Western Civilizations vol 1

by Coffin, Judith G.

• ISBN13: 9780393925364
• ISBN10: 0393925366
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Table of Contents

Maps	xvii
Chronologies	xix
Documents	xxi
Preface	xxiii
Part I The Ancient Near East
The Origins of Western Civilizations	6	(44)
The Stone Age Background	8	(1)
The Neolithic Revolution	9	(4)
The Development of Civilization in Mesopotamia	13	(4)
The Sumerians Enter History	17	(10)
The Old Babylonian Empire	27	(4)
The Development of Civilization in Egypt	31	(15)
Conclusion	46	(4)
Digital History: Water: The Primary Element
Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East, 1700-500 B.C.E.	50	(50)
The Indo-European Migrations	52	(3)
Egypt in the Second Millennium B.C.E.	55	(7)
The ``International System'' of the Late Bronze Age	62	(2)
Aegean Civilization: Minoans and Mycenaeans	64	(7)
The Small-Scale States of the Early Iron Age	71	(8)
The Assyrian Empire	79	(7)
The Persians	86	(3)
The Development of Hebrew Monotheism	89	(4)
Conclusion	93	(7)
Part II The Greek and Roman Worlds
The Greek Experiment	100	(36)
The Dark Age of Greece (1150-800 B.C.E.)	102	(4)
Archaic Greece (800-480 B.C.E.)	106	(5)
The Archaic Polis in Action	111	(7)
The Persian Wars	118	(3)
The ``Golden Age'' of Classical Greece	121	(6)
League Building and the Peloponnesian War	127	(7)
Conclusion	134	(2)
The Expansion of Greece	136	(30)
Failures of the Fourth-Century Polis	138	(1)
The Cultural and Intellectual Response	139	(4)
The Rise of Macedon and the Conquests of Alexander	143	(5)
The Hellenistic Kingdoms	148	(4)
The Growth of Trade and Urbanization	152	(1)
Hellenistic Culture: Philosophy and Religion	153	(2)
Hellenistic Culture: Literature and Art	155	(4)
Science and Medicine	159	(2)
The Transformation of the Polis	161	(1)
Conclusion	162	(4)
Digital History: Mystery Cults
Roman Civilization	166	(38)
Early Italy and the Roman Monarchy	168	(2)
The Early Republic	170	(5)
The Fateful Wars with Carthage	175	(3)
Society and Culture in the Late Republic	178	(4)
The Social Struggles of the Late Republic	182	(3)
The Principate or Early Empire (27 B.C.E.--180 C.E.)	185	(5)
Culture and Life in the Period of the Principate	190	(8)
The Crisis of the Third Century (180--284 C.E.)	198	(2)
Roman Rule in the West: A Balance Sheet	200	(2)
Conclusion	202	(2)
Christianity and the Transformation of the Roman World	204	(42)
The Reorganized Empire	206	(3)
The Emergence and Triumph of Christianity	209	(8)
The New Contours of Fourth-Century Christianity	217	(7)
The Germanic Invasions and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire	224	(2)
The Shaping of Western Christian Thought	226	(5)
The Christianization of Classical Culture in the West	231	(3)
Eastern Rome and the Western Empire	234	(4)
Conclusion	238	(8)
Digital History: Wine
Part III The Middle Ages
Rome's Three Heirs: The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds	246	(40)
The Byzantine Empire and Its Culture	248	(6)
The Growth of Islam	254	(7)
The Changing Islamic World	261	(7)
Western Christian Civilization in the Early Middle Ages	268	(5)
The Rise of the Carolingians	273	(10)
Conclusion	283	(3)
The Expansion Of Europe: Economy, Society, and Politics in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300	286	(44)
The First Agricultural Revolution	288	(4)
The Growth of Towns and Commerce	292	(4)
Byzantium, Islam, and the Crusades	296	(10)
Social Mobility and Social Inequality in High Medieval Europe	306	(3)
Politics and Government	309	(2)
Feudalism and the Emergence of National Monarchies	311	(14)
Conclusion	325	(5)
Digital History: The Marketplace
The High Middle Ages: Religious and Intellectual Developments, 1000-1300	330	(40)
The Reform of the Church	332	(10)
The Outburst of Religious Vitality	342	(7)
The Medieval Intellectual Revival	349	(8)
The Blossoming of Literature, Art, and Music	357	(6)
Conclusion	363	(7)
Part IV From Medieval to Modern
The Later Middle Ages, 1300-1500	370	(40)
Economic Depression and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium	372	(4)
Social and Emotional Dislocation	376	(4)
Trials for the Church and Hunger for the Divine	380	(8)
Political Crisis and Recovery	388	(6)
Kievan Rus and the Rise of Muscovy	394	(4)
Thought, Literature, and Art	398	(4)
Advances in Technology	402	(2)
Conclusion	404	(6)
Digital History: After the Black Death
Commerce, Conquest, and Colonization, 1300-1600	410	(24)
The Mongols	412	(4)
The Rise of the Ottoman Empire	416	(5)
Mediterranean Colonialism	421	(7)
Europe Encounters a New World	428	(4)
Conclusion	432	(2)
The Civilization of the Renaissance, C. 1350-1550	434	(34)
The Renaissance and the Middle Ages	436	(1)
The Renaissance in Italy	437	(8)
The Italian Renaissance: Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture	445	(9)
The Waning of the Italian Renaissance	454	(2)
The Renaissance in the North	456	(7)
Conclusion	463	(5)
Digital History: Spices
Reformations of Religion	468	(30)
The Lutheran Upheaval	470	(8)
The Spread of Protestantism	478	(5)
The Domestication of the Reformation, 1525-1560	483	(3)
The English Reformation	486	(4)
Catholicism Transformed	490	(5)
Conclusion	495	(3)
Religious Wars and State Building, 1540-1660	498	(36)
Economic, Religious, and Political Tests	500	(2)
A Century of Religious Wars	502	(7)
Divergent Paths: Spain, France, and England, 1600-1660	509	(9)
The Problem of Doubt and the Quest for Certainty	518	(4)
Literature and the Arts	522	(6)
Conclusion	528	(6)
Part V Early Modern Europe
Absolutism and Empire, 1660-1789	534
The Appeal and Justification of Absolutism	536	(2)
Alternatives to Absolutism	538	(4)
The Absolutism of Louis XIV	542	(7)
The Remaking of Central and Eastern Europe	549	(4)
Autocracy in Russia	553	(4)
Commerce and Consumption	557	(4)
Colonization and Trade in the Seventeenth Century	561	(6)
Colonization and Empire	567	(5)
Conclusion	572
Digital History: Astrology, Astronomy, and Galileo
Rulers of Principal States	1	(5)
Glossary	6	(14)
Text Credits	22	(2)
Illustration Credits	24	(3)
Index	27