WEST Volume 1

by Sherman, Dennis; Salisbury, Joyce

• ISBN13: 9780077421298
• ISBN10: 0077421299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-13
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Imagine your Western Civilization students evaluating evidence, making connections, and thinking analytically about the past and present. Imagine your students better understanding the development of western ideas and values and the impact on today's world. WEST, a brief, lively narrative offers a rich, innovative and integrated teaching and learning program for today's Western Civilization courses. One that combines an outstanding design and a ground-breaking digital program, Connect History, that embraces instructor's course goals while meeting students where they learn best, in an active environment. WESTillustrates the significance of economic, political, social and cultural interactions that shaped Western Civilization while asking students to analyze events and themes in order to build a greater understanding of the past and its influence and impact on the present. With WEST, students are no longer simply reading a static page. They are interacting and engaging in a visual and hands-on learning experience. As students experience the history of Western Civilization, WESTbuilds the critical analysis skills that will student success in this history course and beyond.

Table of Contents

List of Primary Source Documents

List of Maps

List of Features

Preface

CHAPTER 1

The Roots of Western Civilization: The Ancient Middle East to the Sixth Century B.C.E.

CHAPTER 2

The Contest for Excellence: Greece, 2000–338 B.C.E.

CHAPTER 3

The Poleis Become Cosmopolitan: The Hellenistic World, 336–150 B.C.E.

CHAPTER 4

Pride in Family and City: Rome from Its Origins Through the Republic, 753–44 B.C.E.

CHAPTER 5

Territorial and Christian Empires: The Roman Empire, 31 B.C.E.– 410 C.E.

CHAPTER 6

A World Divided: Western Kingdoms, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, ca. 376–1000

CHAPTER 7

The Struggle to Bring Order: The Early Middle Ages, ca. 750–1000

CHAPTER 8

Order Restored: The High Middle Ages, 1000–1300

CHAPTER 9

The West Struggles and Eastern Empires Flourish: The Late Middle Ages, ca. 1300–1500

CHAPTER 10

A New Spirit in the West: The Renaissance, ca. 1300–1640

CHAPTER 11

“Alone Before God”: Religious Reform and Warfare, 1500–1648

CHAPTER 12

Faith, Fortune, and Fame: European Expansion, 1450–1700

CHAPTER 13

The Struggle for Survival and Sovereignty: Europe’s Social and Political Order, 1600–1715

CHAPTER 14

A New World of Reason and Reform: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600–1800

CHAPTER 15

Competing for Power and Wealth: The Old Regime, 1715–1789

CHAPTER 16

Overturning the Political and Social Order: The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789–1815