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Introduction for Chapter 1
Guided Reading Exercise
From the Stone Age to Mesopotamian Civilization, 400,000–1000 B.C.E.
Life and Change in the Stone Age
The Emergence of Cities in Mesopotamia, 4000–2350 B.C.E.
Metals and Empire Making: The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty, c. 2350–c. 2000 B.C.E.
The Achievements of the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Canaanites, 2000–1000 B.C.E.
Egypt, the First Unified Country, 3050–1000 B.C.E.
From the Unification of Egypt to the Old Kingdom, 3050–2190 B.C.E.
The Middle and New Kingdoms in Egypt, 2061–1081 B.C.E.
The Hittites, the Minoans, and the Mycenaeans, 2200–1000 B.C.E.
The Hittites, 1750–1200 B.C.E.
The Minoans, 2200–1400 B.C.E.
The Mycenaeans, 1800–1000 B.C.E.
The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1000 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Violent End to Early Western Civilization, 1200–1000 B.C.E.
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 1.1: Hammurabi’s Laws for Physicians
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Document 1.2: Declaring Innocence on Judgment Day in Ancient Egypt
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Contrasting Views: The Gains and the Losses of Life in Civilization vs. Life in Nature
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Seeing History: Remembering the Dead in Ancient Egypt
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Taking Measure: The Rate of Population Growth to 1000 B.C.E.
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Terms of History: Civilization
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Introduction for Chapter 2
Guided Reading Exercise
From Dark Age to Empire in the Near East, 1000–500 B.C.E.
The New Empire of Assyria, 900–600 B.C.E.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire, 600–539 B.C.E.
The Persian Empire, 557–500 B.C.E.
The Israelites, Origins to 539 B.C.E.
The Reemergence of Greek Civilization, 1000–750 B.C.E.
The Greek Dark Age
The Values of the Olympic Games
Homer, Hesiod, and Divine Justice in Greek Myth
The Creation of the Greek City-State, 750–500 B.C.E.
The Physical Environment of the Greek City-State
Trade and “Colonization,” 800–580 B.C.E.
Citizenship and Freedom in the Greek City-State
New Directions for the Greek City-State, 750–500 B.C.E.
Oligarchy in the City-State of Sparta, 700–500 B.C.E.
Tyranny in the City-State of Corinth, 657–585 B.C.E.
Democracy in the City-State of Athens, 632–500 B.C.E.
New Ways of Thought and Expression in Greece, 630–500 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Mediterranean Civilizations, c. 500 B.C.E.
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 2.1: Excerpt from a Gatha
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Document 2.2: Zaleucus’s Law Code for a Greek City-State in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Italy
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Contrasting Views: Persians Debate Democracy, Oligarchy, and Monarchy
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Seeing History: The Shift in Sculptural Style from Egypt to Greece
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Taking Measure: Greek Family Size and Agricultural Labor in the Archaic Age
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Introduction for Chapter 3
Guided Reading Exercise
Wars between Persia and Greece, 499–479 B.C.E.
From the Ionian Revolt to the Battle of Marathon, 499–490 B.C.E.
The Great Persian Invasion, 480–479 B.C.E.
Athenian Confidence in the Golden Age, 478–431 B.C.E.
The Establishment of the Athenian Empire
Radical Democracy and Pericles’ Leadership, 461–431 B.C.E.
The Urban Landscape in Athens
Tradition and Innovation in Athens’s Golden Age
Religious Tradition in a Period of Change
Women, Slaves, and Metics
Innovative Ideas in Education, Philosophy, History, and Medicine
The Development of Greek Tragedy
The Development of Greek Comedy
The End of Athens’s Golden Age, 431–403 B.C.E.
The Peloponnesian War, 431–404 B.C.E.
Athens Defeated: Tyranny and Civil War, 404–403 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Greece, Europe, and the Mediterranean, 400 B.C.E.
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Making Connections
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Document 3.1: Athenian Regulations for a Rebellious Ally
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Document 3.2: Sophists Argue Both Sides of a Case
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Contrasting Views: The Nature of Women and Marriage
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Seeing History: How to Look Like a Man in Ancient Greece
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Taking Measure: Military Forces of Athens and Sparta at the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.E.)
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Introduction for Chapter 4
Guided Reading Exercise
Classical Greece after the Peloponnesian War, 400–350 B.C.E.
Athens’s Recovery after the Peloponnesian War
The Execution of Socrates, 399 B.C.E.
The Philosophy of Plato
Aristotle, Scientist and Philosopher
Greek Political Disunity
The Rise of Macedonia, 359–323 B.C.E.
Macedonian Power and Philip II, 359–336 B.C.E.
The Rule of Alexander the Great, 336–323 B.C.E.
The Hellenistic Kingdoms, 323–30 B.C.E.
Creating New Kingdoms
The Layers of Hellenistic Society
The End of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Hellenistic Culture
The Arts under Royal Support
Philosophy for a New Age
Scientific Innovation
Cultural and Religious Transformations
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Roman Takeover of the Hellenistic World, to 30 B.C.E.
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Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 4.1: Aristotle on the Nature of the Greek Polis
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Document 4.2: Epigrams by Women Poets
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Contrasting Views: Roman Attitudes toward Cleopatra VII, the Last Hellenistic Queen
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Seeing History: Showing Struggle and Pain in Hellenistic Sculpture
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Taking Measure: The March of Alexander the Great’s Army
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Introduction for Chapter 5
Guided Reading Exercise
Roman Social and Religious Traditions
Roman Moral Values
The Patron-Client System
The Roman Family
Education for Public Life
Public and Private Religion
From Monarchy to Republic
Roman Society under the Kings, 753–509 B.C.E.
The Early Roman Republic, 509–287 B.C.E.
Roman Imperialism and Its Consequences
Expansion in Italy, 500–220 B.C.E.
Wars with Carthage and in the East, 264–121 B.C.E.
Greek Influence on Roman Literature and the Arts
Stresses on Society from Imperialism
Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic
The Gracchus Brothers and Violence in Politics, 133–121 B.C.E.
Marius and the Origin of Client Armies, 107–100 B.C.E.
Sulla and Civil War, 91–78 B.C.E.
Julius Caesar and the Collapse of the Republic, 83–44 B.C.E.
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Roman World at the End of the Republic, 44 B.C.E.
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Document 5.1: The Rape and Suicide of Lucretia
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Document 5.2: Polybius on Roman Military Discipline
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Contrasting Views: What Was Julius Caesar Like?
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Seeing History: Visualizing the Connection between War and Religion in the Roman Republic
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Taking Measure: Census Records during the First and Second Punic Wars
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Introduction for Chapter 6
Guided Reading Exercise
From Republic to Empire, 44 B.C.E.–14 C.E.
Civil War, 44–27 B.C.E.
The Creation of the Principate, 27 B.C.E.–14 C.E.
Daily Life in the Rome of Augustus
Changes in Education, Literature, and Art in Augustus’s Rome
Politics and Society in the Early Roman Empire
The Perpetuation of the Principate after Augustus, 14–180 C.E.
Life in the Roman Golden Age, 96–180 C.E.
The Emergence of Christianity in the Early Roman Empire
Jesus and His Teachings
Growth of a New Religion
Competing Religious Beliefs
From Stability to Crisis in the Third Century C.E.
Threats to the Northern and Eastern Frontiers of the Early Roman Empire
Uncontrolled Spending, Natural Disasters, and Political Crisis, 193–284 C.E.
Conclusion
MAPPING THE WEST: The Roman Empire in Crisis, 284 C.E.
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Document 6.1: Augustus, Res Gestae (My Accomplishments)
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Document 6.2: The Scene at a Roman Bath
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Document 6.3: A Roman Stoic Philosopher on the Capabilities of Women
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Contrasting Views: Christians in the Empire: Conspirators or Faithful Subjects?
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Seeing History: The Symbolism of Augustus as Ruler of the World
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Taking Measure: The Value of Roman Imperial Coinage, 27 B.C.E.–300 C.E.
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Introduction for Chapter 7
Guided Reading Exercise
From Principate to Dominate in the Late Roman Empire, 284–395
The Political Transformation and Division of the Roman Empire
The Social Consequences of Financial Pressures
From the Great Persecution to Religious Freedom
The Official Christianization of the Empire, 312–c. 540
Polytheism and Christianity in Competition
The Struggle for Clarification in Christian Belief
The Emergence of Christian Monks
Non-Roman Kingdoms in the Western Roman Empire, c. 370–550s
Non-Roman Migrations into the Western Roman Empire
Social and Cultural Transformation in the Western Roman Empire
The Roman Empire in the East, c. 500–565
Imperial Society in the Eastern Roman Empire
The Reign of Emperor Justinian, 527–565
The Preservation of Classical Traditions in the Late Roman Empire
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Western Europe and the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, c. 600
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Important Events
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Document 7.1: Diocletian’s Edict on Maximum Prices and Wages
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Document 7.2: The Edict of Milan on Religious Freedom
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Contrasting Views: Debate: Did Romans or Huns Better Protect Life, Law, and Freedom?
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Seeing History: Changing Religious Beliefs: Pagan and Christian Sarcophagi
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Taking Measure: Peasants’ Use of Farm Produce in the Roman Empire
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Introduction for Chapter 8
Guided Reading Exercise
Islam: A New Religion and a New Empire
Nomads and City Dwellers
The Prophet Muhammad and the Faith of Islam
Growth of Islam, c. 610–632
The Caliphs, Muhammad’s Successors, 632–750
Peace and Prosperity in Islamic Lands
Byzantium Besieged
Wars on the Frontiers, c. 570–750
From an Urban to a Rural Way of Life
New Military and Cultural Forms
Religion, Politics, and Iconoclasm
Western Europe: A Medley of Kingdoms
Frankish Kingdoms with Roman Roots
Economic Activity in a Peasant Society
The Powerful in Merovingian Society
Christianity and Classical Culture in the British Isles
Unity in Spain, Division in Italy
Political Tensions and the Power of the Pope
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Rome’s Heirs, c. 750
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Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 8.1: The Fatihah of the Qur’an
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Document 8.2: The Pact of Umar
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Contrasting Views: Icons: Idols or Aids to Worship
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Seeing History: Who Conquered Whom? A Persian and an Arabic Coin Compared
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Taking Measure: Papal Letters Sent from Rome to Northern Europe, c. 600–c. 700
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Terms of History: Medieval
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Introduction for Chapter 9
Guided Reading Exercise
The Byzantine Emperor and Local Elites
Imperial Power
The Macedonian Renaissance, c. 870–c. 1025
The Dynatoi: A New Landowning Elite
The Formation of Eastern Europe and Kievan Rus
The Rise and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate, 750–936
Regional Diversity in Islamic Lands
Unity of Commerce and Language
The Islamic Renaissance, c. 790–c. 1050
The Carolingian Empire
The Rise of the Carolingians
Charlemagne and His Kingdom, 768–814
The Carolingian Renaissance, c. 790–c. 900
Charlemagne’s Successors, 814–911
Land and Power
Viking, Muslim, and Magyar Invasions, c. 790–955
After the Carolingians: The Emergence of Local Rule
Public Power and Private Relationships
Warriors and Warfare
Efforts to Contain Violence
Political Communities in Italy, England, and France
Emperors and Kings in Central and Eastern Europe
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the Mediterranean, c. 1050
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Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 9.1: A Portrait of Basil II
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Document 9.2: When She Approached
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Contrasting Views: Charlemagne: Roman Emperor, Father of Europe, or the Chief Bishop?
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Seeing History: The Many Styles of the Macedonian Renaissance
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Taking Measure: Sellers, Buyers, and Donors, 800–1000
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Terms of History: Feudalism
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Introduction for Chapter 10
Guided Reading Exercise
The Commercial Revolution
Fairs, Towns, and Cities
Organizing Crafts and Commerce
Communes: Self-Government for the Towns
The Commercial Revolution in the Countryside
Church Reform
Beginnings of Reform
The Gregorian Reform and the Investiture Conflict, 1075–1122
The Sweep of Reform
New Monastic Orders of Poverty
The Crusades
Calling the Crusade
The First Crusade
The Crusader States
The Disastrous Second Crusade
The Long-Term Impact of the Crusades
The Revival of Monarchies
Reconstructing the Empire at Byzantium
England under Norman Rule
Praising the King of France
Surviving as Emperor
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the Mediterranean, c. 1150
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Making Connections
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Document 10.1: Peppercorns as Money
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Document 10.2: Opposition to the Norman Conquest
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Contrasting Views: Henry IV
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Seeing History: Two Faces of Monasticism
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Taking Measure: English Livestock in 1086
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Introduction for Chapter 11
Guided Reading Exercise
New Schools and Churches
The New Learning and the Rise of the University
Architectural Style: From Romanesque to Gothic
Governments as Institutions
England: Unity through Common Law
France: Consolidation and Conquest
Germany: The Revived Monarchy of Frederick Barbarossa
Eastern Europe and Byzantium: Fragmenting Realms
The Growth of a Vernacular High Culture
The Troubadours: Poets of Love and Play
The Birth of Epic and Romance Literature
Religious Fervor and Crusade
New Religious Orders in the Cities
Disastrous Crusades to the Holy Land
Victorious Crusades in Europe and on Its Frontiers
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and Byzantium, c. 1215
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Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 11.1: Frederick I’s Reply to the Romans
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Document 11.2: Bertran de Born, “I love the joyful time of Easter”
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Document 11.3: A Byzantine View of the Fourth Crusade
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Contrasting Views: Magna Carta
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Seeing History: Romanesque versus Gothic: The View Down the Nave
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Taking Measure: The Bureaucratization of the French Monarchy
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Introduction for Chapter 12
Guided Reading Exercise
The Church’s Mission
Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council
The Inquisition
Lay Piety
Jews and Lepers as Outcasts
Reconciling This World and the Next
The Achievement of Scholasticism
New Syntheses in Writing and Music
Gothic Art
The Politics of Control
The Weakening of the Empire
Louis IX and a New Ideal of Kingship
The Birth of Representative Institutions
The Weakening of the Papacy
The Rise of the Signori
The Mongol Takeover
The Great Famine
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe, c. 1340
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 12.1: Thomas Aquinas Writes about Sex
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Document 12.2: The Debate between Reason and the Lover
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Contrasting Views: The Mongols: Instruments of God or Cruel Invaders?
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Seeing History: The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Taking Measure: Grain Prices during the Great Famine
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Introduction for Chapter 13
Guided Reading Exercise
Crisis: Disease, War, and Schism
The Black Death, 1346–1353
The Hundred Years’ War, 1337–1453
The Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople, 1453
The Great Schism, 1378–1417
The Renaissance: New Forms of Thought and Expression
Renaissance Humanism
The Arts
Consolidating Power
New Political Formations in Eastern Europe
Powerful States in Western Europe
Power in the Republics
The Tools of Power
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe, c. 1492
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Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
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Document 13.1: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion (1381)
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Document 13.2: The Ducal Entry into Ghent (1458)
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Contrasting Views: Joan of Arc: Who Was “the Maid”?
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Seeing History: Façades from Gothic to Renaissance
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Taking Measure: Population Losses and the Black Death
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Terms of History: Renaissance
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Introduction for Chapter 14
Guided Reading Exercise
The Discovery of New Worlds
Portuguese Explorations
The Voyages of Columbus
A New Era in Slavery
Conquering the New World
The Columbian Exchange
The Protestant Reformation
The Invention of Printing
Popular Piety and Christian Humanism
Martin Luther’s Challenge
Protestantism Spreads and Divides
The Contested Church of England
Reshaping Society through Religion
Protestant Challenges to the Social Order
New Forms of Discipline
Catholic Renewal
Striving for Mastery
Courtiers and Princes
Dynastic Wars
Financing War
Divided Realms
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Reformation Europe, c. 1560
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Important Events
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Document 14.1: Columbus Describes His First Voyage (1493)
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Document 14.2: Ordinances for Calvinist Churches (1547)
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Contrasting Views: Martin Luther: Holy Man or Heretic?
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Seeing History: Expanding Geographic Knowledge: World Maps in an Age of Exploration
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Taking Measure: The Printing Press in Europe, ca. 1500
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Introduction for Chapter 15
Guided Reading Exercise
Religious Conflicts Threaten State Power, 1560–1618
French Wars of Religion, 1562–1598
Dutch Revolt against Spain
Elizabeth I’s Defense of English Protestantism
The Clash of Faiths and Empires in Eastern Europe
The Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648
Origins and Course of the War
The Effects of Constant Fighting
The Peace of Westphalia, 1648
Economic Crisis and Realignment
From Growth to Recession
Consequences for Daily Life
The Economic Balance of Power
The Rise of Science and a Scientific Worldview
The Scientific Revolution
The Natural Laws of Politics
The Arts in an Age of Crisis
Magic and Witchcraft
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Religious Divisions of Europe, c. 1648
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Document 15.1: The Horrors of the Thirty Years’ War, 1626
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Document 15.2: Sentence Pronounced against Galileo (1633)
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Contrasting Views: Political Authority and Religion: What Happened When Subjects Held Different Beliefs?
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Seeing History: Religious Differences in Painting of the Baroque Period: Rubens and Rembrandt
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Taking Measure: Precious Metals and the Spanish Colonies, 1550–1800
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Introduction for Chapter 16
Guided Reading Exercise
Louis XIV: Absolutism and Its Limits
The Fronde, 1648–1653
Court Culture as an Element of Absolutism
Enforcing Religious Orthodoxy
Extending State Authority at Home and Abroad
Constitutionalism in England
England Turned Upside Down, 1642–1660
Restoration and Revolution Again
Social Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke
Outposts of Constitutionalism
The Dutch Republic
Freedom and Slavery in the New World
Absolutism in Central and Eastern Europe
Poland-Lithuania Overwhelmed
Brandenburg-Prussia: Militaristic Absolutism
An Uneasy Balance: Austrian Habsburgs and Ottoman Turks
Russia: Setting the Foundations of Bureaucratic Absolutism
The Search for Order in Elite and Popular Culture
Freedom and Constraint in the Arts and Sciences
Women and Manners
Reforming Popular Culture
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe at the End of the Seventeenth Century
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Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 16.1: Marie de Sévigné, Letter Describing the French Court (1675)
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Document 16.2: John Milton, Defense of Freedom of the Press (1644)
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Contrasting Views: The English Civil War
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Seeing History: Symbols and Power in the Age of Louis XIV
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Taking Measure: The Seventeenth-Century Army
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Introduction for Chapter 17
Guided Reading Exercise
The Atlantic System and the World Economy
Slavery and the Atlantic System
World Trade and Settlement
The Birth of Consumer Society
New Social and Cultural Patterns
Agricultural Revolution
Social Life in the Cities
New Tastes in the Arts
Religious Revivals
Consolidation of the European State System
A New Power Alignment
British Rise and Dutch Decline
Russia’s Emergence as a European Power
Continuing Dynastic Struggles
The Power of Diplomacy and the Importance of Population
The Birth of the Enlightenment
Popularization of Science and Challenges to Religion
Travel Literature and the Challenge to Custom and Tradition
Raising the Woman Question
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe in 1750
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Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 17.1: European Views of Indian Religious Practices (1731)
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Document 17.2: Montesquieu, Persian Letters: Letter 37 (1721)
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Contrasting Views: The Consumer Revolution
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Seeing History: The “Invisibility” of Slavery
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Taking Measure: Relationship of Crop Harvested to Seed Used, 1400–1800
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Terms of History: Progress
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Introduction for Chapter 18
Guided Reading Exercise
The Enlightenment at Its Height
Men and Women of the Republic of Letters
Conflicts with Church and State
The Individual and Society
Spreading the Enlightenment
The Limits of Reason: Roots of Romanticism and Religious Revival
Society and Culture in an Age of Enlightenment
The Nobility’s Reassertion of Privilege
The Middle Class and the Making of a New Elite
Life on the Margins
State Power in an Era of Reform
War and Diplomacy
State-Sponsored Reform
Limits of Reform
Rebellions against State Power
Food Riots and Peasant Uprisings
Public Opinion and Political Opposition
Revolution in North America
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the World, c. 1780
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 18.1: Denis Diderot, “Encyclopedia” (1755)
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Document 18.2: Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
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Contrasting Views: Women and the Enlightenment
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Seeing History: Pottery and Social Distinction: Josiah Wedgwood’s “China”
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Taking Measure: European Urbanization, 1750–1800
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Terms of History: Enlightenment
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Introduction for Chapter 19
Guided Reading Exercise
The Revolutionary Wave, 1787–1789
Protesters in the Low Countries and Poland
Origins of the French Revolution, 1787–1789
From Monarchy to Republic, 1789–1793
The Revolution of Rights and Reason
The End of Monarchy
Terror and Resistance
Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety
The Republic of Virtue, 1793–1794
Resisting the Revolution
The Fall of Robespierre and the End of the Terror
Revolution on the March
Arms and Conquests
Poland Extinguished, 1793–1795
Revolution in the Colonies
Worldwide Reactions to Revolutionary Change
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe in 1799
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 19.1: The Rights of Minorities (1789)
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Document 19.2: Address on Abolishing the Slave Trade (February 5, 1790)
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Contrasting Views: Perspectives on the French Revolution
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Seeing History: The Cutting Edge of Caricature
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Taking Measure: Naval Power
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Terms of History: Revolution
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Introduction for Chapter 20
Guided Reading Exercise
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
A General Takes Over
From Republic to Empire
The New Paternalism: The Civil Code
Patronage of Science and Intellectual Life
“Europe Was at My Feet”: Napoleon’s Conquests
The Grand Army and Its Victories, 1800–1807
The Impact of French Victories
From Russian Winter to Final Defeat, 1812–1815
The “Restoration” of Europe
The Congress of Vienna, 1814–1815
The Emergence of Conservatism
The Revival of Religion
Challenges to the Conservative Order
Romanticism
Political Revolts in the 1820s
Revolution and Reform, 1830–1832
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe in 1830
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 20.1: Napoleon’s Army Retreats from Moscow (1812)
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Document 20.2: Wordsworth’s Poetry (1798)
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Contrasting Views: Napoleon: For and Against
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Seeing History: The Clothing Revolution: The Social Meaning of Changes in Postrevolutionary Fashion
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Taking Measure: Power Capability of the Leading States, 1816–1830
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Introduction for Chapter 21
Guided Reading Exercise
The Industrial Revolution
Roots of Industrialization
Engines of Change
Urbanization and Its Consequences
Agricultural Perils and Prosperity
Reforming the Social Order
Cultural Responses to the Social Question
The Varieties of Social Reform
Abuses and Reforms Overseas
Ideologies and Political Movements
The Spell of Nationalism
Liberalism in Economics and Politics
Socialism and the Early Labor Movement
The Revolutions of 1848
The Hungry Forties
Another French Revolution
Nationalist Revolution in Italy
Revolt and Reaction in Central Europe
Aftermath to 1848: Reimposing Authority
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe in 1850
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 21.1: Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)
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Document 21.2: Alexis de Tocqueville Describes the June Days in Paris (1848)
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Contrasting Views: The Effects of Industrialization
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Seeing History: Visualizing Class Differences
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Taking Measure: Railroad Lines, 1830–1850
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Introduction for Chapter 22
Guided Reading Exercise
The End of the Concert of Europe
Napoleon III and the Quest for French Glory
The Crimean War, 1853–1856: Turning Point in European Affairs
Reform in Russia
War and Nation Building
Cavour, Garibaldi, and the Process of Italian Unification
Bismarck and the Realpolitik of German Unification
Francis Joseph and the Creation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Political Stability through Gradual Reform in Great Britain
Nation Building in North America
Nation Building through Social Order
Bringing Order to the Cities
Expanding Government Bureaucracy
Schooling and Professionalizing Society
Spreading National Power and Order beyond the West
Contesting the Nation-State’s Order at Home
The Culture of Social Order
The Arts Confront Social Reality
Religion and National Order
From the Natural Sciences to Social Science
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the Mediterranean, 1871
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 22.1: Mrs. Seacole: The Other Florence Nightingale
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Document 22.2: Education of a Mathematical Genius in Russia
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Document 22.3: Bismarck Tricks the Public to Get His War
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Contrasting Views: The Nation-State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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Seeing History: Photographing the Nation: Domesticity and War
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Taking Measure: Literacy and Illiteracy in the Nineteenth Century
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Terms of History: Nationalism
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Introduction for Chapter 23
Guided Reading Exercise
The New Imperialism
The Scramble for Africa—North and South
Acquiring Territory in Asia
Japan’s Imperial Agenda
The Paradoxes of Imperialism
The Industry of Empire
Industrial Innovation
Facing Economic Crisis
Revolution in Business Practices
Imperial Society and Culture
The “Best Circles” and the Expanding Middle Class
Working People’s Strategies
National Fitness: Reform, Sports, and Leisure
Artistic Responses to Empire and Industry
The Birth of Mass Politics
Workers, Politics, and Protest
Expanding Political Participation in Western Europe
Power Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The West and the World, c. 1890
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 23.1: An African King Describes His Government
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Document 23.2: Henrik Ibsen, From A Doll’s House
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Contrasting Views: Experiences of Migration
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Seeing History: Anglo-Indian Polo Team
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Taking Measure: European Emigration, 1870–1890
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Introduction for Chapter 24
Guided Reading Exercise
Public Debate over Private Life
Population Pressure
Reforming Marriage
New Women, New Men, and the Politics of Sexual Identity
Sciences of the Modern Self
Modernity and the Revolt in Ideas
The Opposition to Positivism
The Revolution in Science
Modern Art
The Revolt in Music and Dance
Growing Tensions in Mass Politics
The Expanding Power of Labor
Rights for Women and the Battle for Suffrage
Liberalism Tested
Anti-Semitism, Nationalism, and Zionism in Mass Politics
European Imperialism Challenged
The Trials of Empire
The Russian Empire Threatened
Growing Resistance to Colonial Domination
Roads to War
Competing Alliances and Clashing Ambitions
The Race to Arms
1914: War Erupts
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe at the Outbreak of World War I, August 1914
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 24.1: Leon Pinsker Calls for a Jewish State
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Document 24.2: A Turkish Poem
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Document 24.3: Vietnamese Resistance and the Importance of Becoming Modern
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Contrasting Views: Debating the Revolt in Art, Ideas, and Lifestyles
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Seeing History: Outrage and Consumption in Modern Art
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Taking Measure: The Growth in Armaments, 1890–1914
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Terms of History: Modern
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Introduction for Chapter 25
Guided Reading Exercise
The Great War, 1914–1918
Blueprints for War
The Battlefronts
The Home Front
Protest, Revolution, and War’s End, 1917–1918
War Protest
Revolution in Russia
Ending the War, 1918
The Search for Peace in an Era of Revolution
Europe in Turmoil
The Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920
Economic and Diplomatic Consequences of the Peace
A Decade of Recovery: Europe in the 1920s
Changes in the Political Landscape
Reconstructing the Economy
Restoring Society
Mass Culture and the Rise of Modern Dictators
Culture for the Masses
Cultural Debates over the Future
The Communist Utopia
Fascism on the March in Italy
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe and the World in 1929
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 25.1: Outbreak of the Russian Revolution
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Document 25.2: Memory and Battlefield Tourism
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Contrasting Views: The Middle East at the End of World War I: Freedom or Subjugation?
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Seeing History: Portraying Soldiers in World War I
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Taking Measure: The Victims of Influenza, 1918–1919
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Introduction for Chapter 26
Guided Reading Exercise
The Great Depression
Economic Disaster Strikes
Social Effects of the Depression
The Great Depression beyond the West
Totalitarian Triumph
The Rise of Stalinism
Hitler’s Rise to Power
The Nazification of German Politics
Nazi Racism
Democracies on the Defensive
Confronting the Economic Crisis
Cultural Visions in Hard Times
The Road to Global War
A Surge in Global Imperialism
The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
Hitler’s Conquest of Central Europe, 1938–1939
World War II, 1939–1945
The German Onslaught
War Expands: The Pacific and Beyond
The War against Civilians
Societies at War
From Resistance to Allied Victory
An Uneasy Postwar Settlement
Conclusion
Mapping the West: Europe at War’s End, 1945
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 26.1: A Family Copes with Unemployment
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Document 26.2: The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
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Contrasting Views: Nazism and Hitler: For and Against
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Seeing History: Militarization of the Masses
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Taking Measure: Wartime Production of the Major Powers, 1939–1945
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Terms of History: Fascism
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Introduction for Chapter 27
Guided Reading Exercise
World Politics Transformed
Chaos in Europe
New Superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union
Origins of the Cold War
The Division of Germany
Political and Economic Recovery in Europe
Dealing with Nazism
Rebirth of the West
The Welfare State: Common Ground East and West
Recovery in the East
Decolonization in a Cold War Climate
The End of Empire in Asia
The Struggle for Identity in the Middle East
New Nations in Africa
Newcomers Arrive in Europe
Daily Life and Culture in the Shadow of Nuclear War
Restoring “Western” Values
Cold War Consumerism and Shifting Gender Norms
The Culture of Cold War
The Atomic Brink
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Cold War World, c. 1960
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 27.1: The Schuman Plan on European Unity (1950)
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Document 27.2: Torture in Algeria
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Document 27.3: Popular Culture, Youth Consumerism, and the Birth of the Generation Gap
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Contrasting Views: Decolonization in Africa
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Seeing History: The Soviet System and Consumer Goods
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Taking Measure: Military Spending and the Cold War Arms Race, 1950–1970
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Introduction for Chapter 28
Guided Reading Exercise
The Revolution in Technology
The Information Age: Television and Computers
The Space Age
The Nuclear Age
Revolutions in Biology and Reproductive Technology
Postindustrial Society and Culture
Multinational Corporations
The New Worker
The Boom in Education and Research
Changing Family Life and the Generation Gap
Art, Ideas, and Religion in a Technocratic Society
Protesting Cold War Conditions
Cracks in the Cold War Order
The Growth of Citizen Activism
1968: Year of Crisis
The Testing of Superpower Domination and the End of the Cold War
A Changing Balance of World Power
The Western Bloc Meets Challenges with Reform
Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Bloc
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The Collapse of Communism in Europe, 1989–1990
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 28.1: Margaret Thatcher’s Economic Vision
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Document 28.2: A Citizen’s Experience of Gorbachev’s Reforms
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Contrasting Views: Feminist Debates
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Seeing History: Critiquing the Soviet System: Dissident Art in the 1960s and 1970s
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Taking Measure: Postindustrial Occupational Structure, 1984
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Introduction for Chapter 29
Guided Reading Exercise
Collapse of the Soviet Union and Its Aftermath
The Breakup of Yugoslavia
The Soviet Union Comes Apart
Toward a Market Economy
International Politics and the New Russia
The Nation-State in a Global Age
Europe Looks beyond the Nation-State
Globalizing Cities and Fragmenting Nations
Global Organizations
An Interconnected World’s New Challenges
The Problems of Pollution
Population, Health, and Disease
North versus South?
Radical Islam Meets the West
The Promise and Problems of a World Economy
Global Culture and Society in the Twenty-First Century
Redefining the West: The Impact of Global Migration
Global Networks and Social Change
A New Global Culture?
Conclusion
Mapping the West: The World’s Top Fifteen Economies as of 2015
Key Terms and People
Review Questions
Making Connections
Important Events
Suggested References
Document 29.1: Václav Havel, “Czechoslovakia Is Returning to Europe”
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Document 29.2: The Green Parties Unite Transnationally and Announce Common Goals (2006)
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Contrasting Views: The Dutch Debate Globalization, Muslim Immigrants, and Turkey’s Admission to the EU
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Seeing History: World Leaders and Citizens Come Together after Murders in Paris
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Taking Measure: World Population Growth, 1950–2015
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Terms of History: Globalization
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Preface: Why This Book This Way
About the Authors
Authors’ Note: The B.C.E./C.E. Dating System