Western Civilization I to 1500
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History: The systematic study of the past was born in the Western world with Herodotus and Thucydides. Herodotus (ca. 484–ca. 425) wrote The Histories on the origins of the Greco-Persian conflict, and Thucydides (ca. 460–ca. 395) wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. These men were not satisfied with hearsay; they examined evidence and causation in order to construct their narratives.
History: The systematic study of the past was born in the Western world with Herodotus and Thucydides. Herodotus (ca. 484–ca. 425) wrote The Histories on the origins of the Greco-Persian conflict, and Thucydides (ca. 460–ca. 395) wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. These men were not satisfied with hearsay; they examined evidence and causation in order to construct their narratives.
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Reader’s Guide
- Contributors
- Unit 1: Archaic and Early Classical Greece
- The Greek Polis
- Greek Civic Culture
- Archaic Greece
- Unit 1 Review
- Unit 2: Late Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Age
- Greek Philosophy
- The Hellenistic World
- Alexander the Great
- Unit 2 Review
- Unit 3: Roman Republic
- Imperialism and the Punic Wars
- Roman Culture
- Government of the Roman Republic
- Unit 3 Review
- Unit 4: Roman Empire
- Late Roman Empire
- From Republic to Empire
- Five Good Emperors
- Unit 4 Review
- Unit 5: The Rise of Christianity
- Jewish Origins of Jesus
- The Spread of Christianity and Persecutions
- Christianity and Roman Paganism
- Unit 5 Review
- Unit 6: The Fall of Rome and the European Peoples
- Barbarian Kingdoms
- Cultures of the Germanic Tribes
- Late Antiquity and the “Fall” of Rome
- Unit 6 Review
- Unit 7: Ascendancy of the East
- Islamic Spain
- The Rise of Islam
- The Byzantine Empire
- Unit 7 Review
- Unit 8: The Church and the Conversion of the European Peoples
- Christianity in Britain and Ireland
- Saint Boniface in France and Germany
- Saint Benedict and Western Monasticism
- Unit 8 Review
- Unit 9: Age of Charlemagne
- The Carolingian Renaissance
- Charlemagne
- Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties
- Unit 9 Review
- Unit 10: Feudal Europe and the “Dark Age”
- Vikings
- Corruption in the Church
- Feudal Society
- Unit 10 Review
- Unit 11: Church Reform in the Eleventh Century and the Medieval Papacy
- Church and State
- The Investiture Controversy
- Cluniac Reform
- Unit 11 Review
- Unit 12: International Relations
- Exploration
- The Mongols
- Crusades
- Unit 12 Review
- Unit 13: Medieval Institutions
- Medieval Universities
- Dante and the Italian Communes
- Mendicant Orders
- Unit 13 Review
- Unit 14: The Waning of the Middle Ages
- Rise of National Monarchies
- Church Corruption and the Conciliar Movement
- Great Plague
- Unit 14 Review
- Unit 15: The Renaissance and the Transformation of the Western World
- Renaissance Men and Women
- Christian Humanism
- Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture
- Unit 15 Review
