The most globally integrated book in its field, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is unmatched in helping students draw connections and comparisons across time and place. Streamlined chapters, innovative pedagogy, and NEW scholarship, with expanded coverage of environmental history, make the Fifth Edition the most accessible and relevant yet. NEW interactive learning resources develop history skills and assess comprehension of major themes and concepts.

Showcases over 230 objects excavated from the Sumerian city of Ur in the 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley. Details gold jewelry, engraved seal stones, statuettes, musical instruments, and vessels. The history of Ur and the excavations is included, and art historians discuss the historical significance and motifs on the artifacts.