Western Heritage to 1563

Name: Western Heritage to 1563
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ISBN: 9780205699780

ISBN-10: 0205699782

ISBN-13: 9780205699780

Edition: 10th 2010

Authors: Donald M. Kagan, Steven M. Ozment, Frank M. Turner, Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment

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Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balanced narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural, and political history, the presentation reflects a flexible chronological organization. The Tenth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of European imperialism prior to World War I, streamlined coverage of the period between the two World Wars, and a brand new featureCompare & Connectwhich presents students with two or more documents that reflect opposing viewpoints on a topic and engages them to become part of the historical discourse.

Book details

List price: $129.20
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Mark Moyaris professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Marine Corps University and the author ofTriumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965andPhoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam.




The Foundations Of Western Civilization In The Ancient World



The Birth of Civilization Early Humans and Their Culture


The Paleolithic Age


The Neolithic Age


The Bronze Age and the Birth of Civilization Early Civilizations to about 1000 B.C.E.


Mesopotamian Civilization Egyptian Civilization Ancient Near Eastern Empires


The Hittites


The Assyrians


The Second Assyrian Empire


The Neo-Babylonians


The Persian Empire Cyrus the Great Darius the Great Government and Administration


Religion Art and Culture Palestine


The Canaanites and the Phoenicians


The Israelites


The Jewish Religion General Outlook of Mideastern Cultures


Humans and Nature Toward the Greeks and Western Thought


In Perspective



The Rise of Greek Civilization


The Bronze Age on Crete and on the Mainland to about 1150 B.C.E.


The Minoans


The Mycenaeans The Greek ldquo;Middle Agesrdquo; to about 750 B.C.E.


Greek Migrations


The Age of Homer


ThePolis Development of thePolis


TheHoplitePhalanx


The Importance of thePolis Expansion of the Greek World Magna Graecia


The Greek Colony


The Tyrants (ca. 700ndash;500 B.C.E.)


The Major States Sparta Athens Life in Archaic Greece Society Religion Poetry


The Persian Wars


The Ionian Rebellion


The War in Greece


In Perspective



Classical and Hellenistic Greece Aftermath of Victory


The Delian League


The Rise of Cimon


The First Peloponnesian War: Athens against Sparta


The Breach with Sparta


The Division of Greece Classical Greece


The Athenian Empire Athenian Democracy


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