Civilization in the West blends social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and bring history to life. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach. "The Visual Record" chapter openers draw students in by using illustrations that underscore a dominant theme of the chapter. New "Image Discovery" features guide students to interrogate images, understand their contexts, and unpack their multiple meanings. The dramatic, changing contours of the West are explored through an exceptional map program, throughMap Discovery features, and through Geographical Tours of Europe.
| ISBN | 0205556841 | | Part volume | Combined Volume | | ISBN13 | 9780205556847
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 2109 | | Imprint | Pearson | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Myhistorylab | | Publication date | 10 Oct 2007 | | Previous ISBN | 9780321236128 | | Library of Congress | 2007036149 | | Height (mm) | 276 | | DEWEY | 909.09821 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | Spine width (mm) | 43 | | Pages | 1040 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Detailed Contents Documents Maps Chronologies, Genealogies, and Figures Preface Supplements 0 About the Authors Introduction The Idea of Western Civilization 1 Chapter 1 The First Civilizations 3 The Visual Record: Otzi's Last Meal: Tradition and Innovation in Prehistoric Europe Before Civilization The Dominance of Culture Social Organization, Agriculture, and Religion Mesopotamia: Between the Two Rivers Map Discovery: The Ancient World The Ramparts of Uruk Tools: Technology and Writing Gods and Mortals in Mesopotamia Sargon and Mesopotamian Expansion Hammurabi and the Old Babylonian Empire The Gift of the Nile Tending the Cattle of God Democratization of the Afterlife The Egyptian Empire Map Discovery: The Egyptian Empire Religious and Royal Consolidation Under Akhenaten Between Two Worlds The Hebrew Alternative A King Like All the Nations Exile Ninevehand Babylon The Assyrian Empire The New Babylonian Empire Persian Expansion A Closer Look Discovering the Pharaohs The West and the Under World The First European Immigrants Documents The Code of Hammurabi A Homesick Egyptian The Kingdom of Israel Chapter 2 Early Greece, 25--5 b.c.e. The Visual Record: Hecuba and Achilles: The Birth of Greek Civilization Greecein the Bronze Age to 8 b.c.e. Islands of Peace Map Discovery: Greece in the Bronze Age Mainland of War The Dark Age Archaic Greece, 8--5 b.c.e. Ethnos and Polis 45 Map Discovery: Greek Cities and Colonies of the Archaic Age Technology of Writing and Warfare Colonists and Tyrants Gender and Power Gods and Mortals Myth and Reason Investigation and Speculation Art and the Individual A Tale of Three Cities Wealthy Corinth Martial Sparta Democratic Athens The Coming of Persia and the End of the Archaic Age Map Discovery: The Persian Empire, ca. 5 b.c.e. A Closer Look The Agony of Athletics Documents The Race of Iron Hector and Andromache Two Faces of Tyranny Image Discovery A Revolution in War-fare Chapter 3 Classical and Hellenistic Greece, 5--1 b.c.e. The Visual Record: Pericles Builds His Parthenon: Politics, Art, and Empire 66 Note: Each chapter ends with Questions for Review, Key Terms, Discovering Western Civilization Online, and Suggestions for Further Reading. War and Politics in the Fifth Century b.c.e. The Persian Wars Thermopylae and Salamis The Athenian Empire Private and Public Life in Athens Pericles and Athens The Peloponnesian War Map Discovery: The Delian League and the Peloponnesian War Athenian Culture in the Hellenic Age The Examined Life Understanding the Past Athenian Drama Art and the Human Image From City-States to Macedonian Empire, 404--323 b.c.e. 82 Politics After the Peloponnesian War Philosophy and the Polis The Rise of Macedon Map Discovery: The Empire of Alexander the Great 87 The Empire of Alexander the Great 87 The Hellenistic World 89 Map Discovery: The Hellenistic Kingdoms 89 Urban Life and Culture 92 Women in Public Life 92 Alexandria 93 Hellenistic Literature 93 Architecture and Art 94 Hellenistic Philosophy 95 Mathematics and Science 98 Cultural Resistance 98 A Closer Look Technology and Innovation The West and the Wider World Representing the Buddha: From Apollo to Christian Saint Documents The Two Faces of Athenian Democracy The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Leading Greeks and Barbarians Alexander Calls a Halt Image Discovery Chapter 4 Early Rome and the Roman Republic, 8--146 b.c.e. The Visual Record: Eternal Rome: From Village to Empire The Western Mediterranean to 509 b.c.e. Merchants of Baal The Western Greeks Map Discovery: Greek and Phoenician Colonies and Trade Italy's First Civilization From City to Empire, 509--146 b.c.e. 109 Latin Rome Etruscan Rome Rome and Italy Rome and the Mediterranean Map Discovery: The Punic Wars Republican Civilization Farmers and Soldiers The Roman Family Social Effects of Expansion Roman Religion Republican Letters The Crisis
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