Western Civilizations

ISBN 13:
9780393925562
ISBN 10:
0393925560
Edition: BRIEF
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/15/2005
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

The resulting book is approximately one-third shorter and one-third less expensive. The pedagogical format and chapter structure of the full edition have been maintained in the Brief Edition, and students will also have unrestricted access to the full ancillary package, including the Digital History Center.

Maps

xvii

Chronologies

xix

Documents

xxi

Preface

xxiii

Part I The Ancient Near East

The Origins of Western Civilizations

(34)

The Stone Age Background

(1)

The Neolithic Revolution

(3)

The Development of Civilization in Mesopotamia

(3)

The Sumerians Enter History

(7)

The Old Babylonian Empire

(4)

The Development of Civilization in Egypt

(10)

Conclusion

(5)

Digital History: Water: The Primary Element

Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East, 1700--500 B.C.E.

(40)

The Indo-European Migrations

(3)

Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C.E.

(4)

The ``International System'' of the Late Bronze Age

(3)

Aegean Civilization: Minoans and Mycenaeans

(4)

The Small-Scale States of the Early Iron Age

(5)

The Assyrian Empire

(6)

The Persians

(3)

The Development of Hebrew Monotheism

(3)

Conclusion

(7)

Part II The Greek and Roman Worlds

The Greek Experiment

(28)

The Dark Age of Greece (1150--800 B.C.E.)

(2)

Archaic Greece (800--480 B.C.E.)

(3)

The Archaic Polis in Action

(5)

The Persian Wars

(3)

The ``Golden Age'' of Classical Greece

(4)

League Building and the Peloponnesian War

(6)

Conclusion

105

(3)

The Expansion of Greece

108

(24)

Failures of the Fourth-Century Polis

110

(1)

The Cultural and Intellectual Response

110

(3)

The Rise of Macedon and the Conquests of Alexander

113

(5)

The Hellenistic Kingdoms

118

(3)

The Growth of Trade and Urbanization

121

(1)

Hellenistic Culture: Philosophy and Religion

121

(2)

Hellenistic Culture: Literature and Art

123

(3)

Science and Medicine

126

(1)

The Transformation of the Polis

127

(1)

Conclusion

128

(4)

Digital History: Mystery Cults

Roman Civilization

132

(28)

Early Italy and the Roman Monarchy

134

(1)

The Early Republic

135

(3)

The Fateful Wars with Carthage

138

(3)

Society and Culture in the Late Republic

141

(3)

The Social Struggles of the Late Republic

144

(2)

The Principate or Early Empire (27 B.C.E.--180 C.E.)

146

(4)

Culture and Life in the Period of the Principate

150

(5)

The Crisis of the Third Century (180--284 C.E.)

155

(1)

Roman Rule in the West: A Balance Sheet

156

(2)

Conclusion

158

(2)

Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World

160

(34)

The Reorganized Empire

162

(3)

The Emergence and Triumph of Christianity

165

(7)

The New Contours of Fourth-Century Christianity

172

(2)

The Germanic Invasions and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire

174

(2)

The Shaping of Western Christian Thought

176

(4)

The Christianization of Classical Culture in the West

180

(2)

Eastern Rome and the Western Empire

182

(3)

Conclusion

185

(9)

Digital History: Wine

Part III The Middle Ages

Rome's Three Heirs: The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds

194

(30)

The Byzantine Empire and Its Culture

196

(4)

The Growth of Islam

200

(6)

The Changing Islamic World

206

(5)

Western Christian Civilization in the Early Middle Ages

211

(3)

The Rise of the Carolingians

214

(8)

Conclusion

222

(2)

The Expansion of Europe: Economy, Society, and Politics in the High Middle Ages, 1000--1300

224

(36)

The First Agricultural Revolution

226

(3)

The Growth of Towns and Commerce

229

(4)

Byzantium, Islam, and the Crusades

233

(8)

Social Mobility and Social Inequality in High Medieval Europe

241

(2)

Politics and Government

243

(1)

Feudalism and the Emergence of National Monarchies

244

(10)

Conclusion

254

(6)

Digital History: The Marketplace

The High Middle Ages: Religious and Intellectual Developments, 1000--1300

260

(32)

The Reform of the Church

262

(8)

The Outburst of Religious Vitality

270

(5)

The Medieval Intellectual Revival

275

(6)

The Blossoming of Literature, Art, and Music

281

(5)

Conclusion

286

(6)

Part IV From Medieval to Modern

The Later Middle Ages, 1300--1500

292

(30)

Economic Depression and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium

294

(3)

Social and Emotional Dislocation

297

(3)

Trials for the Church and Hunger for the Divine

300

(5)

Political Crisis and Recovery

305

(5)

Kievan Rus and the Rise of Muscovy

310

(3)

Thought, Literature, and Art

313

(3)

Advances in Technology

316

(2)

Conclusion

318

(4)

Digital History: After the Black Death

Commerce, Conquest, and Colonization, 1300--1600

322

(20)

The Mongols

324

(3)

The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

327

(4)

Mediterranean Colonialism

331

(5)

Europe Encounters a New World

336

(4)

Conclusion

340

(2)

The Civilization of the Renaissance, c. 1350--1550

342

(26)

The Renaissance and the Middle Ages

344

(1)

The Renaissance in Italy

345

(6)

The Italian Renaissance: Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

351

(6)

The Waning of the Italian Renaissance

357

(2)

The Renaissance in the North

359

(4)

Conclusion

363

(5)

Digital History: Spices

Reformations of Religion

368

(24)

The Lutheran Upheaval

370

(6)

The Spread of Protestantism

376

(4)

The Domestication of the Reformation, 1525--1560

380

(2)

The English Reformation

382

(3)

Catholicism Transformed

385

(4)

Conclusion

389

(3)

Religious Wars and State Building, 1540--1660

392

(30)

Economic, Religious, and Political Tests

394

(1)

A Century of Religious Wars

395

(5)

Divergent Paths: Spain, France, and England, 1600--1660

400

(8)

The Problem of Doubt and the Quest for Certainty

408

(2)

Literature and the Arts

410

(6)

Conclusion

416

(6)

Part V Early Modern Europe

Absolutism and Empire, 1660--1789

422

(2)

The Appeal and Justification of Absolutism

424

(1)

Alternatives to Absolutism

424

(4)

The Absolutism of Louis XIV

428

(6)

The Remaking of Central and Eastern Europe

434

(2)

Autocracy in Russia

436

(4)

Commerce and Consumption

440

(2)

Colonization and Trade in the Seventeenth Century

442

(5)

Colonization and Empire

447

(4)

Conclusion

451

Digital History: Astrology, Astronomy, and Galileo

Rulers of Principal States

(5)

Glossary

(16)

Text Credits

(2)

Illustration Credits

(3)

Index

Western Civilizations

9780393925562

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