Chris Edwards, EdD, teaches World History and Advanced Placement World History at a high school in the Midwest and is the author of both Teaching Genius: Redefining Education with Lessons from Science and Philosophy (R&L Education, 2012), and Novum Organum II: Going beyond the Scientific Research Model (R&L Education, 2014). He writes on the topics of philosophy, theoretical physics, law, logic and psychology for the science and philosophy journals Skeptic and Free Inquiry and his scholarship and teaching methodology have been published in journals produced by both the National Council for History Education and the National Council for Social Studies.

• ntroductionChapter 1: The West Cut in HalfChapter 2: Theology and PoliticsChapter 3: The Rise of IslamChapter 4: The AbbasidsChapter 5: The Byzantines and RussiansChapter 6: Islamic Glory DaysChapter 7: ChristendomChapter 8: Before the CrusadesChapter 9: The CrusadesChapter 10: The Tang DynastyChapter 11: Tang SatellitesChapter 12: The Song DynastyChapter 13: Genghis KhanAppendix

Chris Edwards, EdD, teaches World History and Advanced Placement World History at a high school in the Midwest and is the author of both Teaching Genius: Redefining Education with Lessons from Science and Philosophy (R&L Education, 2012), and Novum Organum II: Going beyond the Scientific Research Model (R&L Education, 2014). He writes on the topics of philosophy, theoretical physics, law, logic and psychology for the science and philosophy journals Skeptic and Free Inquiry and his scholarship and teaching methodology have been published in journals produced by both the National Council for History Education and the National Council for Social Studies.

• ntroductionChapter 1: The West Cut in HalfChapter 2: Theology and PoliticsChapter 3: The Rise of IslamChapter 4: The AbbasidsChapter 5: The Byzantines and RussiansChapter 6: Islamic Glory DaysChapter 7: ChristendomChapter 8: Before the CrusadesChapter 9: The CrusadesChapter 10: The Tang DynastyChapter 11: Tang SatellitesChapter 12: The Song DynastyChapter 13: Genghis KhanAppendix