Western Civilizations · Their History & Their Culture (Nineteenth Edition) (Vol. 1) by Cole, Joshua -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover (Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, Volume 1) Front Matter

Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication About the Authors Brief Contents Contents Maps Primary Sources Preface Media Resources for Instructors and Students Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 - Early Civilizations

Before Civilization The Building Blocks of Civilization Urban Development in Mesopotamia The Culture of Sumer The First Empires? The Development of Civilization in Egypt Egyptian Culture and Society Conclusion

Chapter 2 - Peoples, Gods, and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E.

Indo-European Languages and Peoples The New Kingdom of Egypt Transnational Networks of the Late Bronze Age Aegean Civilization: Minoan Crete, Mycenaean Greece The States of the Early Iron Age The Revival of the Assyrian Empire The Rise of the Persians The Development of Hebrew Monotheism Conclusion

Chapter 3 - The Civilization of Greece, 1000–400 B.C.E.

From Chaos to Polis The Culture of Archaic Greece, 800–500 B.C.E. Portraits of Three Poleis The Challenge of the Persian Wars The Golden Age of Classical Greece “The Greatest War in History” and Its Consequences The Failure of Athenian Democracy Conclusion

Chapter 4 - The Greek World Expands, 400–150 B.C.E.

The Downfall of the Greek Polis Reimagining the Polis: The Artistic and Intellectual Response The Rise of Macedonia The Conquests of Alexander (336–323 B.C.E.) The Hellenistic Kingdoms From Polis to Cosmopolis Hellenistic Worldviews The Scientific Revolution of Antiquity Conclusion

Chapter 5 - The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Time of the Kings The Triumph of the Early Republic The Essence of Roman Identity From Republic to Empire The Consequences of Imperialism “Restoring the Republic”: The Struggle for Power The Principate and the Pax Romana, 27 B.C.E.–180 C.E. Making the World Roman Conclusion

Chapter 6 - The Transformation of Rome

The Challenge of Christianity The Challenge of Imperial Expansion The Conversion of Christianity Shifting Centers and Moving Frontiers The Shaping of a New Worldview Classical Learning and the Christian Life Conclusion

Chapter 7 - Rome’s Three Heirs, 500–950

Justinian’s Imperial Ambitions The Roman Empire of Byzantium Muhammad and the Teachings of Islam The Widening Islamic World The Conversion of Northwestern Europe The Empire of Charlemagne Disputed Legacies and New Alliances Conclusion

Chapter 8 - The Expansion of Europe, 950–1100

A Tour of Europe around the Year 1000 The Agricultural Revolution of the Medieval Warm Period The Growth of Towns and Trade Violence, Lordship, and Monarchy Religious Reform and Papal Power Crusading Causes and Outcomes The Culture of the Muslim West Conclusion

Chapter 9 - The Consolidation of Europe, 1100–1250

The Making of Medieval Monarchies Continuing the Crusades Unity and Dissent in the Western Church An Intellectual Revolution Courts, Cities, and Cathedrals Conclusion

Chapter 10 - The Medieval World, 1250–1350

The Mongol Empire and the Reorientation of the West The Extension of European Commerce and Settlement Ways of Knowing and Describing the World Papal Power and Popular Piety Struggles for Sovereignty From the Great Famine to the Black Death Conclusion

Chapter 11 - Rebirth and Unrest, 1350–1453

Life after the Black Death The Beginnings of the Renaissance in Italy The End of the Eastern Roman Empire Warfare and Nation Building The Challenges of the Roman Church Conclusion

Chapter 12 - Innovation and Exploration, 1453–1533

Renaissance Ideals—and Realities The Renaissance North of the Alps The Politics of Christian Europe New Targets and Technologies of Conquest Europeans in a New World Conclusion

Chapter 13 - The Age of Dissent and Division, 1500–1564

Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany The Many Forms of Protestantism The Domestication of Reform The Reformation in England The Rebirth of the Roman Catholic Church Conclusion

Chapter 14 - Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550–1660

The Emergence of the Atlantic World Conflict and Competition in Europe and the Atlantic World The Thirty Years’ War and Its Outcomes The Crisis of Kingship in England An Age of Doubt and the Art of Being Human Conclusion

Chapter 15 - European Monarchies and Absolutism, 1660–1725

The Appeal and Justification of Absolutism The Absolutism of Louis XIV Alternatives to Absolutism War and the Balance of Power, 1661–1715 The Remaking of Central and Eastern Europe Autocracy in Russia Conclusion

Chapter 16 - The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

The Intellectual Origins of the Scientific Revolution The Copernican Revolution Tycho’s Observations and Kepler’s Laws New Heavens, New Earth, and Worldly Politics: Galileo Dating the Age of the Earth: The Origins of Geology and the Environmental Sciences Methods for a New Philosophy: Bacon and Descartes “And All Was Light”: Isaac Newton Conclusion

Appendix: Rulers of Principal States Further Readings Glossary Text Credits Photo Credits Index

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