Western Civilization

by Spielvogel, Jackson J.

• ISBN13: 9780534767228
• ISBN10: 0534767222
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Documents	xv
Maps	xxi
Chronologies	xxii
Preface	xxiii
Introduction to Students of Western Civilization	xxix
The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations	1	(31)
The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires	32	(23)
The Civilization of the Greeks	55	(36)
The Hellenistic World	91	(23)
The Roman Republic	114	(33)
The Roman Empire	147	(31)
The Passing of the Roman World and the Emergence of Medieval Civilization	178	(31)
European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000	209	(28)
The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages	237	(29)
A New World of Cities and Kingdoms	266	(30)
The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century	296	(30)
Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance	326	(36)
The Age of Reformation	362	(30)
Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	392	(34)
Response to Crisis: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century	426	(61)
Glossary	487	(9)
Pronunciation Guide	496	(7)
Credits	503	(2)
Index	505