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Table of contents :
About the Author
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
Documents
Maps
Features
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Students of Western Civilization
Ch 1: The Ancient near East: The First Civilizations
The First Humans
The Emergence of Civilization
Civilization in Mesopotamia
Egyptian Civilization: “The Gift of the Nile”
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 2: The Ancient near East: Peoples and Empires
On the Fringes of Civilization
The Hebrews: “The Children of Israel”
The Assyrian Empire
The Persian Empire
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 3: The Civilization of the Greeks
Early Greece
The Greeks in a Dark Age (ca. 1100-ca. 750 B.C.E.)
The World of the Greek City-States (ca. 750-ca. 500 B.C.E.)
The High Point of Greek Civilization: Classical Greece
The Culture and Society of Classical Greece
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 4: The Hellenistic World
Macedonia and the Conquests of Alexander
The World of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Culture in the Hellenistic World
Religion in the Hellenistic World
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 5: The Roman Republic
The Emergence of Rome
The Roman Republic (ca. 509-264 B.C.E.)
The Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean (264-133 B.C.E.)
Society and Culture in the Roman World
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic (133-31 B.C.E.)
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 6: The Roman Empire
The Age of Augustus (31 B.C.E.-14 C.E.)
The Early Empire (14-180)
Roman Culture and Society in the Early Empire
Transformation of the Roman World: Crises in the Third Century
Transformation of the Roman World: The Rise of Christianity
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World
The Late Roman Empire
The Germanic Kingdoms
Development of the Christian Church
The Byzantine Empire
The Rise of Islam
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 8: European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000
The World of the Carolingians
Disintegration of the Carolingian Empire
The Emerging World of Lords and Vassals
The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization
The Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern Europe
The World of Islam
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 9: The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages
Land and People in the High Middle Ages
The New World of Trade and Cities
The Intellectual and Artistic World of the High Middle Ages
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 10: The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power
The Emergence and Growth of European Kingdoms, 1000-1300
The Recovery and Reform of the Catholic Church
Christianity and Medieval Civilization
The Crusades
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century
A Time of Troubles: Black Death and Social Crisis
War and Political Instability
The Decline of the Church
Culture and Society in an Age of Adversity
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 12: Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance
Characteristics of the Italian Renaissance
The Making of Renaissance Society
The Italian States in the Renaissance
The Intellectual Renaissance in Italy
The Artistic Renaissance
The European State in the Renaissance
The Church in the Renaissance
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century
Prelude to Reformation
Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
The Spread of the Protestant Reformation
The Social Impact of the Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
Politics and the Wars of Religion in the Sixteenth Century
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 14: Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800
On the Brink of a New World
New Horizons: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires
New Rivals on the World Stage
The Impact of European Expansion
Toward a World Economy
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century
Social Crises, War, and Rebellions
The Practice of Absolutism: Western Europe
Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe
Limited Monarchy: The Dutch Republic and England
The Flourishing of European Culture
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Ch 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science
Background to the Scientific Revolution
Toward a New Heaven: A Revolution in Astronomy
Advances in Medicine and Chemistry
Women in the Origins of Modern Science
Toward a New Earth: Descartes, Rationalism, and a New View of Humankind
The Spread of Scientific Knowledge
Chapter Summary
Chapter Timeline
Chapter Review
Glossary
Index