This book, the sixth volume in the chronological set of the world history series, traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi Emperor. Wills encourages his readers to think about the origins of our modern world in ways that acknowledge the special features of the European experience and achievement but do not present Europe as essentially the only source ofthe modern.