The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume I

Auteur

Michael Burger is a professor of History at Auburn University at Montgomery.

Texte du rabat

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century begins with the ancient Near East and ends with the mid-eighteenth century. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation.

Contenu

Preface Figures Maps Notes on References, Further Reading, and Dates 1. Foundations: The Ancient Near East 2. The Greeks: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic 3. Rome: From Republic to Empire 4. Rome's Fall? Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages 5. The High and Late Middle Ages 6. The Early Modern West I: The Reformation, the Great Consolidation, and the End of Christendom 7. The Early Modern West II: Science, Society, and the State Index Sources