2: Prehistory through Medieval Europe
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- 2.1: Book- Western Civilization - A Concise History I (Brooks)
- This volume covers the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE and explores Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
- 2.1.1: Mesopotamian Basin and Nile River Cultures
- 2.1.1.1: The Origins of Civilization
- 2.1.1.1.1: Hominids
- 2.1.1.1.2: Civilization and Agriculture
- 2.1.1.2: Mesopotamia
- 2.1.1.2.1: Prelude to Mesopotamia
- 2.1.1.2.2: Belief, Thought and Learning
- 2.1.1.3: Egypt
- 2.1.1.3.1: Prelude to Egypt
- 2.1.1.3.2: Continuities in Ancient Egypt
- 2.1.1.3.3: Conclusion
- 2.1.1.4: The Bronze Age and the Iron Age
- 2.1.1.4.1: The Bronze Age States
- 2.1.1.4.2: Iron Age Cultures and States
- 2.1.1.4.3: Empires of the Iron Age
- 2.1.1.4.4: Ancient Hebrew History
- 2.1.1.4.5: The Yahwist Religion and Judaism
- 2.1.1.4.6: Conclusion
- 2.1.2: The Greek World
- 2.1.2.1: The Archaic Age of Greece
- 2.1.2.1.1: The Greek Dark Age
- 2.1.2.1.2: The Archaic Age and Greek Values
- 2.1.2.1.3: Greek Culture and Trade
- 2.1.2.1.4: Sparta and Athens
- 2.1.2.1.5: Conclusion
- 2.1.2.2: Persia and the Greek Wars
- 2.1.2.2.1: Persian Expansion
- 2.1.2.2.2: Zoroastrianism
- 2.1.2.3: The Classical Age of Greece
- 2.1.2.3.1: Athens and the Ironies of Democracy
- 2.1.2.3.2: Culture
- 2.1.2.3.3: History
- 2.1.2.3.4: Philosophy
- 2.1.2.3.5: Art
- 2.1.2.3.6: Conclusion
- 2.1.2.4: The Hellenistic Era
- 2.1.2.4.1: Alexander the Great
- 2.1.2.4.2: Alexander After the Conquest of Persia
- 2.1.2.4.3: Culture
- 2.1.2.4.4: Philosophy and Science
- 2.1.2.4.5: Conclusion
- 2.1.3: Roman Empire
- 2.1.3.1: The Roman Republic
- 2.1.3.1.1: Roman Origins
- 2.1.3.1.2: The Celts
- 2.1.3.1.3: The Republic
- 2.1.3.1.4: Class Struggle
- 2.1.3.1.5: Roman Expansion
- 2.1.3.1.6: Greco-Roman Culture
- 2.1.3.1.7: Roman Society
- 2.1.3.1.8: The End of the Republic
- 2.1.3.1.9: Conclusion
- 2.1.3.2: The Roman Empire
- 2.1.3.2.1: Augustus
- 2.1.3.2.2: The Julian Dynasty
- 2.1.3.2.3: The Flavian Dyansty
- 2.1.3.2.4: The "Five Good Emperors" and the Severans
- 2.1.3.2.5: The Empire
- 2.1.3.2.6: The Army and Assimilation
- 2.1.3.2.7: Roman Society
- 2.1.3.2.8: Social Classes
- 2.1.3.2.9: Law
- 2.1.3.2.10: Conclusion
- 2.1.4: Religion and Culture
- 2.1.4.1: Byzantium
- 2.1.4.1.1: East Versus West
- 2.1.4.1.2: Division and Decline
- 2.1.4.1.3: Imperial Control and Barbarians
- 2.1.4.1.4: The City and the Emperors
- 2.1.4.1.5: Orthodox Christianity and Learning
- 2.1.4.1.6: Justinian
- 2.1.4.1.7: Themes and Organization
- 2.1.4.2: Islam and the Caliphates
- 2.1.4.2.1: Prelude to Islam
- 2.1.4.2.2: The Origins of Islam
- 2.1.4.2.3: Muhammad
- 2.1.4.2.4: Islam
- 2.1.4.2.5: The Political History of the Arabs After Muhammad
- 2.1.4.2.6: The Umayyad Caliphate and the Shia
- 2.1.4.2.7: The Umayyad Government and Society
- 2.1.4.2.8: Other Faiths
- 2.1.4.2.9: The Abbasids
- 2.1.4.2.10: Europe
- 2.1.4.2.11: Conclusion
- 2.1.4.3: The Late Empire and Christianity
- 2.1.4.3.1: Crisis and Recovery
- 2.1.4.3.2: Constantine
- 2.1.4.3.3: Religion - Roman Faiths and the birth of Christianity
- 2.1.4.3.4: The Jews and Jesus
- 2.1.4.3.5: Early Christianity
- 2.1.4.3.6: Christianity's Relationship with Non-Christian Religions
- 2.1.4.3.7: Monasticism and Christian Culture
- 2.1.4.3.8: Christian Learning
- 2.1.4.3.9: Conclusion
- 2.1.5: Parallel Cultures, The Gothic, and Naturalism
- 2.1.5.1: Early Medieval Europe
- 2.1.5.1.1: The Latin Church
- 2.1.5.1.2: The Papacy
- 2.1.5.1.3: Characteristics of Medieval Christianity
- 2.1.5.1.4: The Feudal System
- 2.1.5.1.5: Anglo-Saxon England
- 2.1.5.1.6: France
- 2.1.5.1.7: Invaders
- 2.1.5.1.8: The Vikings
- 2.1.5.1.9: Conclusion