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Preface

Introduction: Working with Historical Sources

CHAPTER 1: Early Western Civilization

CHAPTER 1: Early Western Civilization

1. Defining Humanity

2. Establishing Law and Justice

3. Praising the One God

4. Writing Experiences

5. Allying for Peace

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CHAPTER 2: Empires in the Near East and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece

CHAPTER 2: Empires in the Near East and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece

1. Empires and Divine Right

2. Monotheism and Mosaic Law

3. The Quest for Individual Excellence (Arête)

4. Two Visions of the City-State

5. Economics and the Expansion of Slavery

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CHAPTER 3: The Greek Golden Age

CHAPTER 3: The Greek Golden Age

1. The Golden Age of Athens

2. Movement in Stone

3. The Emergence of Philosophy

4. The Advance of Science

5. Domestic Boundaries

6. Protesting War, Performing Satire

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CHAPTER 4: From the Classical to the Hellenistic World

CHAPTER 4: From the Classical to the Hellenistic World

1. The Conquest of New Lands

2. Imperial Bureaucracy

3. Everyday Life

4. In Pursuit of Happiness

5. Exacting Science

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CHAPTER 5: The Rise of Rome and Its Republic

CHAPTER 5: The Rise of Rome and Its Republic

1. Formalizing Roman Law

2. Artistic Influences

3. Status and Discrimination

4. “Cultivating Justice and Piety”

5. Failure and Factionalism

6. Toward Empire

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CHAPTER 6: The Creation of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER 6: The Creation of the Roman Empire

1. An Empire Foretold

2. An Urban Empire

3. New Influences to the North

4. The Making of a New Religion

5. The Cult of Isis

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CHAPTER 7: The Transformation of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER 7: The Transformation of the Roman Empire

1. The Establishment of Roman Christian Doctrine

2. The Struggle of Conversion

3. The Development of Monasticism

4. Germanic Law in the Roman Empire

5. Emergence of Byzantium

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CHAPTER 8: The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, And Europe

CHAPTER 8: The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, And Europe

1. The Foundations of Islam

2. Jihad and Jizya

3. Byzantine Life

4. A Noblewoman’s Life

5. Roman Christian Missions

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CHAPTER 9: From Centralization to Fragmentation

CHAPTER 9: From Centralization to Fragmentation

1. The Rule of Charlemagne

2. Resistance from Constantinople

3. The Macedonian Renaissance

4. A New Islamic Dynasty

5. Advances in Medicine

6. The Faithful Vassal

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CHAPTER 10: Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform

CHAPTER 10: Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform

1. Medieval Business

2. Sources of the Investiture Conflict

3. Calling the First Crusade

4. Arab Response to the First Crusade

5. The Power of William I

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CHAPTER 11: The Flowering of the Middle Ages

CHAPTER 11: The Flowering of the Middle Ages

1. New Learning

2. Scholarly Pursuits and Youthful Frolics

3. Courtly Love

4. Franciscan Piety

5. The Sack of Constantinople

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CHAPTER 12: The Medieval Synthesis—and Its Cracks

CHAPTER 12: The Medieval Synthesis—and Its Cracks

1. Reconciling Faith and Reason

2. A Female Mystic

3. Defining Outsiders

4. Imagining Hell

5. The New Power of Medieval States

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CHAPTER 13: Crisis and Renaissance

CHAPTER 13: Crisis and Renaissance

1. Demographic Catastrophe

2. Crisis and Change

3. Satirizing the Church

4. Preaching Reform

5. Extolling Humanism

6. Women’s Place in Renaissance Italy

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CHAPTER 14: Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation

CHAPTER 14: Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation

1. Worlds Collide

2. Illustrating a Native Perspective

3. Defending Native Humanity

4. Scripture and Salvation

5. Reforming Christianity

6. Responding to Reformation

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CHAPTER 15: Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews

CHAPTER 15: Wars of Religion and Clash of Worldviews

1. Legislating Tolerance

2. Barbarians All

3. Defending Religious Liberty

4. The Scientific Challenge

5. The Persecution of Witches

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CHAPTER 16: Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order

CHAPTER 16: Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order

1. Mercantilism in the Colonies

2. Regime Change

3. Civil War and Social Contract

4. The Consent of the Governed

5. Opposing Serfdom

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CHAPTER 17: The Atlantic System and Its Consequences

CHAPTER 17: The Atlantic System and Its Consequences

1. Captivity and Enslavement

2. A “Sober and Wholesome Drink”

3. Westernizing Russian Culture

4. Early Enlightenment

5. Questioning Women’s Submission

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CHAPTER 18: The Promise of Enlightenment

CHAPTER 18: The Promise of Enlightenment

1. Rethinking Modern Civilization

2. An Enlightened Worker

3. Reforming the Law

4. Reforming Commerce

5. Enlightened Monarchy

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CHAPTER 19: The Cataclysm of Revolution

CHAPTER 19: The Cataclysm of Revolution

1. Defining the Nation

2. The People under the Old Regime

3. Establishing Rights

4. A Call for Women’s Inclusion

5. Defending Terror

6. Liberty for All?

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CHAPTER 20: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy

CHAPTER 20: Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy

1. Napoleon in Egypt

2. The Conservative Order

3. Challenge to Autocracy

4. The Romantic Imagination

5. Musical Romanticism

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CHAPTER 21: Industrialization and Social Ferment

CHAPTER 21: Industrialization and Social Ferment

1. Establishing New Work Habits

2. New Rules for the Middle Class

3. The Division of Labor

4. What Is the Proletariat?

5. Demanding Political Freedom

6. Imperialism and Opium

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CHAPTER 22: Politics and Culture of the Nation-State

CHAPTER 22: Politics and Culture of the Nation-State

1. Ending Serfdom in Russia

2. Fighting for Italian Nationalism

3. Realpolitik and Otto von Bismarck

4. Social Evolution

5. The Science of Man

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CHAPTER 23: Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life

CHAPTER 23: Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life

1. Defending Conquest

2. Resisting Imperialism

3. Global Competition

4. The Advance of Unionism

5. Artistic Expression

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CHAPTER 24: Modernity and the Road to War

CHAPTER 24: Modernity and the Road to War

1. The Idealized Family

2. Tapping the Human Psyche

3. The Dreyfus Affair

4. Militant Suffrage

5. Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism

6. Exalting War

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CHAPTER 25: World War I and Its Aftermath

CHAPTER 25: World War I and Its Aftermath

1. The Horrors of War

2. Mobilizing for Total War

3. Revolutionary Marxism Defended

4. Establishing Fascism in Italy

5. A New Form of Anti-Semitism

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CHAPTER 26: The Great Depression and World War II

CHAPTER 26: The Great Depression and World War II

1. Socialist Nationalism

2. The Spanish Civil War

3. Seeking a Diplomatic Solution

4. The Final Solution

5. Atomic Catastrophe

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CHAPTER 27: The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe

CHAPTER 27: The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe

1. Stalin and the Western Threat

2. Truman and the Soviet Threat

3. Throwing Off Colonialism

4. The Condition of Modern Women

5. Cold War Anxieties

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CHAPTER 28: Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order

CHAPTER 28: Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order

1. Prague Spring

2. A Revolutionary Time

3. Children Fleeing from a Napalm Attack in South Vietnam

4. The Rising Power of OPEC

5. Facing Terrorism

6. Debating Change in the Soviet Union

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CHAPTER 29: A New Globalism

CHAPTER 29: A New Globalism

1. Ethnic Cleansing

2. The Challenges of EU Expansion

3. Addressing Climate Change in the Eurozone

4. An End to Apartheid

5. China in the Global Age

6. The Post-9/11 Era

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

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