Western Civilization: To 1700This collection of primary, secondary, and visual sources for the Western Civilization survey course provides a broad introduction to the materials historians use, the interpretations historians make, and 6,000 years of Western civilization your students need.With its vast compendium of primary, visual, and secondary sources; its broad selection of documents, photographs, maps, and charts; and its full array of introductions, commentaries, guides, and questions, this is truly the source for your course. The selections and accompanying notes-drawn from a broad and balanced spectrum of perspectives and approaches-provide valuable insight into how historians work and place all the material in a context that helps students understand the full historical significance. |
Contents
The Epic of Gilgamesh | 8 |
The Agricultural Revolution 22 | 22 |
PRIMARY SOURCES | 36 |
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agricultural revolution ancient Near East Arab aristocratic Athenian Athens Augustus authority became Byzantine Empire cause chapter characteristics Charlemagne Christian Church city-states Classical colonies Consider Copyright crusades cultural death decline democracy developed divine Early Middle Ages economic Egypt Egyptian emperor Enlil Europe European evidence excerpt expansion faith feudalism following selection gods Greece Greek Henri Pirenne High Middle Ages historians holy human important institutions interpretation Islam James Harvey Robinson Julia O'Faolain king kingdom land living lord Margaret Wade Labarge medieval Mediterranean merchant Mesopotamia Muslims Mycenaeans nature peace period Persian polis political Pope primary documents PRIMARY SOURCES reflected Reformation religion religious Renaissance Reprinted by permission revealed role Roman Empire Rome rule scholars SECONDARY SOURCES seignior slave social society Sumer Sumerian things thirteenth century thou Thucydides tion trans twelfth century Utnapishtim vassal VISUAL SOURCES wealth West woman women