Personalities and Problems Interpretive Essays in World Civilization

Name: Personalities and Problems Interpretive Essays in World Civilization
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ISBN: 9780072565645

ISBN-10: 0072565640

ISBN-13: 9780072565645

Edition: 3rd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Ken Wolf

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Description:

This collection of original essays concerns real people whose lives or careers demonstrate solutions to problems of their times.

Book details

List price: $24.38
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 2/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Preface
Hammurabi and Moses: Laws as a Mirror of Civilization
Zoroaster and Buddha: Explaining Suffering
Confucius and Plato: A Few Really Good People
Mahavira and Diogenes: Unconventional Men
Thucydides and Sima Qian: Learning from the Past
Asoka and Shi Huangdi: Honey and Vinegar
Boudica and Zenobia: Challenging the Romans
Irene and Wu Zhao: Two Iconoclasts
Al-Ghazali and Aquinas: Faith and Reason
Marco Polo and ibn Battuta: The Merchant and the Pilgrim
Mansa Musa and Louis IX: Pilgrims and State-Builders
Prince Henry and Zheng He: Sailing South
Erasmus and Luther: The Reformer's Dilemma
Elizabeth and Akbar: The Religion of the Ruler?
Kangxi and Louis XIV: Dynastic Rulers, East and West
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