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Western Heritage Volume 1

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ISBN-10: 0205705154

ISBN-13: 9780205705153

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 feature-Compare & Connect-which presents students with two or more documents that reflect opposing viewpoints on a topic and engages them to become part of the historical discourse.
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Book details

List price: $130.60
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

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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
The Women of Athens: Social Status and Everyday Life
Slavery
Religion in Public Life