西方文明简史

Chapter One The Ancient Near East： The Cradle of Civilisation
Section One Mesopotamian Civilisation
Section Two Egyptian Civilisation
Section Three Other Early Civilisations
Section Four The Hebrew Civilization
Section Five The Assyrian Empire
Section Six The Persian Empire
Chapter Review
Exercise
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Suggested Reading
Chapter Two Greek Civilisation
Section One The Emergence of Greece
Section Two Dark Age and Homer's World
Section Three Sparta and Athens： Greek City-States
Section Four Greece in Classical Period
Section Five The Hellenistic Era
Chapter Review
Exercise
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Suggestedreading
Chapter Three Roman Civilisation
Section One The Rise of Rome
Section Two The Roman Republic
Section Three The Eclipse of the Roman Republic
Section Four The Roman Empire
Section Five Christianity in Rome
Section Six The Roman Culture
Chapter Review
Exercise
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Suggested Reading
Chapter Four　Medieval Civilisation
Section One　The Emergence of the Medieval Civilisation
Section Two The Development of the Early Middle Ages
Section Three Significant Changes of the High Middle Ages
Section Four The Decline of the Middle Ages
Chapter Review
Exercise
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Suggested Reading　
Chapter Five The Age of the Renaissance
Section One The Rise of the Renaissance
Section Two Arts and Literature in the Italian Renaissance
Section Three The Pattern of Politics in the Renaissance
Section Four The Natural Science in the Renaissance
ChapterReview
Exercise
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Suggested Reading
Chapter Six Protestant Reformation
Section One The Launch of the Reformation
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Chapter Seven Early Modern Times
Chapter Eight The Age of the Revolution and Industrialisation
Chapter Nine Modernity in Europe
Chapter Ten World Wars and Post-war Era
Culture Link
Proper Names
Key to Exercises
Bibliography