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<p><strong>Found in this section:</strong></p> <p>1. Brief Table of Contents</p> <p>2. Full Table of Contents</p> <p> <br></p> <p><strong>1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS</strong></p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p><strong>Part I Departure Prehistory to 1000 B.C.E.</strong></p> <p>Chapter 1 The Birth of Civilization</p> <p>Chapter 2 The Rise of Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age</p> <p><strong>Part II The Classical Era 2000 B.C.E. to 30 C.E.</strong></p> <p>Chapter 3 Aegean Civilizations</p> <p>Chapter 4 The Hellenic Era</p> <p>Chapter 5 The Hellenistic Era and the Rise of Rome</p> <p>Chapter 6 Rome’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World</p> <p><strong>Part III The Division of the West 300 to 1300</strong></p> <p>Chapter 7 The West’s Medieval Civilizations</p> <p>Chapter 8 The Emergence of Europe</p> <p>Chapter 9 Europe Turns Outward</p> <p>Chapter 10 Europe’s High Middle Ages</p> <p><strong>Part IV Challenges, Conflicts, and Departures 1300 to 1700</strong></p> <p>Chapter 11 Challenges to the Medieval Order</p> <p>Chapter 12 Renaissance and Exploration</p> <p>Chapter 13 Reformation, Religious Wars, and National Conflicts</p> <p><strong> <br> </strong></p> <p><strong>2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS </strong></p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p><strong>Part I — Departure Prehistory to 1000 B.C.E.</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 1: The Birth of Civilization</strong></p> <p>Key Question: How do environments shape human communities and human communities alter environments?</p> <p> The Evolution of the Prehistoric Cultures</p> <p> The Archaic States</p> <p> The Origin of Civilization in Mesopotamia: Sumer</p> <p> The Rise of Civilization in Egypt</p> <p><strong>Chapter 2: The Rise of Empires and the Beginning of the Iron Age</strong></p> <p>Key Question: Does civilization promote or intensify divisions among peoples?</p> <p> The Transition States</p> <p> Imperial Egypt: The New Kingdom</p> <p> The Indo-Europeans and the Clash of Empires</p> <p> The Bible and History</p> <p><strong>Part II — The Classical Era 2000 B.C.E. to 30 C.E.</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 3: Aegean Civilizations</strong></p> <p>Key Question: When does civilization in the West become “Western” civilization?</p> <p> Minoan Mentors</p> <p> The Mycenaeans, Greece’s First Civilization</p> <p> The Aegean Dark Age</p> <p> The Hellenic Era</p> <p> The Rise of the Mainland Powers</p> <p> The Persian Wars: Crucible of a Civilization</p> <p><strong>Chapter 4: The Hellenic Era</strong></p> <p>Key Question: What did the Greeks contribute to the development of modern civilization?</p> <p> Persian Wars as Catalyst</p> <p> The Peloponnesian War</p> <p> Intellectual and Artistic Life in the Polis</p> <p><strong>Chapter 5: The Hellenistic Era and the Rise of Rome</strong></p> <p>Key Question: What circumstances are likely to undermine governments by the people?</p> <p> The Hellenistic Era</p> <p> The Origin of Rome</p> <p> The Roman Republic</p> <p> Rome’s Civil War</p> <p><strong>Chapter 6: Rome ’s Empire and the Unification of the Western World</strong></p> <p>Key Question: Do people prefer order to liberty?</p> <p> The Augustan Era</p> <p> Order and Continuity: The Dynastic Option</p> <p> Order and Continuity: The Elective Option</p> <p> Life in an Imperial Environment</p> <p> The Decline of Rome</p> <p><strong>Part III — The Division of the West 300 to 1300</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 7: The West’s Medieval Civilizations</strong></p> <p>Key Question: Should freedom of religion be limited?</p> <p> The Christian Element</p> <p> The German Element</p> <p> The Byzantine Empire of Constantinople</p> <p> Islam</p> <p><strong>Chapter 8: The Emergence of Europe </strong></p> <p>Key Question: How did Europe build on its legacies from the ancient world?</p> <p> The Merovingian Kingdom: Europe’s Nucleus</p> <p> The Franks’ Neighbors</p> <p> The Carolingian Era</p> <p> Retrenchment and Reorganization</p> <p> The Culture of Europe’s Dark Age</p> <p><strong>Chapter 9: Europe Turns Outward</strong></p> <p>Key Question: Was conflict among the medieval civilizations inevitable?</p> <p> Islam’s Crest and Byzantium’s Resurgence</p> <p> The Reorganization of Feudal Europe</p> <p> The Eleventh-Century Turning Point</p> <p><strong>Chapter 10</strong>: <strong>Europe ’s High Middle Ages</strong></p> <p>Key Question: Why are some societies more open to change than others?</p> <p> The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century</p> <p> Universities and Scholasticism</p> <p> Religious Revival and Diversity of Opinion</p> <p> The Artistic Vision of the High Middle Ages</p> <p> Government in the High Middle Ages</p> <p><strong>Part IV — Challenges, Conflicts, and Departures 1300 to 1700</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 11: Challenges to the Medieval Order</strong></p> <p>Key Question: What did the crises of the late medieval era reveal about the strengths and weaknesses of Europe’s civilization?</p> <p> Challenges from Nature</p> <p> Turmoil in the Middle East</p> <p> Spiritual Crises</p> <p> Political Responses: The Burdens of War</p> <p><strong>Chapter 12: Renaissance and Exploration</strong></p> <p>Key Question: How should a society use its history?</p> <p> The Context for the Renaissance</p> <p> The Culture of the Renaissance</p> <p> The Northern Renaissance</p> <p> The Middle East: The Ottoman Empire</p> <p> Europe and Atlantic Exploration</p> <p><strong>Chapter 13: Reformation, Religious Wars, and National Conflicts</strong></p> <p>Key Question: How do civilized societies justify war?</p> <p> The Lutheran Reformation</p> <p> The Swiss Reformation</p> <p> The Catholic Reformation</p> <p> The Habsburg-Valois Wars</p> <p> England’s Ambivalent Reformation</p> <p> Convergence of Foreign and Domestic Politics: England, Spain, and France</p> <p> The Final Religious Upheaval</p>