Chapter 1: Origins, to 1200 b.c.e. Understanding Western History Describing the West What Is Civilization?The Earliest Human Societies From the First Hominids to the Paleolithic Era Planting Crops Implications of Agriculture Trade and Cross-Cultural Connections
Primary Source 1.1: Paleolithic Venus Figures Civilization in Mesopotamia Environment and Mesopotamian Development The Invention of Writing and the First Schools Religion in Mesopotamia Sumerian Politics and Society
Primary Source 1.2: Gilgameshs Quest for ImmortalityEmpires in Mesopotamia The Akkadians and the Babylonians Life Under Hammurabi Cultural Exchange in the Fertile Crescent
Primary Source 1.3: Enheduanas "Exaltation of Inanna" The Egyptians The Nile and the God-King Egyptian Religion Egyptian Society and Work Egyptian Family Life The Hyksos and New Kingdom Revival Conflict and Cooperation with the Hittites
Primary Source 1.4: Morality in the Egyptian
Book of the Dead Primary Source 1.5: Egyptian Home Life Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Hatshepsut and Nefertiti
Living in the Past: The Iceman
Mapping the Past: Empires and Migrations in the Eastern Mediterranean
Chapter 2: Small Kingdoms and Mighty Empires in the Near East, 1200-510 b.c.e. Iron and the Emergence of New States Iron Technology The Decline of Egypt and the Emergence of Kush The Rise of Phoenicia
Primary Source 2.1: The Report of Wenamun The Hebrews The Hebrew State The Jewish Religion Hebrew Family and Society
Primary Source 2.2: The Covenant Between Yahweh and the Hebrews
Primary Source 2.3: A Jewish Family Contract Assyria, the Military Monarchy Assyrias Long Road to Power Assyrian Rule and Culture The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Primary Source 2.4: Assyrians Besiege a City The Empire of the Persian Kings Consolidation of the Persian Empire Persian Religion Persian Art and Culture
Primary Source 2.5: Zoroasters Teachings in the Avesta Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Cyrus the Great
Mapping the Past: The Assyrian and Persian Empires, ca. 1000-500 b.c.e.
Living in the Past: Assyrian Palace Life and Power
Chapter 3: The Development of Greek Society and Culture, ca. 3000-338 b.c.e. Greece in the Bronze Age Geography and Settlement The Minoans The Mycenaeans Homer, Hesiod, and the Epic
Primary Source 3.1: Hesiod,
Works and DaysThe Development of the Polis in the Archaic Age Organization of the Polis Governing Structures Overseas Expansion The Growth of Sparta The Evolution of AthensWar and Turmoil in the Classical Period The Persian Wars Growth of the Athenian Empire The Peloponnesian War The Struggle for Dominance Philip II and Macedonian Supremacy
Primary Source 3.2: Thucydides on the Great Plague at Athens Classical Greek Life and Culture Athenian Arts in the Age of Pericles Households and Work Gender and Sexuality Public and Personal Religion The Flowering of Philosophy
Primary Source 3.3: The Acropolis of Athens
Primary Source 3.4: Sophocles,
Antigone Primary Source 3.5: Aristotle on Slavery Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Aspasia
Living in the Past: Triremes and Their Crews
Mapping the Past: The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 b.c.e.
Chapter 4: Life in the Hellenistic World, 336-30 b.c.e. Alexanders Conquests and Their Political Legacy Military Campaigns The Political Legacy
Primary Source 4.1: Arrian on Alexander the Great Building a Hellenized Society Urban Life Greeks in Hellenistic Cities Greeks and Non-Greeks
Primary Source 4.2: Theocritus, Idyll 15, "The Women at the Adonis Festival" The Economy of the Hellenistic World Agriculture and Industry Commerce Religion and Philosophy in the Hellenistic World Religion and Magic Hellenism and the Jews Philosophy and the People
Primary Source 4.3: A Hellenistic Spell of Attraction Hellenistic Science and Medicine Science Medicine
Primary Source 4.4: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
Primary Source 4.5: Physician with Young Patient Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Alexander the Great
Mapping the Past: The Hellenistic World, ca. 263 b.c.e.
Living in the Past: Farming in the Hellenistic World
The Past Living Now: Container Shipping
Individuals in Society: Archimedes, Scientist and Inventor
Chapter 5: The Rise of Rome, ca. 1000-27 b.c.e. Romes Rise to Power The Geography of Italy The Etruscans The Founding of Rome The Roman Conquest of Italy
Primary Source 5.1: The Temple of Hercules Victor The Roman Republic The Roman State Social Conflict in RomeRoman Expansion The Punic Wars Rome Turns East
Primary Source 5.2: Polybius on the Roman Division of Spoils in the Punic Wars Roman Society Roman Families Greek Influence on Roman Culture Opposing Views: Cato the Elder and Scipio Aemilianus
Primary Source 5.3: A Womans Actions in the Turia Inscription The Late Republic Reforms for Poor and Landless Citizens Political Violence Civil War
Primary Source 5.4: Plutarch on the Reforms of Gaius Gracchus
Primary Source 5.5: Cicero and the Plot to Kill Caesar Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Queen Cleopatra
Mapping the Past: Roman Expansion During the Republic, ca. 282-44 b.c.e.
Living in the Past: Roman Table Manners
Chapter 6: The Roman Empire, 27 b.c.e.-284 c.e. Augustuss Reign The Principate Roman Expansion The Flowering of Latin Literature Marriage and Morality
Primary Source 6.1: Augustus,
Res Gestae Primary Source 6.2: Ovid,
The Art of Love Primary Source 6.3: Ara Pacis Augustuss Successors The Julio-Claudians and the Flavians The Age of the "Five Good Emperors"
Primary Source 6.4: Pliny the Younger, Letter About the Destruction of Pompeii Rome and the Provinces Life in Imperial Rome Approaches to Urban Problems Popular Entertainment Prosperity in the Roman Provinces Trade and Commerce
Primary Source 6.5: Quintilian,
Institutes of Oratory The Coming of Christianity Factors Behind the Rise of Christianity The Life and Teachings of Jesus The Spread of Christianity The Growing Acceptance and Evolution of ChristianityThe Empire in Disarray Civil Wars and Military Commanders Turmoil in Economic LifeReview and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Bithus, a Soldier in the Roman Army
Living in the Past: Roman Epitaphs: Death Remembers Life
Mapping the Past: Production and Trade in the Pax Romana, ca. 27 b.c.e.-180 c.e.
Chapter 7: Late Antiquity, 250-600 Reconstruction Under Diocletian and Constantine Political Measures Economic Issues The Acceptance of Christianity
Primary Source 7.1: Recruiting and Training Soldiers in the Roman Army The Growth of the Christian Church The Church and Its Leaders The Development of Christian Monasticism Monastery Life Christianity and Classical Culture Christian Notions of Gender and Sexuality Saint Augustine on Human Nature, Will, and SinBarbarian Society Village and Family Life Tribes and Hierarchies Customary and Written Law Celtic and Germanic Religion
Primary Source 7.2: Tacitus on Germanic Society Migration, Assimilation, and Conflict Celtic and Germanic People in Gaul and Britain Visigoths and Huns Germanic Kingdoms and the End of the Roman Empire
Primary Source 7.3: Battle Between Romans and Goths Christian Missionaries and Conversion Missionaries Actions The Process of Conversion
Primary Source 7.4: Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics The Byzantine Empire Sources of Byzantine Strength The Law Code of Justinian Byzantine Intellectual Life The Orthodox Church
Primary Source 7.5: Slavery in Justinians Law Code Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Theodora of Constantinople
Mapping the Past: The Barbarian Migrations, ca. 340-500
Living in the Past: The Horses of Spain
Chapter 8: Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 600-1000 The Spread of Islam The Arabs The Prophet Muhammad The Teachings and Expansion of Islam Sunni and Shia Divisions Life in Muslim Spain Muslim-Christian Relations Cross-Cultural Influences in Science and Medicine
Primary Source 8.1: The Muslim Conquest of Spain Frankish Rulers and Their Territories The Merovingians The Rise of the Carolingians The Warrior-Ruler Charlemagne Carolingian Government and Society The Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne
Primary Source 8.2: The Capitulary de Villis
Primary Source 8.3: Charlemagne and His Wife Early Medieval Culture The Carolingian Renaissance Northumbrian Learning and Writing
Primary Source 8.4: The Death of Beowulf Invasions and Migrations Vikings in Western Europe Slavs and Vikings in Eastern Europe Magyars and Muslims
Primary Source 8.5: Eiriks Saga Political and Economic Decentralization Decentralization and the Origins of "Feudalism" Manorialism, Serfdom, and the Slave TradeReview and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: The Venerable Bede
Living in the Past: Muslim Technology: Advances in Papermaking
Mapping the Past: Invasions and Migrations of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
Chapter 9: State and Church in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 Political Revival and the Origins of the Modern State England France Central Europe Italy The Iberian Peninsula
Primary Source 9.1: Marriage and Wardship in the Norman Exchequer Law and Justice Local Laws and Royal Courts The Magna Carta Law in Everyday LifeNobles Origins and Status of the Nobility Training, Marriage, and Inheritance Power and ResponsibilityThe Papacy The Gregorian Reforms Emperor Versus Pope Criticism and Heresy The Popes and Church Law
Primary Source 9.2: Pope Boniface VIII,
Unam Sanctam Monks, Nuns, and Friars Monastic Revival Life in Convents and Monasteries The Friars
Primary Source 9.3: Brother Henry as Composer and Singer The Crusades and the Expansion of Christianity Background and Motives of the Crusades The Course of the Crusades Consequences of the Crusades The Expansion of Christianity Christendom
Primary Source 9.4: An Arab View of the Crusades
Primary Source 9.5: The Capture of Jerusalem in 1099 Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Hildegard of Bingen
Living in the Past: Life in an English Castle
Mapping the Past: The Crusades
Chapter 10: Life in Villages and Cities of the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300 Village Life Slavery, Serfdom, and Upward Mobility The Manor Work Home Life Childbirth and Child AbandonmentPopular Religion Christian Life in Medieval Villages Saints and Sacraments Muslims and Jews Rituals of Marriage and Birth Death and the Afterlife
Primary Source 10.1: The Pilgrims Guide to Santiago de Compostela Towns and Economic Revival The Rise of Towns Merchant and Craft Guilds The Revival of Long-Distance Trade Business Procedures The Commercial Revolution
Primary Source 10.2: Contract for a Trading Venture Urban Life City Life Servants and the Poor Popular EntertainmentMedieval Universities Origins Legal and Medical Training Theology and Philosophy University Students
Primary Source 10.3: Healthy Living
Primary Source 10.4: Thomas Aquinas on Reason and Faith Literature and Architecture Vernacular Literature and Drama Churches and Cathedrals
Primary Source 10.5: Courtly Love Poetry Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Life in Medieval Towns
Living in the Past: Childs Play
Mapping the Past: European Population Density, ca. 1300
Individuals in Society: Francesco Datini
The Past Living Now: University Life
Chapter 11: The Later Middle Ages, 1300-1450 Prelude to Disaster Climate Change and Famine Social ConsequencesThe Black Death Pathology Spread of the Disease Care of the Sick Economic, Religious, and Cultural Effects
Primary Source 11.1: Dance of Death The Hundred Years War Causes English Successes Joan of Arc and Frances Victory Aftermath
Primary Source 11.2: The Trial of Joan of Arc Challenges to the Church The Babylonian Captivity and Great Schism Critiques, Divisions, and Councils Lay Piety and Mysticism
Primary Source 11.3: Raimon de Cornet on the Avignon Papacy Social Unrest in a Changing Society Peasant Revolts Urban Conflicts Sex in the City Fur-Collar Crime Ethnic Tensions and Restrictions Literacy and Vernacular Literature
Primary Source 11.4: The Statute of Laborers
Primary Source 11.5: Christine de Pizan, Advice to the Wives of Artisans Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Meister Eckhart
Mapping the Past: The Course of the Black Death in Fourteenth-Century Europe
Living in the Past: Treating the Plague
Chapter 12: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance, 1350-1550 Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy Trade and Prosperity Communes and Republics of Northern Italy City-States and the Balance of Power
Primary Source 12.1: A Sermon of Savonarola Intellectual Change Humanism Education Political Thought Christian Humanism The Printed Word
Primary Source 12.2: Cassandra Fedele on Humanist Learning
Primary Source 12.3: Pico della Mirandola, "On the Dignity of Man"
Primary Source 12.4: Thomas More,
Utopia Art and the Artist Patronage and Power Changing Artistic Styles The Renaissance ArtistSocial Hierarchies Race and Slavery Wealth and the Nobility Gender RolesPolitics and the State in Western Europe France England Spain
Primary Source 12.5: Tax Collectors Review and Explore —
LearningCurveONLINE DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT Individuals in Society: Leonardo da Vinci
Mapping the Past: The Growth of Printing in Europe, 1448-1552
Living in the Past: Male Clothing and Masculinity