Making Europe; People, Politics, and Culture Volume 1 to1790

by Kidner, Frank L.; Bucur, Maria; Mathisen, Ralph; McKee, Sally; Weeks, Theodore R.

• ISBN13: 9780618004805
• ISBN10: 0618004807
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Designed for students without a strong background in history, Making Europe is organized around a political chronology to help inexperienced students get a sense of the story of western civilization. Themes of religion, social history, biography and personality, and individual and collective identity enable students to grasp the "big picture." The text's attention to Eastern Europe and thorough coverage of religious history extends right up to the present. The authors' collective experience teaching Western Civilization is evident in the text's carefully designed system of pedagogy that promotes understanding of events and figures of the western past. Focus and review questions, chronologies, key terms and definitions, and chapter summaries help students engage with the material step-by-step, chapter-by-chapter.

Table of Contents

The Origins of Western Civilization in the Ancient Near East, 3000-1200 B.C.E.

Iron Age Civilizations, 1200-500 B.C.E.

The Rise of Greek Civilization, 1100-387 B.C.E.

From Polis to Cosmopolis: The Hellenistic World, 387-30 B.C.E.

The Rise of Rome, 753-27 B.C.E.

The Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.-284 C.E.

Late Antiquity, 284-527

The Eastern Mediterranean, 500-1000

The Kingdoms of Western Europe, 500-1000

The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300

Reversals and Disasters, 1300-1450

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe, 1350-1550

Europe's Age of Expansion, 1450-1550

Reform in the Western Church, 1490-1570

A Century of War and Wonder, 1550-1650

State Building and the European State System 1648-1789

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1550-1790

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