E.).
14.Plato, "The Republic" (ca. 327 B.C.E.).
15.Aristotle, "Politics" (4th century B.C.E.). THE RELIGIONS OF THE EAST.
16.The Upanishads (ca. 600-500 B.C.E.).
17.The Buddha, Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.).
18.Bhagavad-Gita (ca. 200 B.C.E.).
19.Confucius, "Analects" (ca. 500 B.C.E.).
20.Lao-Tzu, "Tao-Te Ching" (ca. 500 B.C.E.). CHINA: WAR AND POLITICS.
21.Sun-Tzu, "The Art of War" (ca. 500 B.C.E.).
22.Anonymous, The Book of Songs (ca. 1200-1100 B.C.E.).
23.Ssu-ma Ch'ien, The Records of the Grand Historian of China (110-85 B.C.E.).
24.Han Fei Tzu, Memorials (ca. 230 B.C.E.). ANCIENT ROME.
25.Cicero, "On the Laws" (ca. 52 B.C.E.).
26.Virgil, "The Aeneid" (30-19 B.C.E.).
27.Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" (ca. 122 C.E.).
28.The Sermon on the Mount (ca.28-35 C.E.).
Part II. TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES. AFRICA AND THE MUSLIM WORLD.
29.Justinian, Code (529-565 C.E.).
30.Procopius, "Secret History" (ca. 560 C.E.).
31.The Koran (7th century C.E.).
32.Ibn Ishaq, "The Life of Muhammad" (after 733 C.E.).
33.Al Biruni, "The Life of the Brahmin" (1030 C.E.).
34.Ibn Said, Book of the Maghrib (13th century C.E.).
35.Ibn Khaldûn, The Mugaddimah (1377 C.E.).
36.Ibn Battuta, "Travels in Africa" (1364 C.E.).
37.Joao dos Santos, "Ethiopia Oriental" (1609 C.E.). ASIAN CULTURES.
38.Pan Chao, "Lessons for Women" (ca. 99 C.E.).
39."The Lotus of the Wonderful Law" (806 C.E.).
40.Fa-hsien, "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" (394-414 C.E.).
41.The Examination System During the T'ang Dynasty (8th century C.E.).
42.Lady Murasaki, "The Tale of Genji" (ca. 1000 C.E.).
43.Ssu-ma Kuang, "The Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government" (1071-1085 C.E.).
44.Prince Shotoku, "The Seventeen Article Constitution" (604 C.E.).
45.Yüan Ts'ai, "Precepts for Social Life" (1178 C.E.). EUROPE AFTER THE FALL OF ROME.
46.Tacitus, "The Germania" (98 C.E.).
47.The Burgundian Code (ca. 474 C.E.).
48.Einhard, "The Life of Charlemagne" (ca. 829-836 C.E.).
49.Magna Carta (1215 C.E.).
50.The Battle of Maldon (991 C.E.). THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY.
51.Augustine of Hippo, "The City of God" (413-426 C.E.).
52.Benedict of Nursia, "The Rule" (ca. 535-540 C.E.).
53.Francis of Assisi, "Admonitions" (ca. 1220 C.E.).
54.Thomas Aquinas, "Summa Theologica" (1265-1273 C.E.).
55.Witchcraft Documents (15th century C.E.).
Part III. DYNASTIES AND EMPIRES. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE.
56.Leon Battista Alberti, "On the Family" (1435-1444 C.E.).
57.Giorgio Vasari, "The Life of Leonardo da Vinci" (1550 C.E.).
58.Niccolò Machiavelli, "The Prince" (1513 C.E.). CULTURES IN COLLISION.
59.Anna Comnena, "The Alexiad" (1097 C.E.).
60.Odo of Deuil, "The Journey of Louis VII to the East" (1147 C.E.).
61.Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs (after 1175 C.E.).
62.Jamal ad-Din ibn Wasil, "The Dissipator of Anxieties" (1250 C.E.). CHINA AND JAPAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
63.The Hojo Code (1232 C.E.).
64.Kitabatake Chikafusa, "A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns" (1339-1343 C.E.).
65.Zeami Motokiyo, "Kadensho" (1440-1442 C.E.).
66.Shih Nai-an, "All Men Are Brothers" (14th century C.E.).
67.Anonymous, "The Yangzhou Massacre" (1645 C.E.). EUROPEAN ENCOUNTERS.
68.Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, "The History of the Great and Mightie Kingdom of China" (1585 C.E.).
69.Matteo Ricci, Journals (1583-1610 C.E.).
70.Gomes de Zuara, Chronicle of Guinea (1453).
71.Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama (1497-1499 C.E.).
72.Christopher Columbus, Letter from the First Voyage (1493 C.E.).
73.Bernal Díaz, "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain" (1552-1568 C.E.).
74.An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (1528 C.E.).
75.Bernabe Cobo, "History of the Inca Empire" (1653 C.E.).
76.Bartolomé de las Casas, "Apologetic History of the Indies" (1566 C.E.).
77.Pedro de León Portocarrero, Description of Lima, Peru (ca. 1600 C.E.). THE GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM.
78.Omar Khayyám, "The Ruba'iyat" (11th century C.E.).
79.Kritovoulos, "The History of Mehmed the Conqueror" (1453 C.E.).
80.Letters Between Sultan Selîm I and Shah Ismâ'îl (1514 C.E.).
81.Leo Africanus, "The History and Description of Africa" (1550 C.E.).
82.Abd ul-Hagg al Dihlawi al-Bukhari, "The Perfection of Faith" (11th century C.E.).
83.François Bernier, "Travels in the Mughal Empire" (1656-1668 C.E.). THE REFORM OF CHRISTIANITY.
84.Desiderius Erasmus, In Praise of Folly (1509 C.E.).
85.Martin Luther, "The Freedom of a Christian" (1520 C.E.) and "On Marriage" (1566 C.E.).
86.John Calvin, "Institutes of the Christian Religion" (1534 C.E.).
87.Francis Xavier, Letter from India (1543).
88.Teresa of Avila, The Life of Saint Teresa (1611 C.E.).