The West in the World, Volume I with Making the Grade; MP

by SHERMAN D

• ISBN13: 9780072416510
• ISBN10: 0072416513
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-21
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

A social history within a political and cultural framework, The West in the World looks at the development of western civilization within the context of the rest of the world. Rather than treating the evolution of western civilization as an isolated event, Sherman and Salisbury examine how the west evolved in time with--and often, as a response to--the events that shaped civilization around the globe. In addition to setting the history of western civilization in context, this groundbreaking new text distinguishes itself from standard survey texts by being the first to fully interate viusal history with traditional narrative style. Readers glimpse the true craft of the historian through integrated discussion of the visual program in the book; throughout the text, the authors address how the paintings, sculpures and other art of the times serve as primary sources in informing the reader about that period in history.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Preface

CHAPTER 1

TheRoots of Western Civilization: The Ancient Middle East to 500 B.C.

Before Western Civilization
Struggling with the Forces of Nature: Mesopotamia, 3000-ca. 1000 B.C.
Rule of the God-King: Ancient Egypt, ca. 3100-1000 B.C.
Biography Hatshepsut (1504?-1482 B.C.) and Thutmose
Merchants and Monotheists: People of the Mediterranean Coast, ca. 1300-500B.C.
Terror and Benevolence: The Growth of Empires, 1200-500 B.C.

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 2

TheContest for Excellence: Greece 2000-338 B.C.

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Heroes
Life in the Greek Poleis, 700-489 B.C.
Imperial Athens, 489-431 B.C.
Destruction, Disillusion, and a Search for Meaning
Biography Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 B.C.)

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 3

ThePoleis Become Cosmopolitan: The Hellenistic World 323-150 B.C.

The Conquest of the Poleis
The Successor Kingdoms, 323-ca. 100 B.C.
East Meets West in the Successor Kingdoms
The Search for Truth: Hellenistic Thought, Religion, and Science
Biography Arsinoi II

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 4

Pride in Family and City: Rome from ItsOrigins Through the Republic, 753-44 B.C.

The Rise of Rome , 753-265 B.C.
Expansion and Transformation, 265-133 B.C.
Biography Publius Terentius Afer (ca. 190-159 B.C.)
The Hellenizing of the Republic
The Twilight of the Republic

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 5

Territorial and Christian Empires: The Roman Empire, 31B.C. to A.D. 410

The Pax Romana- 27 B.C. to A.D. 192
Life During the Peace of Rome
Crisis and Transformation, A.D. 192-ca. 400
The Longing for Religious Fulfillment
From Christian Persecution to the City of God, A.D. 64-410
The Holy Life
Biography Melanie the Younger (385-439?)

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 6

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

The Making of the Western Kingdoms, ca. 376-750
The Byzantine Empire, ca. 400-1000
Islam, 600-1000
Islam and the West
Biography Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037)

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 7

The Struggle to Restore Order: The Middle Ages, ca.750-1000

Bringing Order with Laws and Leadership
Anglo-Saxon England: Forwarding Learning and Law
Charlemagne and the Carolingians: A New European Empire
Struggle for Order in the Church
Order Interrupted: Vikings and Other Invaders
Biography Dhuoda, Bernard, and William, ca. 840
Manors and Feudal Ties: Order Emerging from Chaos

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 8

Order Perfected: The High Middle Ages, 1000-1300

Those Who Work: Agricultural Labor
Those Outside the Order: Town Life
Biography Ramon Lull (1232?-1316)
Those Who Fight: Nobles and Kings
The Rise of Centralized Monarchies
Those Who Pray: Imperial Popes and Expanding Christendom

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 9

Despair in the West, Empires in the East: The Last MiddleAges, ca. 1300-1500

Economic and Social Misery
Imperial Papacy Besieged
More Destruction: The Hundred Year’ War
Biography Edward: The Black Prince, 1330-1376
Responses to Disaster and Despair
Empires in the East

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 10

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

A New Spirit Emerges: Individualism, Realism, and Activism
Biography Isabella d’Este (1474-1539)
The Politics of Individual Effort
Individualism as Self-Interest: Life During the Renaissance
An Age of Talent and Beauty: Renaissance Culture and Science
Renaissance of the “New Monarchies” of the North

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 11

“Alone Before God”: Religious Reform and Warfare1500-1648

The Clash of Dynasties
Biography Martin Guerre (1524-1594)
A Tide of Religious Reform
The Catholic Reformation
Europe Erupts Again: A Century of Religious Warfare, 1559-1648
Life After the Reformation

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 12

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

The World Imagined
The World Discovered
Confrontation of Cultures
The World Market and the Commercial Revolution
The World Transformed
Biography Maria Sibylla Mertan (1647-1717)

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 13

The Struggle for Survival andSovereignty: Europe’s Social and Political Order 1600-1715

Stresses in Traditional Society
Royal Absolutism in France
The Struggle for Sovereignty in Eastern Europe
The Triumph of Constitutionalism
Biography Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 14

A New World of Reason and Reform: TheScientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, 1600-1800

Questioning Truth and Authority
Developing a Modern Scientific View
Supporting and Spreading Science
Laying the Foundations for the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment in Full Stride
Biography Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 15

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

Statebuilding and War
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: Western Africa, Brazil, and the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Twilight of Monarchies? The Question of Enlightened Absolutism
Changes in Country and City Life
The Culture of the Elite: Combining the Old and the New
Biography Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Culture for the Lower Classes
Foreshadowing Upheaval: The American Revolution

Timeline: A Closer Look
Summary
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom

CHAPTER 16

Overturning the Political and SocialOrder: The French Revolution and Napoleon 1789-1815

“A Great Ferment”: Trouble Brewing in France
The Constitutional Monarchy: Establishing a New Order
To the Radical republic and Back
Biography Manon Roland (1754-1793)
Napoleon Bonaparte

Summary
Timeline: A Closer Look
Review, Analyze, and Anticipate
Beyond the Classroom