Sources of The Making of the West, Volume I: To 1740: Peoples and CulturesThis companion sourcebook provides written and visual sources to accompany each chapter of The Making of the West. Political, social, and cultural documents offer a variety of perspectives that complement the textbook and encourage student to make connections between narrative history and primary sources. Each chapter contains a chapter summary, document headnotes, and questions for discussion. |
Contents
Working with Historical Sources | 1 |
Early Western Civilization 4000 1000 BCE | 15 |
The Near East and the Emergence of Greece 1000 500 BCE | 37 |
The Greek Golden Age of the Fifth Century BCE | 54 |
From the Classical to the Hellenistic World 400 30 BCE | 79 |
The Rise of Rome 753 44 BCE | 97 |
The Roman Empire 44 BCE 284 CE | 121 |
The Transformation of the RomanEmpire 284 600 CE | 135 |
Merchants and Kings Popes and Crusaders 1050 1150 | 188 |
The Flowering of the Middle Ages 1150 1215 | 206 |
The Medieval Search for Order 1215 1340 | 229 |
Crisis and Renaissance 1340 1492 | 247 |
Religious Reforms and Global Encounters 1492 1560 | 269 |
Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews 1560 1648 | 287 |
State Building and the Search for Order 1648 1690 | 307 |
The Atlantic System and Its Consequences 1690 1740 | 329 |
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