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Sources of The Making of the West helps bring the history of the west to life. Thoroughly revised and designed to be used independently or as a companion reader, this two volume collection parallels the major topics and themes covered in each chapter of The Making of the West. A broad range of source types and themes illuminate historical experience from a diversity of perspectives. Now with a visual source and a comparative source pairing in every chapter, this reader offers instructors even more opportunities to promote classroom discussion of primary documents and to help students develop essential historical thinking skills.

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CHAPTER 1 Early Western Civilization, 4000-1000 B.C.E.
1. Defining Humanity: Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2000 B.C.E.)
2. Establishing Law and Justice: King Hammurabi, The Code of Hammurabi (Early Eighteenth Century B.C.E.)
*3. Praising the One God: Hymn to the Aten (Fourteenth Century B.C.E.)
4. Writing Experiences: Egyptian Scribal Exercise Book (Twelfth Century B.C.E.)
5. Allying for Peace: The “Eternal Treaty” between the Egyptians and Hittites (c. 1259 B.C.E.) CHAPTER 2 Empires in the Near East and the Re-Emergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E.
1. Empires and Divine Right: Inscription Honoring Cyrus, King of Persia (r. c. 557-530 B.C.E.)
2. Monotheism and Mosaic Law: The Book of Exodus, Chapters 19-20 (c. Tenth-Sixth Centuries B.C.E.)
*3. The Quest for Individual Excellence (Arête): Homer, The Odyssey (Eighth Century B.C.E.)
4. Two Visions of the City-State: Tyrtaeus of Sparta and Solon of Athens, Poems (Seventh-Sixth Centuries B.C.E.)
*5. Economics and the Expansion of Slavery: Xenophon, Revenues (Fourth Century B.C.E.) CHAPTER 3 The Greek Golden Age, c. 500-c. 400 B.C.E.
1. The Golden Age of Athens: Thucydides, The Funeral Oration of Pericles (429 B.C.E.)
*2. Movement in Stone: Myron of Eleutherai, Discus Thrower (c. 450 B.C.E.)
3. The Emergence of Philosophy: Plato, The Apology of Socrates (399 B.C.E.)
4. The Advance of Science: Hippocrates of Cos, On the Sacred Disease (400 B.C.E.)
5. Domestic Boundaries: Euphiletus, A Husband Speaks in His Own Defense (c. 400 B.C.E.) and Overhead Views of a House on the North Slope of the Areopagus (Fifth Century B.C.E.)
6. Protesting War, Performing Satire: Aristophanes, Lysistrata (411 B.C.E.) CHAPTER 4 From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E.
1. The Conquest of New Lands: Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (Fourth Century B.C.E.)
2. Imperial Bureaucracy: Zeno, Egyptian Official, Records (259-250 B.C.E.)
3. Everyday Life: Funerary Inscriptions and Epitaphs (Fifth-First Centuries B.C.E.)
4. In Pursuit of Happiness: Epicurus, Letter to a Friend (Late Third Century B.C.E.)
*5. Exacting Science: Archimedes, Letter to Eratosthenes (Third Century B.C.E.) and Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Archimedes's “Eureka!” Moment (c. 30-20 B.C.E.) CHAPTER 5 The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E.
1. Formalizing Roman Law: The Twelve Tables (451-449 B.C.E.)
2. Artistic Influences: Etruscan Statuette of a Rider (c. 434-400 B.C.E.) and Roman Bust of Lucius Junius Brutus (c. 300 B.C.E.)
3. Status and Discrimination: Roman Women Demonstrate against the Oppian Law (195 B.C.E.)
4. “Cultivating Justice and Piety”: Cicero, On the Commonwealth (54 B.C.E.)
5. Failure and Factionalism: The Gracchan Reforms (133 B.C.E.)
6. Toward Empire: Julius Caesar, The Gallic War (52 B.C.E.)  CHAPTER 6 The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E.-284 C.E.
*1. An Empire Foretold: Virgil, The Aeneid (First Century B.C.E.)
2. An Urban Empire: Notices and Graffiti Describe Life in Pompeii (First Century C.E.)
3. New Influences to the North: Tacitus, Germania (c. 98 C.E.)
*4. The Making of a New Religion: Paul of Tarsus, Letter to the Galatians (First Century C.E.)
*5. The Cult of Isis: Apulieus, The Golden Ass (c. 170 C.E.) CHAPTER 7 The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600 C.E.
1. The Establishment of Roman Christian Doctrine: Arius, Letter to Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria (c. 320 C.E.) and The Nicene Creed (325 C.E.)
*2. The Struggle of Conversion: Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (c. 397)
*3. The Development of Monasticism: Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict (c. 540)
4. Germanic Law in the Roman Empire: The Burgundian Code (c. 475-525 C.E.)
5. Emergence of Byzantium: Procopius, Secret History (550 C.E.)  CHAPTER 8 The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750
1. The Foundations of Islam: Qur'an, Suras 1, 53, 98 (c. 610-632)
2. Jihad and Jizya: Islamic Terms of Peace (633-643)
3. Byzantine Life: The Life of St. Theodore of Sykeon (Early Seventh Century)
4. A Noblewoman's Life: The Life of Lady Balthild, Queen of the Franks (Late Seventh Century)
5. Roman Christian Missions: Pope Gregory the Great, Letters (598-601)  CHAPTER 9 From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050
1. The Rule of Charlemagne: General Capitulary for the Missi (802)
2. Resistance from Constantinople: Liutprand of Cremona, Report to Otto I (968)
*3. The Macedonian Renaissance: Harbaville Triptych (c. 950)
4. A New Islamic Dynasty: Ahmad al- Ya'qu¯bi¯, Kita¯b al- bulda¯n (Ninth Century)
5. Advances in Medicine: Abu¯ Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakari¯yu¯ Al- ra¯zi¯, A Treatise on the Small- Pox and Measles (c. 910)
6. The Faithful Vassal: Fulbert of Chartres, Letter to William of Aquitaine (1020)  CHAPTER 10 Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150
*1. Medieval Business: Commenda Contracts (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)
2. Sources of the Investiture Conflict: Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, Letter and Excommunication (1076)
3. Calling the First Crusade: Fulcher of Chartres, Pope Urban II's Speech at Clermont (1095)
4. Arab Response to the First Crusade: Ibn al- Athi¯r, A Muslim Perspective (1097-1099)
*5. The Power of William I: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1085-1086) and Domesday Book (1086-1087)  CHAPTER 11 The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215
*1. New Learning: Peter Abelard, The Story of My Misfortunes (c. 1132)
2. Scholarly Pursuits and Youthful Frolics: Medieval University Life (Twelfth-Early Thirteenth Centuries)
*3. Courtly Love: Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart (c. 1170s)
4. Franciscan Piety: St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, Selected Writings (Thirteenth Century)
5. The Sack of Constantinople: Annals of Niketas Choniate¯s (1204)  CHAPTER 12 The Medieval Synthesis-and Its Cracks, 1215-1340
*1. Reconciling Faith and Reason: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (1273)
2. A Female Mystic: Hadewijch of Brabant, Letters and Poems (1220-1240)
3. Defining Outsiders: Thomas of Monmouth, The Life and Martyrdom of St. William of Norwich (c. 1173)
4. Imagining Hell: Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1313-1321)
*5. The New Power of Medieval States: Boniface VIII¸ Unam Sanctam (1302) and King Philip IV of France, General Assembly of Paris (1303)  CHAPTER 13 Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492
1. Demographic Catastrophe: The Black Death (Fourteenth Century)
2. Crisis and Change: Thomas Walsingham: Peasant Rebels in London (1381)
3. Satirizing the Church: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner's Prologue (1387-1400)
4. Preaching Reform: Jan Hus, Letters (1408-1415)
5. Extolling Humanism: Giovanni Rucellai and Leonardo Bruni, Florence in the Quattrocento (1427 and 1457)
6. Women's Place in Renaissance Italy: Alessandra, Letters from a Widow and Matriarch of a Great Family (1450-1465)  CHAPTER 14 Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560
1. Worlds Collide: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain (c. 1567)
2. Illustrating a Native Perspective: Lienzo de Tlaxcala (c. 1560)
3. Defending Native Humanity: Bartolomé de Las Casas, In Defense of the Indians (c. 1548-1550)
4. Scripture and Salvation: Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian (1520)
5. Reforming Christianity: John Calvin, Articles Concerning Predestination (c. 1560) and The Necessity of Reforming the Church (1543)
6. Responding to Reformation: St. Ignatius of Loyola, A New Kind of Catholicism (1546, 1549, 1553)
CHAPTER 15 Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648
1. Legislating Tolerance: Henry IV, Edict of Nantes (1598)
2. Barbarians All: Michel de Montaigne, Of Cannibals (1580s)
*3. Defending Religious Liberty: Apology of the Bohemian Estates (May 25, 1618)
4. The Scientific Challenge: Galileo, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615)
5. The Persecution of Witches: The Trial of Suzanne Gaudry (1652)  CHAPTER 16 Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1715
*1. Mercantilism in the Colonies: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Instructions (1667, 1668) and A Royal Ordinance (1669)
*2. Regime Change: The Trial of Charles I (January 1649)
3. Civil War and Social Contract: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651)
4. The Consent of the Governed: John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government (1690)
5. Opposing Serfdom: Ludwig Fabritius, The Revolt of Stenka Razin (1670)  CHAPTER 17 The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700-1750
1. Captivity and Enslavement: Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Written by Himself (1789)
2. A “Sober and Wholesome Drink”: A Brief Description of the Excellent Vertues of That Sober and Wholesome Drink, Called Coffee (1674)
*3. Westernizing Russian Culture: Peter I, Decrees and Statutes (1701-1723)
*4. Early Enlightenment: Voltaire, Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733)
5. Questioning Women's Submission: Mary Astell, Reflections upon Marriage (1706)  *New to this edition

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