<> <br> <strong>Table of Contents</strong> <br> <p>Introduction</p> <p>How to Read Primary Sources<br></p> <p><br><strong>Part 1: The Ancient World (5000 BCE - 500 CE)</strong><br><strong>Chapter 1: The Ancient Middle East</strong><br>Hittite Law Code: Excerpts from The Code of Nesilim <br>The Code of Hammurabi<br>An Egyptian Hymn to the Nile<br>Excerpts from The Epic of Gilgamesh<br><strong>Chapter 2: Ancient Greece</strong><br>Tyrtaeus: The Spartan Creed, c. 650 BCE<br>Thucydides: The Debate on the Sicilian Expedition, c. 420 BCE<br>On the Murder of Erastosthenes: A Husband's Defense, c. 403 BCE<br>Socrates' Apology, as Reported by Plato, c. 390 BCE<br><strong>Chapter 3: Rome: From Republic to Empire</strong><br>Polybius: "Why Romans and Not Greeks Govern the World", c. 140 BCE<br>Appian of Alexandria, "War, Slaves, and Land Reform: Tiberius Gracchus, c. 150 BCE<br>Livy: The Rape of Lucretia and the Origins of the Republic, c. 10 BCE<br>Women in Roman Politics: Manipulators or Manipulated?, c. 100 CE<br><strong>Chapter 4: Imperial Rome and Early Christianity</strong><br>Gnostic Teachings on Jesus, According to Irenaeus, c. 170 CE<br>Tertullian, "What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?", c. 200 CE<br>Eusebius of Caesarea on the Nicean Council and the Creed, c. 330 CE<br>The Conversion of Georgia, from The Life of Saint Nino, 337 CE<br>Traditional Roman Religious Practices, 382 CE<br><strong>Part 2: The Middle Ages (500 CE - 1500 CE)</strong><br><strong>Chapter 5: Islam, Byzantium, and the Making of Europe</strong><br>Priscus Panites at the Court of Attila the Hun, c. 450<br>The Confession of Saint Patrick, c. 450<br>Prologue of the Corpus Juris Civill|||em/em|||s, c. 530<br>The Book of Emperors and Kings: Charlemagne and Leo III, c. 1150<br>Pope Leo III, c. 1150<br>Science and Mathematics: Al-Ghazzali, "On the Separation of Mathematics and Religion", 1058-1111<br><strong>Chapter 6: The Consolidation and Interaction of States and Ideas</strong><br>Letter of Pope Gregory VII to the Bishop of Metz, 1081<br>Anna of Comnena, from the Alexiad, 1083-1153<br>Benjamin of Tudela, from Book of Travels, 1127-1174<br>Christian Armies Beseige Lisbon, 1147<br>Phillip II Augustus Expels the Jews from France, 1182<br>Beha ed-Din: Richard I Massacres Prisoner after Taking Acre, c. 1195<br>Unam Sanctam: Pope Boniface VIII on the Two Swords, 1302<br>The Penitentials, c. 1575<br><strong>Chapter 7: Society and Culture in the High Middle Ages</strong><br>Sports in the City of London, 1180<br>Excerpts from The History of the Life and Travels of Rabban Bar Sawma <br>College Life: Letters between Students and the Fathers, c. 1200<br>Manorial Court Records, 1246-1247<br>St. Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Reason in the Summa Against the Gentile s, 1259-1264<br>Marco Polo, excerpts from Travels , c. 1300<br>Guilds: Regulating the Craft, 1347<br>"For the Honor of the Guild": Social and Civic Responsibilities, 1421-1425<br>The Ideal Merchants Wife, c. 1450<br><strong>Chapter 8: The Late Middle Ages - Crisis and Recovery</strong><br>How They Died: Coroner's Rolls from the 14th Century, 1322-1337<br>Flagellants Attempt to Ward Off the Black Death, 1349<br>The Lollard Conclusions, 1394<br>The Execution of Heretics: Saints and Witches, 1389-1427<br>Propositions of John Wycliffe, as Described in the Church's Condemnation, 1415<br><strong>Part 3: The West in Transformation (1350-1700)</strong><br><strong>Chapter 9: The Renaissance</strong><br>Petrarch: Rules for a Successful Ruler, c. 1350<br>Advice to Lorenzo de Medici: On Wifely Duties, 1416<br>Lorenzo Valla Skewers the Supposed "Donation of Constantine", c. 1440<br>Marriage in the Renaissance: A Serious Business, 1464-1465<br>Niccolo Machiavelli: From the Discourses on Livy, 1513-1517<br>Benvenuto Cellini: The Life of an Artist, 1558-1562<br><strong>Chapter 10: Reformations and Counter-Reformations</strong><br>The Act of Supremacy, 1534<br>The Council of Trent, 1545-1563<br>Anonymous, "The Execution of Archbishop Cranmer", 1556<br>Catherine Zell, "Letter to Ludwig Rabus", 1556-1558<br>Acts of Uniformity, 1559<br>Anonymous Government Agent, "Arrest of Edmund Campion and his Associates", 1581<br>The Edict of Nantes, 1598<br><strong>Chapter 11: The Development of Early-Modern States and Societies</strong><br>Jean Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth, "The True Attributes of Sovreignty."<br>Hugo Grotius, selections from On the Law of War and Peace<br>Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan<br>The Treaty of Westphalia, 1743<br>The Poor Laws<br>La Colonie, "The Battle of Schellenberg"<br>Peter the Great, "Correspondence with Alexis"<br><strong>Chapter 12: Expanding Worlds</strong><br>Letter from the Kings of Portugal to the King of the Kongo<br>Bartolome de Las Casas, Very Brief Report on the Destruction of the Indians<br>Jamestown Charter<br>Richard Frethorne, "Letter to Father and Mother"<br>Christopher Columbus, "The Letters of Columbis to Ferdinand and Isabel"<br>Cieza de Leon, "The Chronicle of Peru"<br>Anonymous, "The English Describe Pawatah's People"<br>"The Code Noir"<br><strong>Chapter 13: Thought and Culture in Early Modern Europe</strong><br>Francis Bacon, from Novum Organum<br>William Harvey, Address to the Royal College of Physicians<br>Rene Descartes, The Discourse on Method and Metaphysical Meditations, "I Think, Therefore I Am"<br>Charles Perrault, Little Red Riding Hood<br>Isaac Newtown, from Optiks<br>John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress</p>