Heritage of World Civilizations

Name: Heritage of World Civilizations
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ISBN: 9780136003229

ISBN-10: 0136003222

ISBN-13: 9780136003229

Edition: 8th 2009

Authors: Grace J Craig, William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment, Frank M. Turner

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For undergraduate level World Civilization or World History courses. This comprehensive, accessible survey of world history has been extensively revised to provide an even more global and comparative perspective on the events and processes that have shaped our increasingly interdependent world. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields,Heritage of World Civilizations, 8/e,combines unusually strong and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Islamic, Western, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the worlds great religious and philosophical traditions.

Book details

List price: $110.60
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Prentice Hall Higher Education
Publication date: 2/25/2008
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 752
Size: 10.67" wide x 9.02" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 3.894
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.



Combined Volume contains Chapters 1-35


Volume I contains Chapters 1-18


Volume II contains Chapters 16-35


Volume II Begins



The World in Transition



Europe 1500-1650: Expansion, Reformation, and Religious Wars


The Discovery of a New World


The Reformation


The Northern Renaissance


Martin Luther and the German Reformation to 1525


Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation


Anabaptists and Radical Protestants


John Calvin and the Genevan Reformation


Political Consolidation of the Lutheran Reformation


The English Reformation to 1553


Catholic Reform and Counter-Reformation


The Reformationrsquo;s Achievements


Family Life in Early Modern Europe


The Wars of Religion


French Wars of Religion (1562-1598)


Imperial Spain and the Reign of Philip II (1556-1598)


England and Spain (1558-1603)


The Thirty Years War (1618-1648)


Superstition and Enlightenment: the Battle Within


Witch Hunts and Panic