Western Civilization

by SPIELVOGEL

• ISBN13: 9780534600112
• ISBN10: 0534600115
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-05
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Prepared by James Baker of Western Kentucky University, the Study Guide includes chapter outlines and summaries, analysis of primary source documents, and questions that include identification, matching, multiple choice, fill-in-the blank, chronology, critical thought, and map exercise questions.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations	7	(13)
The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires	20	(10)
The Civilization of the Greeks	30	(14)
The Hellenistic World	44	(11)
The Roman Republic	55	(13)
The Roman Empire	68	(14)
The Passing of the Roman World and the Emergence of Medieval Civilization	82	(10)
European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000	92	(12)
The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages	104	(12)
The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power	116	(11)
The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century	127	(11)
Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance	138	(14)
Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century	152	(14)
Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800	166	(12)
State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century	178	(14)
Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science	192	(11)
Answer Key	203