(Volume I contains Chapters 1-18; Volume II contains Chapters 16-35; Combined Volume contains Chapters 1-35) | |
The Coming of Civilization | |
Birth of Civilization | |
Early Humans and Their Culture | |
The Paleolithic Age | |
The Neolithic Age | |
The Bronze Age and the Birth of Civilization | |
Early Civilizations to About 1000 b.c.e | |
Mesopotamian Civilization | |
Egyptian Civilization | |
Ancient Near Eastern Empires | |
The Hittites | |
The Mitannians | |
The Assyrians | |
The Second Assyrian Empire | |
The Neo-Babylonians | |
Early Indian Civilization | |
The Indus Civilization | |
The Vedic Aryan Civilization Overview | |
Early Chinese Civilization | |
Neolithic Origins in the Yellow River Valley | |
Early Bronze Age: The Shang | |
Later Bronze Age: The Western Zhou | |
Iron Age: The Eastern Zhou | |
The Rise of Civilization in the Americas | |
Summary | |
Review Questions | |
Key Terms | |
The Four Great Revolutions in Thought and Religion | |
Comparing the Four Great Revolutions | |
Philosophy in China | |
Confucianism | |
Daoism | |
Legalism | |
Religion in India | |
ldquo;Hindurdquo; and ldquo;Indianrdquo; | |
Historical Background | |
The Upanishadic Worldview | |
Mahavira and the Jain Tradition | |
The Buddharsquo;s ldquo;Middle Pathrdquo; | |
The Religion of the Israelites | |
From Hebrew Nomads to the Israelite Nation | |
The Monotheistic Revolution Greek Philosophy | |
Reason and the Scientific Spirit | |
Political and Moral Philosophy | |
Summary | |
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