Bentley, Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, AP Edition ©2015 6e, Student Edition (AP TRADITIONS & ENCOUNTERS

by Jerry Bentley, Herbert Ziegler

Bentley, Traditions & A Global Perspective On The Past, Ap Edition !2015 6e, Student Edi ; 9780076700691 ; 0076700690

1040 pages, Paperback

Published December 16, 2014

Reviews

[Kaitlyn Reynolds]

The book itself was honestly exquisite, every detail, every year, every event was in place. it was very wordy though, and did get slightly confusing, although it did have all the details needed and more. I have noticed that a lot of the kids have gotten very hooked to this book, even not being able to put it down for extended periods of time, it was a truly wild experience reading this book and i loved every second of it. 10/10 recommend.

[emily wang]

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i've never been in more pain then when i was reading this book. the only good thing about it was the bolded words telling what was important about the sections. worse book and authors in the world. WHY WOULD ANYONE WRITE THIS ATROCITY!!

[tessa yas]

i spent thousands of hours of my life on this textbook. 1/10 do not recommend.

[Abby]

I had to give this textbook back today. I know it needed to be done but it still hurt. The truth is—I know everyone’s probably wondering what happened to us—our relationship was super toxic. The textbook made me cry a lot and even though we had formed an attachment it still caused me so much stress. We just weren’t healthy together and as much as it pains me, I have to let go. Even though the textbook caused me so much pain I still shudder to think it’s not going to be in my life anymore. Being single will be super hard, but I hope it finds someone better suited to its demanding nature and I hope I can move on too.

[ellie harf]

best book i’ve ever read.

my classmates and i have developed emotional attachments to the textbook.

the climax was SO good, never expected that plot twist. a bit repetitive at times, the author tried to find in way to many random conflicts, the second “world war” was so unnecessary. i think the author was trying to fit in another twist. kind of ended on a cliffhanger :/
hope the author decides to make a sequel

places it’s gone with me:
a soccer game
gardening festival
my bed (sleepover)
car rides
the school cafeteria
a chicken coop
my kitchen, ate dinner with me
watched countless episodes of “bones” and “criminal minds” with me and my mom.

[Eva Le]

i actually LOVED reading this book… it kept me busy and i learned SO much! TOO much actually… it would give me headaches. this book would make me cry and laugh (the authors are so funny) and having to give it back to the school is going to be devastating after all we’ve been through. one critique would be that it’s too heavy, im positive it gave me permanent back problems.

[piper]

boring AND did not help me retain info

[Andrew Hartman]

One of the more dry World History textbooks out there. Do not recommend over Voyages or Ways of the World (pre-curriculum change)

[Emma]

Worst book ive ever had to read and that says something. read for ap world history course and no one should ever take that class ever again it’s the worst thing you could ever choose to do.

[ada]

Today, after eight months of rigorous reading and note-taking, I finally finished Traditions and Encounters: AP Edition. Did I enjoy every moment of this nearly year-long journey? No. Far from it, in fact. Yet I am feeling inexplicably sentimental having closed the cover for the final time. The AP World exam is in less than a month, and this is where I end my journey with this thousand-page textbook. I wish its next owner the very best as they thumb through the pages, jotting down notes about Inb Battuta and Martin Luther and Mao Zedong. I hope they enjoy learning about the global networks of exchange and worlds without borders from this textbook's dry, dull paragraphs. I hope they get a 5 on the exam.

To Traditions and Encounters: You have made up some of my most mediocre and worst memories of doing homework this year; I thank you for all that you've done in helping me get an A in this class, but I am v. excited to never have to read you again.

4/5 stars.

[Dhruti Pathak]

Informative? Yes.
Unnecessarily Wordy? Absolutely.
Painful? Most definitely so.
Helpful? Sometimes.

Would 100% use AMSCO instead

[Rami Aloteibi]

I’m burning this thing 😭🙏🏻

[Sam Bishop]

Solid textbook.