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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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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.C.E.—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
Chapter 12: The Italian Renaissance and Beyond: The Politics of Culture
Chapter 13: The West and the World: The Significance of Global Encounters, 1450—1650
Chapter 14: The Reformations of Religion
Chapter 15: The Age of Confessional Division
Chapter 16: Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618—1715
Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution
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
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
Chapter 3: Greek Civilization
Greece Rebuilds, 1100—479 B.C.E.
The Greek Encounter with the Persian Empire
The Classical Age of Greece, 479—336 B.C.E.
Chapter 4: Hellenistic Civilization
The Impact of Alexander the Great
Hellenism in the East and West
Hellenistic Society and Culture
Hellenistic Philosophy and Science
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
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
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
Chapter 8: Medieval Empires and Borderlands: Byzantium and Islam
Byzantium: The Survival of the Roman Empire
The New World of Islam
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
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
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
Chapter 12: The Italian Renaissance and Beyond: The Politics of Culture
The Cradle of the Renaissance: The Italian City-States
The Influence of Ancient Culture
The Early Modern European State System
Chapter 13: The West and the World: The Significance of Global Encounters, 1450—1650
Europeans in Africa
Europeans in the Americas
Europeans in Asia
The Beginnings of the Global System
Chapter 14: The Reformations of Religion
Causes of the Reformation
The Lutheran Reformation
The Diversity of Protestantism
The Catholic Reformation
Chapter 15: The Age of Confessional Division
The Peoples of Early Modern Europe
Disciplining the People
Hunting Witches
The Confessional States
States and Confessions in Eastern Europe
Chapter 16: Absolutism and State Building in Europe, 1618—1715
The Nature of Absolutism
The Absolutist State in France and Spain
Absolutism and State Building in Central and Eastern Europe
Resistance to Absolutism in England and the Dutch Republic
Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution
The Discoveries and Achievements of the Scientific Revolution
The Search for Scientific Knowledge
The Causes of the Scientific Revolution
The Intellectual Consequences of the Scientific Revolution
Humans and the Natural World
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