Western Heritage, 1300-1815

Name: Western Heritage, 1300-1815
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ISBN: 9780132197199

ISBN-10: 0132197197

ISBN-13: 9780132197199

Edition: 9th 2007 (Revised)

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

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Volume I: to 1740 nbsp; A core text for introductory-level survey courses in Western Civilization and European History and Civilization. nbsp; Written by leading scholars in the field, this authoritative text presents an engaging and balancednbsp;narrative of the central developments in Western history. Seamlessly integrating coverage of social, cultural and political history, this text is presented in a flexible chronological organization. The new Ninth Edition provides updated scholarship, expanded coverage of cultural history, the ancient Near East, late antiquity, imperialism, andnbsp;the Holocaust.nbsp;

Book details

List price: $111.60
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Steven Ozment is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. He is the author of Flesh and Spirit and The BÃ¼rgermeisterï¿½e(tm)s Daughter.




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 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 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


The Polis Development of the Polis


The Hoplite Phalanx


The Importance of the Polis


Expansion of the Greek World Magna Graecia


The Greek Colony


The Tyrants (ca. 700-500 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


The Women of Athens: Social Status and Everyday Life Slavery


The Great Peloponnesian War Strategic Stalemate