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Encounters and Transformations
Concise
Edward Muir, Michael Maas, Meredith Veldman, Brian P. Levack
ISBN: 9780321276322
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Pearson Education (US)
Edition: Concise ed
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"The West: Encounters & Transformations Concise Edition" examines the changing definition and identity of the West throughout history, emphasizing the encounters between different cultures, beliefs, ideas and peoples that shaped Western civilization, both outside the West and within it.
The West: Encounters & Transformations Concise Edition is a brief version of the comprehensive book. It examines the changing definition and identity of the West throughout history, emphasizing the encounters between different cultures, beliefs, ideas, and peoples that shaped Western civilization, both outside the West and within it.
| ISBN | 0321276329 | | Pages | 416 | | ISBN13 | 9780321276322
(What's this?) | | Part volume | Concise | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 832 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Publication date | 31 Aug 2005 | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Library of Congress | 2005031672 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 909.09812 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Document | | | | | | Maps | | | | | | Justice in History Features | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Supplements | | | | | | Acknowledgments | | | | | | Meet the Authors | | | | | | What Is the West? | | 3 | | Chapter I | | The Beginnings of Civilization: 10,000-2000 B.C.E. | | 11 | | | | Culture, Agriculture, and Civilization | | 12 | | | | The Food-Producing Revolution | | 13 | | | | The First Food-Producing Communities | | 14 | | | | The Birth of Civilization in Southwest Asia | | 15 | | | | Sumer: A Constellation of Cities in Southern Mesopotamia | | 15 | | | | From Akkad to the Amorite Invasions | | 18 | | | | New Mesopotamian Kingdoms: Assyria and Babylonia | | 19 | | | | The Emergence of Egyptian Civilization | | 22 | | | | From the Predynastic Period to the Old Kingdom, ca. 3500-2200 B.C.E. | | 22 | | | | Religious Beliefs in the Old Kingdom | | 23 | | | | The Pyramids | | 23 | | | | The Middle Kingdom, ca. 2040-1785 B.C.E. | | 24 | | | | Egyptian Encounters with Other Civilizations | | 24 | | | | The Transformation of Europe | | 25 | | | | The Linear Pottery Culture | | 26 | | | | The Battle Axe Cultures | | 27 | | | | Technology and Social Change | | 27 | | | | Conclusion: Civilization in the West | | 28 | | | | Justice in History Gods and Kings in Mesopotamian Justice | | 20 | | | More... | | |
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