Civilization in the West

Name: Civilization in the West
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ISBN: 9780205556847

ISBN-10: 0205556841

ISBN-13: 9780205556847

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, Patricia O'Brien

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"Civilization in the West "blends social and political history with an exceptional map and image program to engage students and bring history to life. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach. "The Visual Record" chapter openers draw students in by using illustrations that underscore a dominant theme of the chapter. New "Image Discovery" features guide students to interrogate images, understand their contexts, and unpack their multiple meanings. The dramatic, changing contours of the West are explored through an exceptional map program, through" Map Discovery "features, and through "Geographical Tours of Europe,"

Book details

List price: $212.80
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1040
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.192
Language: English

Detailed Contents Documents Maps Chronologies, Genealogies, and Figures Preface Supplements 0 About the Authors Introduction The Idea of Western Civilization 1 Chapter1 The First Civilizations 3 The Visual Record: Ouml;tzirsquo;s Last Meal: Tradition and Innovation in Prehistoric Europe Before Civilization The Dominance of Culture Social Organization, Agriculture, and Religion Mesopotamia: Between the Two Rivers Map Discovery:The Ancient World The Ramparts of Uruk Tools: Technology and Writing Gods and Mortals in Mesopotamia Sargon and Mesopotamian Expansion Hammurabi and the Old Babylonian Empire The Gift of the Nile Tending the Cattle of God Democratization of the…