West Encounters and Tranformations, The, Volume A

by Levack, Brian; Muir, Edward; Veldman, Meredith

• ISBN13: 9780205987689
• ISBN10: 0205987680
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-07-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Explore the changing nature of the West

 

Rather than looking at Western civilization only as the history of Europe from ancient times to the present, this groundbreaking book examines the changing nature of the West—how the definition of the West has evolved and has been transformed throughout history. It explores the ways Western civilization has changed as a result of cultural encounters with different beliefs, ideas, technologies, and peoples, both outside the West and within it. Presenting a balanced treatment of political, social, religious, and cultural history, this text emphasizes the ever-shifting boundaries of the geographic and cultural realm of the West.

 

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Table of Contents

In this Section:

1) Brief Table of Contents

2) Full Table of Contents

 

1) Brief Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Civilization, 10,000–1150 B.C.E.

Chapter 2: The Age of Empires: The International Bronze Age and Its Aftermath, ca. 1500–550 B.C.E.

Chapter 3: Greek Civilization

Chapter 4: Hellenistic Civilization

Chapter 5: The Roman Republic

Chapter 6: Enclosing the West: The Early Roman Empire and Its Neighbors, 31 B.CE.–235 C.E.

Chapter 7: Late Antiquity: The Age of New Boundaries, 250–600

Chapter 8: Medieval Empires and Borderlands: Byzantium and Islam

Chapter 9: Medieval Empires and Borderlands: The Latin West

Chapter 10: Medieval Civilization: The Rise of Western Europe

Chapter 11: The Medieval West in Crisis

 

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 2) Full Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1: The Beginnings of Civilization, 10,000–1150 B.C.E.

Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization

Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests  

Egypt: The Empire of the Nile

Conclusion: Civilization and the West

 

Chapter 2:  The Age of Empires: The International Bronze Age and Its Aftermath, ca. 1500–550 B.C.E.

The Dynamism of the International Bronze Age

Recovery and Rebuilding: Empires and Societies in the Aftermath of the International Bronze Age

The Civilization of the Hebrews

Conclusion: International Systems, Ancient Empires, and the Roots of Western Civilization

 

Chapter 3: Greek Civilization

Greece Rebuilds, 1100–479 B.C.E.

The Greek Encounter with Persia

The Classical Age of Greece, 479–336 B.C.E.

Conclusion: The Cultural Foundations of the West

 

Chapter 4: Hellenistic Civilization

The Impact of Alexander the Great

Hellenism in the East and West

Hellenistic Society and Culture

Hellenistic Philosophy and Science

Conclusion: Defining the West in the Hellenistic Age

 

Chapter 5: The Roman Republic

The Nature of the Roman Republic

Roman Territorial Expansion

The Culture of the Roman Republic

Social Life in Republican Rome

The End of the Roman Republic

Conclusion: The Roman Republic and the West

 

Chapter 6: Enclosing the West: The Early Roman

Empire and Its Neighbors, 31 B.C.E.–235 C.E.

The Imperial Center

Life in the Roman Provinces: Assimilation, Resistance, and Romanization

The Frontier and Beyond

Society and Culture in the Imperial Age

Conclusion: Rome Shapes the West

 

Chapter 7: Late Antiquity: The Age of New Boundaries, 250–600

Crisis and Recovery in the Third Century

Toward a Christian Empire

New Christian Communities and Identities

The Breakup of the Roman Empire

Conclusion: The Age of New Boundaries

 

Chapter 8: Medieval Empires and Borderlands: Byzantium and Islam

Byzantium: The Survival of the Roman Empire

The New World of Islam

Conclusion: Three Cultural Realms

 

Chapter 9: Medieval Empires and Borderlands: The Latin West

The Birth of Latin Christendom

The Carolingians

Invasions and Recovery in the Latin West

The West in the East: The Crusades

Conclusion: An Emerging Unity in the Latin West

 

Chapter 10: Medieval Civilization: The Rise of Western Europe

Two Worlds: Manors and Cities

The Consolidation of Roman Catholicism

Strengthening the Center of the West

Medieval Culture: The Search for Understanding

Conclusion: Asserting Western Culture

 

Chapter 11: The Medieval West in Crisis

A Time of Death

A Cold Wind from the East

Economic Depression and Social Turmoil

An Age of Warfare

A Troubled Church and the Demand for Religious Comfort

The Culture of Loss

Conclusion: Looking Inward